.Breaking South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Photo through Joseph Cress) With the University Soccer Playoff chase very likely over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A bowl game someplace, and an option to accomplish a 10-win period for just the 5th time in program past history. But where could the Gamecocks find yourself, and who are some sensible rivals?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando has the initial choice of non-playoff SEC teams, presently Ole Miss due to the positions. If Ole Miss in some way snuck into the playoff or even soaked below South Carolina in between right now as well as Sunday, it will unlock for the Gamecocks to go to Orlando. There is additionally a chance the Citrus Bowl commitee could scoff the ranks and also select South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the bowl chain of command after the Citrus Dish is actually murky as well as undefined.
The alleged “swimming pool of six” bowl game observe the Citrus Bowl, however it comes down to bowl boards as well as invites as opposed to a specified order where one bowl can opt for a group, observed by the upcoming and so on. Those six bowl games are actually the ReliaQuest Bowl (previously called the Rural Dish) in Tampa Bay, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Music City Bowl, the SRS Distributors Sin City Bowl, the Tax Obligation Show Texas Bowl (Houston) and the Autozone Freedom Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Site: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the easiest one to break down of the group. It has actually constantly been the top SEC and also Big Ten groups outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is actually now the playoff). With four Huge Ten crews counted on to enter the playoff, Illinois is actually the association’s simply other rated team.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it would highly likely be against the Illini, suggesting a match-up versus past wide recievers coach Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played in this particular championship game twice, pounding Nebraska to finish the 2011 period as well as Wisconsin adhering to 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Fl, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the least beneficial place for Gamecock supporters even if of the regularity they have been there. South Carolina has actually played in what was formely referred to as the Country Dish five opportunities, all given that 2000. This is actually much more than any other SEC staff.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa florida, yet this dish would verge on virtually being regimen for big parts of the fanbase. When it comes to a possible opponent, the Big 10 has a various construct to the SEC, where it does possess a well established order. This championship game is actually initially level to pick a Large Ten staff after the Citrus Dish.
Stringently based upon gain overalls Iowa will be actually upcoming with its own 8-4 file. However Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are all close responsible for with seven victories. Michigan especially might be appealing for a dish committee with its own sizable graduates system and restored follower electricity observing a competition gain Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks would not go to the same championship game on 2 journeys, but South Carolina supporters possessed a strong turnover in 2022 and also Jacksonville is actually just 4 hours coming from Columbia. If South Carolina got back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Fight It Out and Louisville would be actually the frontrunners as feasible rivals from the ACC.
The ACC performs not have a correct chain of command, suggesting follower passion as well as options to market television advertisements would certainly factor in. This was actually a big portion of exactly how the Gator Bowl found yourself using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC status to land the Fighting Irish after their 8-4 season in 2022. Music Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an extremely similar circumstance to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it generally includes an SEC team as well as a Large 10 crew both someplace in the 7-9 succeed selection. It is upcoming in the Major 10 position, meaning the dish board would certainly have the remainder of the conference outside the Citrus and ReliaQuest dish participants to decide on. It feels like the spot for whoever carries out not come to Tampa between Iowa and also Michigan, however once again Minnesota and Rutgers prowl.
South Carolina has never ever played in the Songs Urban Area Bowl, however its own lengthy history of having large sections of supporters travel to Nashville for Vanderbilt games will undoubtedly create it an eye-popping prospect. Sin City BowlLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Members of the Pac-12 before 2024 are actually still taken into consideration eligible for this bowl invitation.This is actually where it begins to divert right into the variety of being actually theoretically possible, however unlikely.
Everything outside of the 3 Florida bowls or even Nashville feels like a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, yet viable in this sense. Groups that played in the league in 2013 are still entitled for this bowl game due to deals settled on just before conference re-alignment.
Colorado as an example is actually dish eligible, and therefore qualified to play in any video game with a Significant 12 or even Pac-12 tie. Arizona State has its attractions bented on the playoff if it succeeds the Significant 12 headline activity, but this can be a fallback option for the Sunlight Devils if they drop this weekend. Washington and also Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their new Big 10 homes, would certainly also be qualified below.
It is tough to pin down exactly just how this bowl committee will definitely choose staffs, needing to have an SEC one that would bring in a cross-country excursion in big numbers as well as having to collaborate with various other conferences on the former Pac-12 teams. Still, it goes to minimal for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is perhaps the least very likely location for the Gamecocks, yet is actually still practically feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are all bowl eligible and also in significantly closer proximity to Houston than the Gamecocks, producing a much larger possibility at offering tickets. South Carolina has actually certainly never played in this particular championship game, and also location is actually a significant main reason.
If it performed somhow land listed below, one of the three Texas schools with an 8-4 record– Baylor, TCU and Texas Specialist– would certainly be actually the likliest opponents. Freedom BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this thinks close to inconceivable.
The Right Dish is actually actually in the “pool of six” however has generally wound up with a crew near to Memphis after various other bowls were actually loaded. Arkansas, Mississippi State and also Missouri have actually been the final three SEC crews to participate in here, and none of those groups succeeded 9 video games, either.Kansas State or one of the Texas universities would create the best feeling to fill the Large 12 side of this particular game.