.Malfunctioning South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Photo by Joseph Cress) Along With the College Volleyball Playoff chase very likely over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A bowl game someplace, and also an opportunity to finish off a 10-win season for simply the 5th time in course past history. Yet where could the Gamecocks find yourself, and also who are some reasonable enemies?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando possesses the first selection of non-playoff SEC staffs, presently Ole Miss by the ranks. If Ole Miss in some way snuck into the playoff or even dipped below South Carolina between right now and Sunday, it will open the door for the Gamecocks to head to Orlando. There is actually also an opportunity the Citrus Dish commitee could repudiate the ranks and choose South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the dish hierarchy after the Citrus Dish is actually murky and also boundless.
The supposed “pool of 6” championship game adhere to the Citrus Bowl, but it comes down to bowl boards as well as invites instead of a specified order where one dish can pick a team, followed by the upcoming and more. Those six bowl games are the ReliaQuest Bowl (previously called the Outback Dish) in Tampa, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Popular music Urban area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Dish, the Tax Obligation Show Texas Dish (Houston) as well as the Autozone Freedom Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Dish Site: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the simplest one to break of the team. It has always been the best SEC as well as Big 10 groups outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is now the playoff). With four Big 10 crews expected to enter the playoff, Illinois is the conference’s simply other positioned staff.
If the Gamecocks are actually slotted for Orlando it will highly likely be against the Illini, implying a match-up against previous large recievers train Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played in this bowl game twice, pounding Nebraska to end the 2011 season and also Wisconsin complying with 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Fl, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the least beneficial destination for Gamecock fans just because of the regularity they have actually existed. South Carolina has played in what was actually formely referred to as the Wilderness Bowl five times, all considering that 2000. This is actually greater than some other SEC group.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa fl, but this bowl would border on virtually being actually regular for huge sections of the fanbase. When it comes to a feasible opponent, the Big Ten has a different structure to the SEC, where it performs have a reputable order. This bowl game is actually first in line to pick a Large 10 team after the Citrus Bowl.
Purely based upon succeed overalls Iowa would certainly be upcoming along with its own 8-4 file. Yet Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are all close responsible for along with 7 triumphes. Michigan especially may be desirable for a bowl board with its big graduates network and also revitalized fan electricity adhering to a rivalry win over Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks definitely would not most likely to the exact same bowl game on 2 straight journeys, however South Carolina enthusiasts possessed a sturdy yield in 2022 as well as Jacksonville is just 4 hours coming from Columbia. If South Carolina got back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Duke and Louisville will be the frontrunners as achievable opponents coming from the ACC.
The ACC carries out certainly not have an accurate pecking order, suggesting enthusiast rate of interest as well as opportunities to sell television ads would certainly consider. This was a big part of exactly how the Gator Dish ended up using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Battling Irish after their 8-4 season in 2022. Songs Metropolitan Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually a quite comparable scenario to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it usually includes an SEC team as well as a Significant 10 group both somewhere in the 7-9 succeed range. It is upcoming in the Big Ten chain of command, meaning the bowl board would have the remainder of the event outside the Citrus and ReliaQuest bowl attendees to pick from. It seems like the spot for whoever carries out certainly not reach Tampa bay between Iowa as well as Michigan, yet again Minnesota and Rutgers sneak.
South Carolina has never ever played in the Songs City Dish, yet its long history of possessing sizable contingents of enthusiasts take a trip to Nashville for Vanderbilt games would surely create it an eye-popping applicant. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 just before 2024 are actually still considered eligible for this dish invitation.This is where it begins to divert into the range of being actually actually possible, however extremely unlikely.
Anything beyond the 3 Florida bowls or even Nashville seems like a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, however dynamic in this feeling. Staffs who played in the game last year are actually still entitled for this championship game because of contracts agreed on before association re-alignment.
Colorado for instance is dish eligible, as well as consequently qualified to play in any sort of game with a Major 12 or Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its own views set on the playoff if it gains the Large 12 title video game, yet this can be a fallback alternative for the Sun Devils if they shed this weekend break. Washington and Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their new Big 10 homes, would also be actually entitled right here.
It is actually complicated to pin down exactly just how this dish board are going to choose staffs, needing to have an SEC one that would certainly create a cross-country trip in big amounts as well as needing to collaborate with various other conferences on the former Pac-12 groups. Still, it goes to minimum for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is probably the least very likely location for the Gamecocks, however is actually still theoretically possible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are actually all bowl eligible as well as in far closer distance to Houston than the Gamecocks, developing a considerably bigger odds at selling tickets. South Carolina has certainly never played in this bowl game, as well as location is actually a huge main reason.
If it carried out somhow property here, one of the three Texas universities with an 8-4 report– Baylor, TCU as well as Texas Tech– will be actually the likliest rivals. Liberty BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this feels close to inconceivable.
The Right Dish is actually in the “swimming pool of 6” but has actually often found yourself along with a group near to Memphis after various other bowls were actually filled up. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition and Missouri have actually been the final 3 SEC crews to participate in listed here, and also none of those crews succeeded nine games, either.Kansas State or even some of the Texas colleges would make the best feeling to fill the Major 12 edge of the activity.