.Breaking South Carolina’s bowl possibilitiesPhoto: (Image through Joseph Cress) With the University Soccer Playoff go after probably over, what comes next for the Gamecocks? A championship game someplace, and a possibility to finish off a 10-win season for simply the fifth attend system record. Yet where could the Gamecocks find yourself, and also that are actually some reasonable challengers?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando has the initial pick of non-playoff SEC crews, currently Ole Miss by the ranks. If Ole Miss somehow snuck into the playoff or even dipped listed below South Carolina between currently and Sunday, it would unlock for the Gamecocks to head to Orlando. There is additionally an odds the Citrus Dish commitee could repudiate the ranks and also choose South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the dish position after the Citrus Bowl is darkened as well as undefined.
The supposed “pool of six” championship game observe the Citrus Bowl, however it boils down to bowl committees as well as invites as opposed to a set order where one bowl can decide on a crew, followed due to the upcoming and so on. Those six bowl games are the ReliaQuest Dish (previously referred to as the Outback Bowl) in Tampa Bay, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Songs Metropolitan area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Sin City Dish, the Income Tax Show Texas Dish (Houston) and also the Autozone Right Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Dish Area: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the best one to break down of the team. It has always been the leading SEC as well as Big Ten crews outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is actually now the playoff). Along with four Major Ten crews counted on to get inside the playoff, Illinois is the event’s merely other positioned group.
If the Gamecocks are actually slotted for Orlando it would highly likely protest the Illini, indicating a match-up versus previous large recievers coach Justin Stepp. South Carolina has played in this particular championship game twice, pounding Nebraska to finish the 2011 period and Wisconsin observing 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Bay, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum pleasing destination for Gamecock supporters even if of the frequency they have actually existed. South Carolina has played in what was actually formely known as the Wilderness Bowl five times, all since 2000. This is actually much more than any other SEC crew.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa fl, but this dish would certainly verge on just about being regimen for big portions of the fanbase. As for a possible rival, the Big 10 possesses a various design to the SEC, where it carries out have a recognized order. This bowl game is actually to begin with level to choose a Big 10 team after the Citrus Dish.
Purely based upon succeed total amounts Iowa will be next along with its 8-4 record. But Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are actually all close behind with 7 wins. Michigan specifically could be attractive for a bowl board along with its big alumni network as well as restored supporter power complying with a competition win over Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks would not go to the very same bowl game on two straight excursions, but South Carolina supporters possessed a sturdy turnout in 2022 and Jacksonville is merely four hours from Columbia. If South Carolina got back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Duke and Louisville would certainly be the frontrunners as possible enemies coming from the ACC.
The ACC performs not have a real position, indicating fan passion as well as chances to market television adds would certainly consider. This was actually a sizable part of exactly how the Gator Bowl found yourself making use of Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Battling Irish after their 8-4 season in 2022. Popular Music Urban Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually a quite identical condition to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it normally includes an SEC staff and a Significant Ten team both someplace in the 7-9 succeed range. It is actually next in the Major 10 pecking order, suggesting the bowl board would possess the rest of the event outside the Citrus and also ReliaQuest bowl individuals to pick from. It thinks that the place for whoever carries out not reach Tampa fl between Iowa as well as Michigan, however once more Minnesota and also Rutgers lurk.
South Carolina has actually never ever played in the Popular music Urban Area Bowl, however its own long background of having large sections of fans journey to Nashville for Vanderbilt games will definitely make it an eye-popping applicant. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 prior to 2024 are still taken into consideration eligible for this dish invitation.This is where it starts to drift into the stable of being actually achievable, however extremely unlikely.
Everything away from the three Florida bowls or Nashville thinks that a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, however alive in this feeling. Groups that played in the game in 2014 are actually still entitled for this championship game due to deals agreed on prior to association re-alignment.
Colorado for example is actually dish eligible, and consequently entitled to play in any sort of video game along with a Big 12 or even Pac-12 tie. Arizona Condition has its own sights bented on the playoff if it gains the Huge 12 headline game, but this can be a fallback alternative for the Sunshine Devils if they shed this weekend. Washington and also Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their brand new Big Ten homes, will also be actually entitled below.
It is actually difficult to nail down exactly how this dish board will definitely select crews, requiring an SEC one that will bring in a cross-country journey in large varieties and also needing to partner with various other associations on the former Pac-12 groups. Still, it is at least possible for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is actually most likely the least likely destination for the Gamecocks, but is still actually feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and also LSU are all bowl eligible and also in far closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, making a much greater possibility at marketing tickets. South Carolina has actually never ever played within this championship game, and location is a huge main reason.
If it carried out somhow property below, among the 3 Texas colleges with an 8-4 document– Baylor, TCU and Texas Tech– would certainly be the likliest opponents. Liberty BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this believes near impossible.
The Freedom Dish is actually in the “pool of 6” however has often wound up with a group near to Memphis after other bowls were packed. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition as well as Missouri have actually been the final 3 SEC teams to participate in right here, and none of those groups gained nine video games, either.Kansas State or among the Texas universities will create the absolute most feeling to fill the Significant 12 edge of the activity.