.Malfunctioning South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Picture by Joseph Cress) With the College Football Playoff go after most likely over, what comes next for the Gamecocks? A bowl game somewhere, as well as an opportunity to round off a 10-win time for just the 5th attend system past. Yet where could the Gamecocks find yourself, and also who are some practical rivals?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando possesses the very first pick of non-playoff SEC groups, currently Ole Miss due to the positions. If Ole Miss in some way snuck in to the playoff or even soaked listed below South Carolina between now as well as Sunday, it will unlock for the Gamecocks to head to Orlando. There is actually also a possibility the Citrus Bowl commitee can scoff the ranks and also pick South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the bowl position after the Citrus Dish is darkened and undefined.
The supposed “swimming pool of 6” bowl game observe the Citrus Dish, yet it comes down to bowl boards and invites instead of an established order where one dish can select a crew, adhered to due to the following and so forth. Those 6 bowl games are actually the ReliaQuest Dish (previously known as the Rural Dish) in Tampa, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Popular music Metropolitan area Dish, the SRS Distributors Sin City Dish, the Tax Show Texas Bowl (Houston) and the Autozone Liberty Dish in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Site: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is the easiest one to break of the group. It has always been actually the best SEC and Big Ten crews outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is now the playoff). With four Huge 10 crews counted on to get in the playoff, Illinois is the conference’s only various other ranked crew.
If the Gamecocks are actually slotted for Orlando it would certainly very likely be against the Illini, indicating a match-up against former wide recievers instructor Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played within this bowl game two times, beating Nebraska to end the 2011 season as well as Wisconsin adhering to 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Fl, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum preferable location for Gamecock supporters even if of the regularity they have actually been there. South Carolina has actually played in what was actually formely known as the Wilderness Dish 5 opportunities, all because 2000. This is actually more than any other SEC team.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa bay, yet this bowl would certainly border on practically being actually regimen for sizable sections of the fanbase. As for a feasible enemy, the Big Ten has a different framework to the SEC, where it carries out possess a well established order. This championship game is first in line to choose a Big 10 group after the Citrus Bowl.
Solely based on win totals Iowa will be next with its 8-4 record. Yet Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are all close responsible for with seven wins. Michigan particularly could be eye-catching for a bowl board with its own large graduates network and also renewed supporter electricity complying with a rivalry gain Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks definitely would not go to the same bowl game on pair of straight trips, but South Carolina followers had a tough yield in 2022 and Jacksonville is actually simply four hours from Columbia. If South Carolina returned to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Battle Each Other as well as Louisville will be the frontrunners as achievable enemies coming from the ACC.
The ACC carries out certainly not possess an accurate pecking order, suggesting follower passion and opportunities to offer television ads would think about. This was a big portion of just how the Gator Dish found yourself making use of Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Fighting Irish after their 8-4 season in 2022. Popular Music City BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is a quite identical circumstance to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it normally includes an SEC team and a Big Ten team both someplace in the 7-9 win range. It is upcoming in the Big Ten hierarchy, meaning the dish board would certainly have the remainder of the association outside the Citrus as well as ReliaQuest dish attendees to select from. It believes that the location for whoever performs certainly not come to Tampa between Iowa as well as Michigan, however again Minnesota and also Rutgers prowl.
South Carolina has certainly never played in the Songs City Bowl, however its own long past history of possessing huge sets of followers take a trip to Nashville for Vanderbilt games will surely make it an eye-popping applicant. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 before 2024 are actually still looked at eligible for this bowl invitation.This is where it begins to divert right into the variety of being technically achievable, however not likely.
Everything outside of the three Fla bowls or even Nashville seems like a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, however alive within this sense. Crews that played in the league last year are actually still eligible for this bowl game because of contracts agreed on prior to event re-alignment.
Colorado for example is bowl eligible, and also therefore eligible to play in any sort of video game with a Significant 12 or even Pac-12 tie. Arizona State has its own attractions bented on the playoff if it gains the Big 12 label video game, but this may be a fallback option for the Sunshine Devils if they drop this weekend. Washington as well as Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their brand-new Big Ten homes, would additionally be eligible right here.
It is difficult to nail down specifically how this dish board will certainly decide on crews, needing to have an SEC one that would create a cross-country trip in huge amounts and also having to collaborate with various other associations on the past Pac-12 staffs. Still, it is at minimal for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is possibly the least probably place for the Gamecocks, but is still theoretically possible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are actually all bowl eligible and also in much closer distance to Houston than the Gamecocks, producing a considerably bigger odds at offering tickets. South Carolina has actually never ever played in this particular championship game, and also geography is a large factor.
If it did somhow property below, among the 3 Texas universities with an 8-4 file– Baylor, TCU and also Texas Technology– would certainly be the likliest rivals. Right BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this believes near difficult.
The Freedom Bowl is actually actually in the “swimming pool of six” yet has actually often found yourself with a crew close to Memphis after other bowls were actually loaded. Arkansas, Mississippi State as well as Missouri have been the final three SEC crews to participate in here, and also none of those groups won 9 activities, either.Kansas State or even among the Texas universities would create the absolute most sense to fill up the Big 12 side of this activity.