.Breaking South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Photograph by Joseph Cress) With the University Football Playoff chase very likely over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A championship game somewhere, and also an option to round off a 10-win season for simply the fifth attend plan past. But where could the Gamecocks end up, and also who are actually some reasonable opponents?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando possesses the 1st pick of non-playoff SEC crews, presently Ole Miss due to the rankings. If Ole Miss somehow snuck into the playoff or plunged listed below South Carolina in between right now and also Sunday, it would certainly unlock for the Gamecocks to visit Orlando. There is actually likewise a chance the Citrus Dish commitee can repudiate the ranks and pick South Carolina regardless.From certainly there, the dish hierarchy after the Citrus Bowl is actually darkened as well as boundless.
The supposed “pool of 6” championship game follow the Citrus Dish, however it boils down to bowl boards as well as invitations as opposed to a set purchase where one dish can easily decide on a staff, complied with by the upcoming and so on. Those six championship game are the ReliaQuest Dish (formerly known as the Outback Bowl) in Tampa Bay, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Music Area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Sin City Dish, the Tax Obligation Act Texas Bowl (Houston) and the Autozone Freedom Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Area: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is the simplest one to break of the team. It has constantly been the top SEC and Big 10 teams outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is actually currently the playoff). With four Big Ten teams anticipated to enter the playoff, Illinois is the conference’s simply various other rated team.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it will highly likely be against the Illini, implying a match versus past vast recievers instructor Justin Stepp. South Carolina has played within this championship game twice, pounding Nebraska to finish the 2011 time and also Wisconsin adhering to 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Fl, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the least pleasing place for Gamecock enthusiasts even if of the regularity they have existed. South Carolina has actually played in what was actually formely referred to as the Country Bowl five opportunities, all because 2000. This is greater than every other SEC crew.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa bay, but this bowl would certainly verge on almost being actually routine for big portions of the fanbase. When it comes to an achievable rival, the Big Ten has a various construct to the SEC, where it carries out have an established purchase. This championship game is actually to begin with in line to select a Huge Ten group after the Citrus Bowl.
Strictly based on gain overalls Iowa would certainly be upcoming along with its 8-4 report. But Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are actually all close behind along with seven wins. Michigan particularly can be appealing for a bowl committee along with its own huge alumni network and revitalized fan power adhering to a competition draw Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks wouldn’t go to the same bowl game on 2 plain journeys, however South Carolina followers had a strong turnover in 2022 and also Jacksonville is actually only 4 hrs from Columbia. If South Carolina returned to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Battle Each Other and also Louisville will be actually the frontrunners as feasible rivals coming from the ACC.
The ACC performs certainly not possess a correct chain of command, implying fan rate of interest and options to offer tv adds will think about. This was a big portion of how the Gator Dish ended up using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Dealing with Irish after their 8-4 period in 2022. Music Metropolitan Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an incredibly similar circumstance to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it normally features an SEC staff and a Large Ten crew both someplace in the 7-9 win range. It is actually upcoming in the Big 10 pecking order, indicating the dish committee would have the remainder of the conference outside the Citrus and ReliaQuest bowl participants to pick from. It thinks that the location for whoever does not get to Tampa bay between Iowa and also Michigan, but again Minnesota and also Rutgers prowl.
South Carolina has certainly never played in the Popular music Urban Area Bowl, yet its lengthy record of possessing sizable sets of enthusiasts take a trip to Nashville for Vanderbilt activities will certainly make it an eye-popping candidate. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 prior to 2024 are actually still considered eligible for this dish invitation.This is actually where it begins to divert into the range of being actually theoretically achievable, however unlikely.
Everything outside of the 3 Florida bowls or even Nashville seems like a longshot. The Pac-12 is actually dead, yet dynamic in this sense. Staffs that played in the league last year are actually still entitled for this bowl game because of agreements agreed on just before conference re-alignment.
Colorado as an example is actually bowl eligible, and also therefore qualified to play in any sort of activity along with a Large 12 or Pac-12 tie. Arizona Condition has its attractions set on the playoff if it wins the Large 12 title video game, however this might be a fallback possibility for the Sunshine Devils if they lose this weekend break. Washington and Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their new Big 10 homes, will likewise be entitled below.
It is actually challenging to nail down precisely how this dish board are going to decide on crews, needing to have an SEC one that will create a cross-country vacation in large numbers as well as must work with other associations on the past Pac-12 crews. Still, it is at least possible for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is probably the least most likely place for the Gamecocks, however is actually still theoretically achievable. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are actually all dish eligible and also in much closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, making a much bigger opportunity at marketing tickets. South Carolina has never ever played in this bowl game, as well as location is actually a huge cause.
If it did somhow property listed here, one of the 3 Texas schools along with an 8-4 record– Baylor, TCU and Texas Specialist– will be actually the likliest rivals. Right BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this believes near difficult.
The Liberty Bowl is actually technically in the “swimming pool of six” yet has actually generally wound up along with a group close to Memphis after other bowls were filled. Arkansas, Mississippi State as well as Missouri have been actually the last 3 SEC staffs to participate in right here, and also none of those crews gained 9 games, either.Kansas State or one of the Texas universities will make one of the most feeling to fill up the Large 12 side of the video game.