.Breaking South Carolina’s bowl possibilitiesPhoto: (Photo by Joseph Cress) Along With the College Soccer Playoff chase most likely over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A bowl game somewhere, and a possibility to accomplish a 10-win period for simply the fifth time in course past history. Yet where could the Gamecocks wind up, and also who are some reasonable opponents?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando has the first choice of non-playoff SEC crews, currently Ole Miss by the positions. If Ole Miss in some way snuck in to the playoff or even plunged listed below South Carolina in between currently as well as Sunday, it would unlock for the Gamecocks to go to Orlando. There is actually also an odds the Citrus Bowl commitee could possibly scoff the positions and also select South Carolina regardless.From certainly there, the dish position after the Citrus Bowl is actually murky and also boundless.
The supposed “pool of 6” bowl game follow the Citrus Bowl, however it comes down to bowl committees as well as invitations instead of a set purchase where one bowl can pick a group, adhered to due to the following etc. Those six bowl games are the ReliaQuest Dish (in the past called the Rural Bowl) in Tampa Florida, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Popular music Urban area Dish, the SRS Distributors Sin City Dish, the Tax Obligation Act Texas Dish (Houston) as well as the Autozone Liberty Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Site: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the best one to break down of the group. It has constantly been actually the top SEC and also Big 10 groups outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is actually right now the playoff). With four Huge Ten crews expected to get inside the playoff, Illinois is actually the association’s only other ranked crew.
If the Gamecocks are actually slotted for Orlando it would certainly very likely be against the Illini, meaning a match versus former large recievers coach Justin Stepp. South Carolina has played within this bowl game two times, pounding Nebraska to finish the 2011 season and also Wisconsin adhering to 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Florida, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the least good location for Gamecock enthusiasts even if of the frequency they have actually existed. South Carolina has actually played in what was formely called the Country Dish five times, all because 2000. This is greater than any other SEC group.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa fl, however this dish will border on almost being routine for sizable sections of the fanbase. When it comes to a feasible rival, the Big Ten has a various structure to the SEC, where it does possess a reputable purchase. This bowl game is to begin with in line to choose a Major Ten crew after the Citrus Dish.
Stringently based upon win totals Iowa will be following with its 8-4 report. However Michigan, Minnesota as well as Rutgers are actually all close behind along with 7 success. Michigan especially might be appealing for a bowl board with its big graduates network as well as restored follower energy complying with a competition draw Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks wouldn’t go to the exact same bowl game on pair of journeys, yet South Carolina supporters had a strong turnout in 2022 and also Jacksonville is just 4 hrs coming from Columbia. If South Carolina returned to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Fight It Out as well as Louisville would be actually the frontrunners as feasible enemies coming from the ACC.
The ACC does certainly not have a real hierarchy, implying enthusiast enthusiasm and chances to market television ads would consider. This was actually a large portion of just how the Gator Bowl ended up using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC status to land the Combating Irish after their 8-4 season in 2022. Songs City BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an incredibly identical situation to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it typically includes an SEC staff and a Big Ten team both someplace in the 7-9 win array. It is actually following in the Large Ten chain of command, suggesting the dish board would certainly have the rest of the conference outside the Citrus as well as ReliaQuest dish individuals to pick from. It thinks that the spot for whoever carries out certainly not come to Tampa between Iowa and Michigan, yet again Minnesota as well as Rutgers lurk.
South Carolina has certainly never played in the Songs City Dish, however its long past of possessing sizable contingents of enthusiasts travel to Nashville for Vanderbilt games will absolutely create it an eye-popping applicant. Sin City BowlLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Members of the Pac-12 just before 2024 are actually still thought about eligible for this bowl invitation.This is where it starts to veer into the range of being actually technically possible, but not likely.
Everything outside of the 3 Fla bowls or Nashville thinks that a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, but alive within this sense. Groups that played in the league last year are actually still eligible for this championship game due to arrangements settled on before association re-alignment.
Colorado for example is actually dish eligible, and also as a result eligible to play in any sort of video game with a Significant 12 or Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its own views set on the playoff if it wins the Large 12 headline game, however this can be a fallback possibility for the Sun Devils if they shed this weekend break. Washington and Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their new Big 10 homes, will also be actually qualified right here.
It is actually difficult to pin down precisely how this bowl board are going to choose teams, requiring an SEC one that would certainly create a cross-country journey in huge amounts and having to work with various other associations on the previous Pac-12 staffs. Still, it is at minimal for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is actually most likely the least likely location for the Gamecocks, however is still theoretically feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are all dish eligible as well as in much closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, generating a considerably larger chance at offering tickets. South Carolina has actually never played within this championship game, and also geographics is actually a large factor.
If it carried out somhow land here, one of the three Texas universities with an 8-4 document– Baylor, TCU as well as Texas Tech– would certainly be actually the likliest challengers. Freedom BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this believes near to impossible.
The Liberty Dish is actually in the “swimming pool of 6” but has actually generally ended up along with a group in close proximity to Memphis after other bowls were actually filled. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition as well as Missouri have been actually the last 3 SEC staffs to participate in right here, and also none of those teams won 9 games, either.Kansas State or some of the Texas schools would certainly make the best sense to load the Large 12 edge of this game.