.Breaking down South Carolina’s bowl possibilitiesPhoto: (Photo through Joseph Cress) Along With the University Volleyball Playoff chase after likely over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A bowl game somewhere, and also an opportunity to round off a 10-win season for merely the 5th time in course past. However where could the Gamecocks find yourself, as well as that are actually some realistic rivals?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando possesses the first pick of non-playoff SEC crews, presently Ole Miss by the rankings. If Ole Miss somehow snuck in to the playoff or soaked listed below South Carolina between right now and also Sunday, it will unlock for the Gamecocks to go to Orlando. There is likewise an odds the Citrus Dish commitee can scoff the positions and choose South Carolina regardless.From there, the bowl position after the Citrus Bowl is dirty and also boundless.
The so-called “swimming pool of six” championship game comply with the Citrus Dish, however it boils down to bowl boards as well as invitations rather than an established purchase where one bowl can pick a crew, followed by the next and so forth. Those 6 bowl games are the ReliaQuest Dish (previously referred to as the Country Bowl) in Tampa, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Music Metropolitan area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Sin City Bowl, the Income Tax Act Texas Bowl (Houston) and also the Autozone Freedom Dish in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Area: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the best one to break of the team. It has consistently been actually the top SEC and Big 10 staffs outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is actually now the playoff). With four Significant 10 crews counted on to enter the playoff, Illinois is actually the conference’s merely other rated group.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it will very likely be against the Illini, implying a match-up against former large recievers train Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played in this bowl game two times, beating Nebraska to finish the 2011 time as well as Wisconsin adhering to 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the least pleasing place for Gamecock enthusiasts just because of the regularity they have existed. South Carolina has actually played in what was formely known as the Rural Bowl five times, all since 2000. This is actually much more than any other SEC group.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa florida, however this dish will verge on almost being actually regimen for huge portions of the fanbase. As for a feasible challenger, the Big 10 has a various design to the SEC, where it carries out have a reputable order. This bowl game is initially in line to choose a Big Ten crew after the Citrus Bowl.
Stringently based on win total amounts Iowa would certainly be following along with its own 8-4 record. But Michigan, Minnesota and also Rutgers are actually all close responsible for along with seven triumphes. Michigan in particular can be attractive for a dish committee with its huge alumni system and renewed supporter electricity following a competition get Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks definitely would not most likely to the same bowl game on two excursions, yet South Carolina fans had a tough turnout in 2022 and also Jacksonville is actually just four hrs from Columbia. If South Carolina returned to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Duke as well as Louisville would certainly be the frontrunners as achievable rivals coming from the ACC.
The ACC does certainly not possess a true hierarchy, suggesting supporter rate of interest as well as chances to offer tv ads will think about. This was a sizable aspect of exactly how the Gator Dish wound up using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Fighting Irish after their 8-4 time in 2022. Songs Metropolitan Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is a really identical scenario to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it commonly includes an SEC group and also a Significant 10 group both someplace in the 7-9 win variety. It is actually following in the Significant 10 hierarchy, implying the bowl committee would certainly possess the rest of the association outside the Citrus and also ReliaQuest dish attendees to select from. It feels like the location for whoever performs certainly not come to Tampa bay in between Iowa and Michigan, however again Minnesota and Rutgers sneak.
South Carolina has actually certainly never played in the Popular music City Dish, but its lengthy past of possessing big sections of enthusiasts travel to Nashville for Vanderbilt games will definitely make it an eye-popping applicant. Sin City BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Members of the Pac-12 before 2024 are still considered eligible for this dish invitation.This is where it begins to divert right into the stable of being actually possible, yet not likely.
Everything away from the 3 Florida bowls or Nashville believes that a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, yet alive in this particular feeling. Teams who played in the game in 2015 are still entitled for this bowl game because of deals agreed on before event re-alignment.
Colorado for example is actually bowl eligible, and for that reason entitled to play in any sort of game with a Big 12 or Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its sights set on the playoff if it wins the Significant 12 title video game, yet this may be a fallback possibility for the Sunlight Devils if they shed this weekend break. Washington as well as Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their new Big Ten homes, will also be qualified listed below.
It is actually tough to nail down precisely how this bowl committee will decide on staffs, requiring an SEC one that would certainly create a cross-country excursion in significant numbers as well as needing to team up with various other conferences on the previous Pac-12 staffs. 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 probably place for the Gamecocks, yet is still technically 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, creating a much larger odds at offering tickets. South Carolina has actually certainly never played in this particular bowl game, and geographics is a big explanation.
If it performed somhow land listed here, among the three Texas universities along with an 8-4 report– Baylor, TCU as well as Texas Tech– would certainly be the likliest opponents. Right BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this feels close to inconceivable.
The Freedom Bowl is practically in the “pool of 6” however has actually often ended up with a staff in close proximity to Memphis after various other bowls were actually packed. Arkansas, Mississippi State and also Missouri have been the final 3 SEC staffs to participate in here, as well as none of those teams succeeded nine video games, either.Kansas Condition or some of the Texas schools would create one of the most feeling to fill the Large 12 edge of this particular activity.