.Breaking South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Image by Joseph Cress) With the College Soccer Playoff chase very likely over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A championship game somewhere, and a chance to finish off a 10-win time for just the fifth time in plan past. Yet where could the Gamecocks find yourself, and who are actually some reasonable opponents?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando possesses the 1st pick of non-playoff SEC crews, currently Ole Miss by the ranks. If Ole Miss in some way snuck right into the playoff or plunged listed below South Carolina between currently and also Sunday, it would unlock for the Gamecocks to go to Orlando. There is actually also an odds the Citrus Bowl commitee could scoff the positions and also select South Carolina regardless.From certainly there, the bowl chain of command after the Citrus Dish is actually murky as well as boundless.
The supposed “pool of 6” championship game adhere to the Citrus Bowl, yet it comes down to bowl committees and invites instead of a set purchase where one dish can choose a staff, observed by the next and so forth. Those six bowl games are the ReliaQuest Dish (in the past known as the Country Bowl) in Tampa Bay, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Songs Area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Sin City Dish, the Tax Show Texas Dish (Houston) and also the Autozone Right Dish in Memphis. Citrus Dish Area: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is the most convenient one to malfunction of the team. It has constantly been actually the best SEC and also Big Ten crews outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is actually now the playoff). With four Huge 10 staffs expected to get inside the playoff, Illinois is actually the conference’s only various other ranked staff.
If the Gamecocks are actually slotted for Orlando it will most likely be against the Illini, indicating a match-up against previous vast recievers instructor Justin Stepp. South Carolina has played in this championship game two times, beating Nebraska to end the 2011 season and Wisconsin complying with 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Florida, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum good location for Gamecock fans even if of the regularity they have existed. South Carolina has played in what was formely referred to as the Country Dish five opportunities, all due to the fact that 2000. This is much more than any other SEC staff.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa bay, but this bowl would border on nearly being routine for sizable sections of the fanbase. When it comes to a feasible opponent, the Big Ten possesses a different design to the SEC, where it does possess a well established order. This championship game is actually first in line to choose a Huge Ten group after the Citrus Dish.
Strictly based upon gain totals Iowa will be next along with its own 8-4 file. Yet Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are all close behind with seven victories. Michigan specifically may be appealing for a dish committee with its own huge graduates network and also revived follower electricity adhering to a competition draw Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks definitely would not visit the exact same bowl game on two vacations, but South Carolina supporters had a tough turnout in 2022 and Jacksonville is actually merely 4 hours from Columbia. If South Carolina returned to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Battle Each Other as well as Louisville would certainly be the frontrunners as feasible opponents coming from the ACC.
The ACC does certainly not possess a correct pecking order, implying follower interest and opportunities to offer television advertisements would think about. This was actually a big component of exactly how the Gator Bowl found yourself making use of Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC standing to land the Battling Irish after their 8-4 period in 2022. Music Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an incredibly similar condition to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it often features an SEC staff and also a Big Ten crew both somewhere in the 7-9 gain assortment. It is next in the Major 10 chain of command, meaning the dish committee will possess the remainder of the event outside the Citrus as well as ReliaQuest dish attendees to choose from. It feels like the place for whoever does certainly not get to Tampa bay in between Iowa as well as Michigan, but again Minnesota as well as Rutgers sneak.
South Carolina has never ever played in the Music Metropolitan Area Dish, yet its long background of having huge sections of supporters take a trip to Nashville for Vanderbilt games will undoubtedly create it an eye-popping prospect. 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 veer into the series of being actually practically achievable, however unlikely.
Everything away from the 3 Florida bowls or Nashville seems like a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, however dynamic within this feeling. Groups who played in the game in 2014 are actually still qualified for this championship game as a result of contracts agreed on just before event re-alignment.
Colorado as an example is bowl eligible, and also consequently qualified to play in any type of activity along with a Large 12 or even Pac-12 tie. Arizona Condition has its own attractions bented on the playoff if it succeeds the Big 12 title activity, yet this might be a fallback possibility for the Sunlight Devils if they lose this weekend. Washington and Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their new Big 10 homes, would additionally be actually entitled listed below.
It is actually hard to pin down exactly just how this bowl committee are going to pick staffs, requiring an SEC one that will bring in a cross-country trip in large amounts and also needing to collaborate with various other events on the former Pac-12 groups. Still, it is at minimal for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is actually possibly the least most likely place for the Gamecocks, but is actually still technically feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri as well as LSU are actually all dish eligible and in much closer proximity to Houston than the Gamecocks, producing a much bigger odds at offering tickets. South Carolina has never played in this championship game, as well as location is a significant main reason.
If it carried out somhow property below, one of the 3 Texas institutions along with an 8-4 document– Baylor, TCU and also Texas Specialist– would be actually the likliest rivals. Right BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this believes close to difficult.
The Liberty Dish is actually in the “pool of six” yet has generally ended up with a staff near to Memphis after other bowls were actually loaded. Arkansas, Mississippi State as well as Missouri have actually been the final three SEC crews to play listed here, and none of those crews gained 9 games, either.Kansas Condition or even among the Texas universities will bring in the most feeling to fill the Major 12 side of this particular video game.