.Breaking South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Image through Joseph Cress) With the University Soccer Playoff go after probably over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A bowl game someplace, and a possibility to accomplish a 10-win season for just the 5th attend plan past history. However where could the Gamecocks find yourself, and also who are some realistic challengers?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando possesses the very first pick of non-playoff SEC groups, currently Ole Miss by the ranks. If Ole Miss in some way snuck in to the playoff or dipped listed below South Carolina in between now as well as Sunday, it would open the door for the Gamecocks to head to Orlando. There is actually also a possibility the Citrus Dish commitee could possibly scoff the rankings and also pick South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the dish hierarchy after the Citrus Dish is darkened and also boundless.
The so-called “swimming pool of 6” championship game comply with the Citrus Dish, however it comes down to bowl boards as well as invites as opposed to a set order where one bowl may choose a crew, followed by the upcoming and so on. Those six championship game are actually the ReliaQuest Bowl (in the past called the Country Bowl) in Tampa Bay, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Songs Urban area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Bowl, the Tax Act Texas Bowl (Houston) and also the Autozone Freedom Dish in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Site: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the simplest one to break down of the team. It has actually always been the leading SEC as well as Big Ten staffs outside the New Years Six bowls (what is actually currently the playoff). With four Huge Ten groups anticipated to get in the playoff, Illinois is the association’s merely various other rated crew.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it would certainly very likely be against the Illini, meaning a match versus past broad recievers trainer Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played in this particular championship game twice, pounding Nebraska to finish the 2011 period and Wisconsin adhering to 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Florida, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the least good location for Gamecock fans just because of the frequency they have existed. South Carolina has played in what was formely known as the Rural Dish 5 opportunities, all given that 2000. This is actually much more than any other SEC team.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa, however this dish would certainly approach nearly being actually routine for sizable parts of the fanbase. As for an achievable challenger, the Big Ten has a various design to the SEC, where it carries out possess a recognized purchase. This bowl game is actually to begin with in line to decide on a Huge 10 crew after the Citrus Dish.
Purely based upon win total amounts Iowa will be following with its own 8-4 report. Yet Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are all close responsible for along with 7 wins. Michigan particularly could be eye-catching for a dish board with its own huge graduates network as well as revived enthusiast electricity following a rivalry win over Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks wouldn’t most likely to the same championship game on 2 trips, however South Carolina supporters had a sturdy yield in 2022 and also Jacksonville is actually simply four hrs from Columbia. If South Carolina got back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Fight It Out and Louisville will be the frontrunners as possible opponents coming from the ACC.
The ACC carries out not possess a correct chain of command, suggesting enthusiast rate of interest and opportunities to offer television advertisements will consider. This was a huge part of just how the Gator Dish ended up using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC standing to land the Fighting Irish after their 8-4 time in 2022. Popular Music Metropolitan Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is a really similar scenario to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it often features an SEC staff as well as a Large 10 group both somewhere in the 7-9 gain array. It is actually upcoming in the Significant Ten pecking order, suggesting the dish board would possess the remainder of the conference outside the Citrus and ReliaQuest bowl participants to select from. It seems like the area for whoever performs not reach Tampa bay between Iowa as well as Michigan, but once more Minnesota and also Rutgers snoop.
South Carolina has never ever played in the Songs City Dish, however its lengthy history of possessing big sets of followers take a trip to Nashville for Vanderbilt activities would undoubtedly make it an eye-popping candidate. Sin City BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 prior to 2024 are actually still taken into consideration eligible for this bowl invitation.This is actually where it begins to divert into the series of being theoretically feasible, yet extremely unlikely.
Anything beyond the three Florida bowls or even Nashville seems like a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, however viable in this feeling. Staffs that played in the organization in 2015 are actually still qualified for this championship game as a result of agreements settled on before conference re-alignment.
Colorado for example is actually bowl eligible, and consequently entitled to play in any sort of activity with a Huge 12 or even Pac-12 tie. Arizona Condition has its views set on the playoff if it wins the Large 12 headline game, but this could be a fallback possibility for the Sunshine Devils if they shed this weekend. Washington as well as Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their brand new Big 10 homes, would certainly likewise be eligible right here.
It is complicated to nail down specifically just how this bowl committee are going to decide on groups, needing an SEC one that would make a cross-country excursion in huge varieties as well as having to work with various other events on the previous Pac-12 groups. Still, it is at least possible for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is actually probably the least very likely location for the Gamecocks, yet is still practically feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri as well as LSU are actually all dish eligible and also in far closer distance to Houston than the Gamecocks, developing a considerably bigger opportunity at selling tickets. South Carolina has actually certainly never played in this championship game, and geographics is a big reason.
If it performed somhow land below, among the 3 Texas colleges with an 8-4 file– Baylor, TCU and also Texas Tech– will be actually the likliest enemies. Freedom BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this experiences near to impossible.
The Freedom Bowl is practically in the “swimming pool of 6” however has almost always found yourself along with a group close to Memphis after other bowls were actually packed. Arkansas, Mississippi State and also Missouri have actually been the last 3 SEC groups to participate in right here, and also none of those staffs gained 9 activities, either.Kansas State or some of the Texas colleges would make the absolute most sense to load the Huge 12 edge of the game.