It is time once again to round up all the bloggers gracious enough to link to me this week. 
South Carolina football may be perpetually mediocre, but that hasn’t stopped the “Gamecock Nation” from reaching its tentacles all the way around the globe to the land of Long Duk Dong.
Check out this hilarious video of a bunch of Chinese kids getting into the [...]
As the various Southeastern Conference bowl scenarios shook out this week, head coach Steve Spurrier’s University of South Carolina Gamecocks fell from the middle of the pack to the worst bowl game on the SEC’s list (a.k.a. the Papajohns.com Bowl).
Bummer, huh?
For the Pitt [...]
SAUNDERS TWEETS DISAPPOINTMENT OVER NOT GOING TO MUSIC CITY BOWL
When it was announced on Wednesday that the University of South Carolina was a lock for the PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Ala. on Jan. 2, some in Gamecock County were happy that [...]
USC LIKELY HEADED TO PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL ON JAN. 2
The news was all but confirmed Wednesday: the University of South Carolina will be going to the PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Ala. on Jan. 2.
That decision is somewhat disappointing [...]
Head football coach Steve Spurrier came to South Carolina prior to the 2005 season promising SEC championships and BCS bowl bids, while visions of a 100,000-seat stadium danced in the heads of greedy Gamecock athleticrats.
Spurrier’s team finished that season 7-5, unranked with a middle-of-the-road bowl [...]
Never mind the fact that Clemson has utterly and completely dominated the “Rivalry In Name Only” that exists in the Palmetto State between its Tigers and the University of South Carolina Gamecocks – particular in recent years.
And never mind that USC is suffering through its [...]
GAMECOCKS BEAT TIGERS TO HALT SERIES DOMINANCE
It was the game that football fans across South Carolina had been waiting for all season: the Palmetto Bowl. And for the University of South Carolina faithful, it didn’t disappoint, as the Gamecocks routed No. 18 Clemson, [...]
The University of South Carolina and arch-rival Clemson square off on the football field for the 107th time on Saturday, a series that has been dominated by the agriculturally-inclined institution from the Upstate.
First played in 1896, the Gamecocks and Tigers have met every year since 1909 [...]
At some point during the third quarter of the University of South Carolina’s loss to Arkansas a few weeks back, Sic Willie picked up his four-month-old daughter, Johanna, and informed her that she might be better off not becoming a Gamecock fan.
“Why?” her little [...]
6-YEAR-OLD PRODIGY LEVELS OPPOSITION
Years of mediocre football seasons at the University of South Carolina can be blamed on a few things, not the least of which has been recruiting.
Sure, the Gamecock coaching staff can always land a few high school standouts that turn into college stars, but consistently putting together [...]
Remember when Carolina was 5-1? And ranked? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
But seriously, the Gamecocks are now 6-5, having gone 1-4 since mid-October. Florida was the latest conquerer, coming into Columbia No. 1 and leaving the same, winning by 10. And here’s the seriously galling part [...]
GAMECOCKS COME CLOSE TO TOPPLING TOP-RANKED GATORS IN COLUMBIA
For three quarters of football Saturday, it seemed as if the University of South Carolina could do the impossible: Knock off the unbeaten, No. 1 Florida Gators.
But, in the end, it was [...]
Columbia has been home to the Gamecocks since 1801, but it’s not legal to own one now, and not later, either. However, the city is looking at allowing residents to keep up to four hens within city limits.
The cluck stops here.
Next Wednesday, a proposed [...]
We’ve already conceded Carolina to the Papajohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, where the Gamecocks will take a six-win record to the Magic City in which to play a bad Big East team for the chance to finish the season with a winning record. We [...]
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: the South Carolina football team will start off the season well, even jumping into the rankings. Gamecock fans, a group of which share delusion on par with Chicago Cubs supporters, will start contemplating challenging the Brahmans of the [...]
For the fourth consecutive year, the University of South Carolina’s football season is unraveling right in front of head coach Steve Spurrier’s eyes … only this time the dreaded season-ending “Orange Crush” had nothing to do with it.
This time, it was another “red storm rising.”
To the [...]
USC DROPS TO 6-4 ON SEASON AFTER 2ND STRAIGHT LOSS
The narrative of yet another late-season collapse is becoming an all-too-likely a possibility for this year’s University of South Carolina football team.
The Gamecocks fell to 6-4 on the season after dropping their second straight game Saturday, [...]
