.Breaking South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Photo through Joseph Cress) Along With the College Soccer Playoff go after probably over, what comes next for the Gamecocks? A bowl game someplace, and also a chance to round off a 10-win season for simply the 5th attend plan past history. However where could the Gamecocks wind up, as well as who are some realistic challengers?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando possesses the very first pick of non-playoff SEC crews, 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 right now and also Sunday, it will open the door for the Gamecocks to go to Orlando. There is also an odds the Citrus Dish commitee can repudiate the positions and pick South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the bowl hierarchy after the Citrus Bowl is actually darkened and boundless.
The supposed “swimming pool of 6” bowl game follow the Citrus Dish, but it comes down to bowl committees and invites instead of an established order where one dish can decide on a staff, followed by the upcoming and so forth. Those six championship game are actually the ReliaQuest Dish (previously known as the Country Dish) in Tampa, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Popular music Metropolitan area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Dish, the Income Tax Show Texas Bowl (Houston) as well as the Autozone Liberty Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Area: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the simplest one to break down of the group. It has actually always been actually the leading SEC as well as Big Ten crews outside the New Years Six bowls (what is actually now the playoff). With 4 Significant Ten groups counted on to enter the playoff, Illinois is the conference’s only various other positioned staff.
If the Gamecocks are actually slotted for Orlando it would certainly most likely be against the Illini, suggesting a match against past broad recievers coach Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played in this particular bowl game twice, beating Nebraska to finish the 2011 season and also Wisconsin observing 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the least preferable location for Gamecock supporters just because of the regularity they have existed. South Carolina has actually played in what was actually formely called the Wilderness Bowl five opportunities, all given that 2000. This is actually greater than some other SEC group.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa florida, however this bowl will border on virtually being actually routine for large sections of the fanbase. As for an achievable enemy, the Big 10 has a various framework to the SEC, where it carries out possess a well established purchase. This championship game is first in line to select a Major 10 team after the Citrus Dish.
Purely based upon win overalls Iowa would be actually upcoming along with its own 8-4 report. But Michigan, Minnesota as well as Rutgers are all close responsible for with seven success. Michigan especially can be eye-catching for a bowl board along with its own large graduates network and also revived enthusiast power complying with a competition sway Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks wouldn’t go to the very same bowl game on two plain excursions, however South Carolina enthusiasts had a strong turnout in 2022 and Jacksonville is simply four hrs from Columbia. If South Carolina went back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Duke as well as Louisville will be the frontrunners as possible opponents from the ACC.
The ACC carries out certainly not possess an accurate chain of command, indicating enthusiast passion and options to offer television ads will factor in. This was actually a big part of just how the Gator Bowl found yourself making use of Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC standing to land the Fighting Irish after their 8-4 time in 2022. Popular Music City BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an extremely similar circumstance to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it usually includes an SEC team as well as a Significant 10 group both somewhere in the 7-9 succeed variety. It is next in the Significant Ten hierarchy, suggesting the dish committee would possess the rest of the association outside the Citrus and ReliaQuest dish individuals to choose from. It thinks that the spot for whoever performs certainly not come to Tampa bay between Iowa and also Michigan, yet once more Minnesota as well as Rutgers prowl.
South Carolina has actually never played in the Songs City Bowl, however its own long background of having sizable sets of supporters take a trip to Nashville for Vanderbilt activities would absolutely make it an eye-popping prospect. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Members of the Pac-12 before 2024 are actually still taken into consideration eligible for this dish invitation.This is where it starts to turn right into the stable of being actually technically possible, however extremely unlikely.
Anything away from the 3 Florida bowls or even Nashville feels like a longshot. The Pac-12 is actually dead, however alive within this sense. Crews that played in the game in 2014 are still eligible for this bowl game because of agreements agreed on prior to association re-alignment.
Colorado for example is dish eligible, and for that reason eligible to play in any sort of video game with a Major 12 or Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its attractions set on the playoff if it gains the Huge 12 title video game, yet this might be a fallback possibility for the Sunlight Devils if they drop this weekend break. Washington as well as Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their brand new Big Ten homes, will additionally be actually entitled here.
It is hard to pin down exactly just how this dish board will certainly decide on teams, needing to have an SEC one that would create a cross-country trip in significant amounts and also having to deal with other events on the past Pac-12 teams. Still, it is at least possible for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is possibly the least most likely place for the Gamecocks, yet is still actually achievable. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and also LSU are all bowl eligible as well as in much closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, making a considerably larger opportunity at selling tickets. South Carolina has actually never played in this particular championship game, and also geographics is actually a huge reason.
If it performed somhow land listed below, one of the 3 Texas institutions with an 8-4 file– Baylor, TCU and Texas Technology– will be actually the likliest enemies. Liberty BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this thinks close to difficult.
The Liberty Dish is practically in the “pool of 6” yet has actually often found yourself with a group in close proximity to Memphis after various other bowls were actually filled up. Arkansas, Mississippi State and Missouri have actually been the final three SEC teams to play below, as well as none of those crews gained 9 activities, either.Kansas Condition or one of the Texas schools would certainly bring in the most sense to fill the Major 12 edge of the video game.