.Breaking South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Picture through Joseph Cress) Along With the University Football Playoff chase after very likely over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A championship game someplace, and also an option to finish off a 10-win season for just the 5th attend program past. Yet where could the Gamecocks wind up, and also who are actually some practical enemies?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando possesses the very first selection of non-playoff SEC teams, currently Ole Miss due to the ranks. If Ole Miss somehow snuck right into the playoff or soaked below South Carolina in between currently and also Sunday, it will open the door for the Gamecocks to go to Orlando. There is actually additionally a possibility the Citrus Bowl commitee might spurn the positions and also choose South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the bowl chain of command after the Citrus Dish is actually murky and also boundless.
The supposed “swimming pool of six” bowl game observe the Citrus Bowl, yet it boils down to bowl committees and invites rather than a specified purchase where one dish may select a crew, adhered to due to the next and more. Those six bowl games are the ReliaQuest Bowl (in the past known as the Rural Bowl) in Tampa Bay, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Songs Area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Sin City Bowl, the Tax Obligation Act Texas Bowl (Houston) as well as the Autozone Freedom Dish in Memphis. Citrus Dish Area: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is the simplest one to malfunction of the group. It has always been the top SEC as well as Big Ten groups outside the New Years Six bowls (what is actually currently the playoff). Along with four Big Ten crews anticipated to get inside the playoff, Illinois is the conference’s only various other ranked group.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it would most likely be against the Illini, suggesting a match-up against previous large recievers instructor Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played in this championship game two times, beating Nebraska to finish the 2011 time as well as Wisconsin following 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Fl, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum beneficial place for Gamecock enthusiasts even if of the frequency they have been there. South Carolina has actually played in what was actually formely referred to as the Outback Bowl five opportunities, all given that 2000. This is actually much more than any other SEC group.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa bay, yet this bowl would approach just about being regimen for large sections of the fanbase. As for a feasible challenger, the Big 10 has a different structure to the SEC, where it carries out have an established purchase. This bowl game is to begin with in line to decide on a Big 10 crew after the Citrus Dish.
Stringently based upon gain total amounts Iowa would certainly be actually following with its own 8-4 document. However Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are actually all close responsible for along with seven victories. Michigan specifically could be appealing for a bowl board along with its sizable alumni network and also revived supporter power observing a rivalry get Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks wouldn’t head to the exact same championship game on pair of plain travels, yet South Carolina supporters had a solid turnover in 2022 as well as Jacksonville is actually merely four hours coming from Columbia. If South Carolina went back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Duke and also Louisville will be the frontrunners as feasible opponents from the ACC.
The ACC does not possess a real chain of command, indicating follower rate of interest as well as opportunities to offer tv ads will think about. This was actually a sizable aspect of exactly how the Gator Bowl wound up making use of Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC standing to land the Fighting Irish after their 8-4 season in 2022. Music Metropolitan Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an incredibly similar circumstance to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it typically features an SEC crew and also a Significant 10 staff both somewhere in the 7-9 gain variation. It is next in the Huge Ten pecking order, implying the bowl board would certainly have the remainder of the association outside the Citrus and ReliaQuest bowl individuals to pick from. It thinks that the location for whoever performs certainly not get to Tampa between Iowa and also Michigan, but once again Minnesota as well as Rutgers sneak.
South Carolina has actually certainly never played in the Popular music Area Dish, however its long record of possessing huge sections of fans journey to Nashville for Vanderbilt games will definitely make it an eye-popping applicant. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 just before 2024 are still looked at eligible for this dish invitation.This is where it begins to divert into the stable of being practically possible, but unexpected.
Anything away from the 3 Florida bowls or even Nashville believes that a longshot. The Pac-12 is actually dead, yet alive in this particular sense. Teams that played in the league last year are still qualified for this bowl game due to agreements settled on prior to association re-alignment.
Colorado for example is bowl eligible, as well as consequently qualified to play in any sort of activity along with a Large 12 or Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its own sights set on the playoff if it wins the Major 12 label activity, yet this might be a fallback possibility for the Sunshine Devils if they lose this weekend break. Washington and Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their brand new Big 10 homes, would additionally be actually eligible listed here.
It is actually complicated to lock in precisely how this dish board will choose teams, requiring an SEC one that would certainly create a cross-country trip in large amounts as well as needing to partner with other conferences on the former Pac-12 groups. Still, it is at minimum for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is perhaps the least most likely place for the Gamecocks, yet is still theoretically achievable. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri as well as LSU are actually all bowl eligible and in far closer distance to Houston than the Gamecocks, making a considerably greater chance at selling tickets. South Carolina has certainly never played in this bowl game, and location is actually a major explanation.
If it performed somhow land listed here, one of the three Texas institutions along with an 8-4 file– Baylor, TCU and also Texas Tech– would be actually the likliest enemies. Freedom BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this believes near inconceivable.
The Freedom Bowl is actually actually in the “pool of 6” yet has actually usually wound up along with a team near to Memphis after other bowls were actually filled. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition and Missouri have actually been actually the final three SEC groups to play listed here, as well as none of those staffs gained nine video games, either.Kansas State or one of the Texas schools would certainly make the absolute most sense to load the Huge 12 edge of this game.