.Breaking South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Image by Joseph Cress) With the University Soccer Playoff chase after probably over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A championship game somewhere, and a possibility to finish off a 10-win time for just the fifth time in course past history. However where could the Gamecocks wind up, as well as who are some practical rivals?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando possesses the 1st selection of non-playoff SEC staffs, presently Ole Miss due to the positions. If Ole Miss in some way snuck right into the playoff or even soaked below South Carolina in between right now and also Sunday, it would certainly open the door for the Gamecocks to go to Orlando. There is actually additionally a possibility the Citrus Dish commitee can repudiate the rankings and also choose South Carolina regardless.From there, the bowl chain of command after the Citrus Dish is actually murky as well as boundless.
The supposed “swimming pool of six” bowl game comply with the Citrus Bowl, but it comes down to bowl committees and also invites as opposed to a prepared order where one dish may decide on a staff, observed due to the following etc. Those six bowl games are actually the ReliaQuest Bowl (formerly known as the Country Dish) in Tampa Bay, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Popular music Area Dish, the SRS Distributors Sin City Dish, the Tax Obligation Act Texas Bowl (Houston) and also the Autozone Right Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Dish Site: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the most convenient one to break of the group. It has regularly been actually the best SEC as well as Big Ten groups outside the New Years Six bowls (what is actually now the playoff). With 4 Significant 10 teams counted on to get inside the playoff, Illinois is actually the event’s only various other positioned crew.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it would certainly likely be against the Illini, implying a match-up against previous wide recievers trainer Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played in this particular championship game two times, pounding Nebraska to end the 2011 season and Wisconsin observing 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Bay, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the least good place for Gamecock enthusiasts just because of the frequency they have existed. South Carolina has actually played in what was actually formely known as the Rural Bowl 5 times, all due to the fact that 2000. This is more than some other SEC staff.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa fl, yet this bowl would certainly verge on practically being routine for huge portions of the fanbase. When it comes to a feasible opponent, the Big Ten possesses a different construct to the SEC, where it does possess a well-known order. This championship game is to begin with level to pick a Large 10 group after the Citrus Bowl.
Solely based upon win total amounts Iowa would certainly be actually following with its 8-4 document. Yet Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are actually all close behind with seven triumphes. Michigan in particular might be appealing for a bowl board along with its own large graduates network and revived supporter power observing a competition get Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks would not most likely to the very same championship game on 2 journeys, however South Carolina followers possessed a powerful turnover in 2022 as well as Jacksonville is just four hours from Columbia. If South Carolina got back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Fight It Out and also Louisville would be the frontrunners as feasible enemies from the ACC.
The ACC carries out not possess a correct position, implying enthusiast enthusiasm as well as possibilities to offer television advertisements would factor in. This was a large portion of how the Gator Dish wound up utilizing Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC status to land the Dealing with Irish after their 8-4 season in 2022. Music Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually a very similar condition to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it often features an SEC staff and also a Significant Ten staff both somewhere in the 7-9 gain array. It is actually following in the Significant 10 position, meaning the bowl committee would certainly possess the rest of the association outside the Citrus as well as ReliaQuest bowl attendees to pick from. It seems like the spot for whoever performs certainly not reach Tampa between Iowa and Michigan, but again Minnesota as well as Rutgers snoop.
South Carolina has never ever played in the Music Area Bowl, yet its own long past of having big contingents of followers take a trip to Nashville for Vanderbilt games will undoubtedly make it an eye-popping candidate. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 just before 2024 are still taken into consideration eligible for this dish invitation.This is actually where it starts to drift into the variety of being theoretically possible, but unexpected.
Everything beyond the 3 Florida bowls or Nashville feels like a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, yet viable in this particular feeling. Crews that played in the organization in 2015 are actually still qualified for this bowl game due to arrangements agreed on before event re-alignment.
Colorado for example is actually bowl eligible, as well as for that reason eligible to play in any kind of game with a Big 12 or Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona Condition has its own views set on the playoff if it gains the Huge 12 headline game, but this might be a fallback alternative for the Sun Devils if they drop this weekend break. Washington as well as Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their new Big 10 homes, will also be actually qualified here.
It is complicated to nail down precisely how this dish committee will definitely choose teams, requiring an SEC one that would create a cross-country excursion in large numbers as well as needing to work with other events on the former Pac-12 staffs. Still, it is at minimal for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is perhaps the least very likely place for the Gamecocks, yet is actually still actually possible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri as well as LSU are actually all bowl eligible and also in significantly closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, producing a considerably larger odds at marketing tickets. South Carolina has never played in this particular bowl game, as well as geography is a big factor.
If it did somhow land listed below, one of the 3 Texas universities along with an 8-4 document– Baylor, TCU and Texas Technology– would be the likliest opponents. Freedom BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this experiences near to impossible.
The Liberty Dish is theoretically in the “pool of six” but has actually usually found yourself with a team in close proximity to Memphis after other bowls were actually filled up. Arkansas, Mississippi State and also Missouri have been actually the final 3 SEC teams to play below, and none of those crews won nine activities, either.Kansas State or even among the Texas universities will make the absolute most sense to load the Significant 12 edge of this activity.