.Breaking down South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Photograph by Joseph Cress) With the University Volleyball Playoff chase after probably over, what comes next for the Gamecocks? A championship game someplace, and also an option to round off a 10-win season for only the 5th attend course history. Yet where could the Gamecocks end up, and also who are actually some realistic opponents?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando has the very first selection of non-playoff SEC staffs, presently Ole Miss by the positions. If Ole Miss somehow snuck into the playoff or even plunged below South Carolina in between now and also Sunday, it will unlock for the Gamecocks to go to Orlando. There is actually also a possibility the Citrus Dish commitee can scoff the rankings and also select South Carolina regardless.From there, the dish chain of command after the Citrus Bowl is dirty and also boundless.
The supposed “swimming pool of 6” championship game follow the Citrus Dish, yet it boils down to bowl boards as well as invitations as opposed to a set order where one dish can easily select a group, adhered to due to the next and so forth. Those 6 bowl games are actually the ReliaQuest Dish (formerly known as the Wilderness Dish) in Tampa, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Popular music City Bowl, the SRS Distributors Sin City Dish, the Tax Act Texas Dish (Houston) as well as the Autozone Liberty Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Dish Site: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the most convenient one to malfunction of the team. It has actually regularly been actually the leading SEC and also Big 10 crews outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is right now the playoff). Along with 4 Huge 10 staffs expected to enter the playoff, Illinois is actually the event’s simply various other rated crew.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it will very likely protest the Illini, indicating a match versus previous vast recievers trainer Justin Stepp. South Carolina has played within this championship game twice, beating Nebraska to end the 2011 season and also Wisconsin adhering to 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Florida, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum good destination for Gamecock supporters even if of the regularity they have been there. South Carolina has actually played in what was actually formely referred to as the Wilderness Dish 5 times, all given that 2000. This is actually greater than any other SEC team.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa, yet this bowl will border on virtually being actually regular for large parts of the fanbase. When it comes to a possible challenger, the Big 10 possesses a different structure to the SEC, where it performs possess an established order. This championship game is initially level to pick a Significant 10 staff 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 along with seven triumphes. Michigan specifically could be attractive for a bowl board along with its own big alumni network as well as renewed fan power observing a competition sway Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks definitely would not visit the exact same bowl game on pair of straight journeys, however South Carolina enthusiasts possessed a powerful turnout in 2022 and Jacksonville is just four hrs from Columbia. If South Carolina went back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Duke as well as Louisville would be the frontrunners as achievable rivals from the ACC.
The ACC carries out not have an accurate pecking order, implying supporter enthusiasm as well as opportunities to sell television ads will consider. This was actually a huge portion of exactly how the Gator Dish found yourself making use of Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Combating Irish after their 8-4 period in 2022. Music Urban Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an incredibly similar situation to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it typically includes an SEC crew and also a Big 10 team both someplace in the 7-9 win selection. It is actually following in the Big 10 hierarchy, meaning the bowl board would possess the remainder of the association outside the Citrus and ReliaQuest dish participants to select from. It thinks that the place for whoever carries out not come to Tampa florida in between Iowa and Michigan, however once more Minnesota as well as Rutgers prowl.
South Carolina has never ever played in the Songs Urban Area Bowl, yet its own lengthy background of possessing large sets of followers travel to Nashville for Vanderbilt activities will definitely make it an eye-popping prospect. Sin City BowlLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Members of the Pac-12 before 2024 are still taken into consideration eligible for this dish invitation.This is actually where it starts to drift right into the series of being actually practically feasible, yet extremely unlikely.
Anything outside of the three Florida bowls or even Nashville seems like a longshot. The Pac-12 is actually dead, but vital in this particular feeling. Groups that played in the organization in 2015 are actually still eligible for this bowl game due to deals settled on prior to association re-alignment.
Colorado for example is actually bowl eligible, and also for that reason entitled to play in any game along with a Major 12 or even Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona Condition has its own attractions bented on the playoff if it succeeds the Huge 12 headline video game, however this might be a fallback option for the Sun Devils if they drop this weekend break. Washington as well as Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their brand new Big Ten homes, will likewise be actually qualified below.
It is challenging to nail down exactly how this dish committee are going to choose staffs, requiring an SEC one that would bring in a cross-country trip in big numbers and having to work with various other events on the former Pac-12 staffs. Still, it goes to least possible for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is actually possibly the least most likely destination for the Gamecocks, yet is still theoretically possible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are all bowl eligible as well as in much closer proximity to Houston than the Gamecocks, developing a much bigger possibility at selling tickets. South Carolina has actually never ever played within this championship game, and geographics is actually a big explanation.
If it performed somhow land listed below, one of the 3 Texas universities along with an 8-4 record– Baylor, TCU and also Texas Technology– would certainly be the likliest rivals. Right BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this thinks near to difficult.
The Freedom Dish is actually practically in the “pool of six” however has generally wound up with a group near to Memphis after other bowls were actually packed. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition as well as Missouri have actually been the final three SEC crews to participate in here, and none of those groups succeeded 9 activities, either.Kansas State or even one of the Texas colleges would create the most feeling to pack the Significant 12 side of the activity.