.Breaking South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Photo through Joseph Cress) Along With the University Soccer Playoff chase after very likely over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A championship game someplace, and also an opportunity to accomplish a 10-win period for only the 5th attend plan record. Yet where could the Gamecocks find yourself, as well as that are actually some realistic opponents?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando has the initial choice of non-playoff SEC staffs, currently Ole Miss due to the ranks. If Ole Miss somehow snuck into the playoff or dipped below South Carolina between now as well as Sunday, it will unlock for the Gamecocks to visit Orlando. There is likewise a chance the Citrus Bowl commitee could scoff the positions and choose South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the bowl position after the Citrus Bowl is darkened as well as boundless.
The supposed “swimming pool of six” bowl game comply with the Citrus Dish, yet it boils down to bowl committees and invitations rather than an established purchase where one bowl may opt for a crew, complied with by the following and so forth. Those 6 championship game are actually the ReliaQuest Dish (in the past called the Wilderness Dish) in Tampa Bay, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Music Urban area Dish, the SRS Distributors Sin City Bowl, the Income Tax Show Texas Bowl (Houston) and the Autozone Liberty Dish in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Location: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the best one to break of the team. It has regularly been the top SEC and Big 10 crews outside the New Years Six bowls (what is now the playoff). With 4 Major Ten crews anticipated to get inside the playoff, Illinois is actually the association’s merely various other ranked staff.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it will likely be against the Illini, implying a match against previous large recievers train Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played within this championship game twice, pounding Nebraska to finish the 2011 period as well as Wisconsin following 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Florida, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum good destination for Gamecock fans even if of the regularity they have actually existed. South Carolina has actually played in what was actually formely referred to as the Outback Dish five times, all because 2000. This is more than any other SEC crew.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa, however this dish will border on just about being regimen for sizable sections of the fanbase. As for a possible rival, the Big 10 possesses a different framework to the SEC, where it carries out possess an established order. This bowl game is first in line to choose a Huge 10 team after the Citrus Bowl.
Strictly based on succeed totals Iowa would be next along with its 8-4 document. But Michigan, Minnesota and also Rutgers are actually all close responsible for with 7 triumphes. Michigan especially could be desirable for a bowl board with its own large graduates system and restored supporter energy following a competition sway Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks would not go to the exact same championship game on two plain journeys, however South Carolina supporters possessed a strong turnover in 2022 and Jacksonville is actually merely four hours from Columbia. If South Carolina went back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Fight It Out and also Louisville would certainly be actually the frontrunners as possible opponents from the ACC.
The ACC carries out not have an accurate hierarchy, suggesting follower interest and chances to sell television advertisements will think about. This was a big portion of exactly how the Gator Dish ended up using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Battling Irish after their 8-4 time in 2022. Songs Urban Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is a really identical condition to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it usually includes an SEC group and also a Significant Ten group both someplace in the 7-9 succeed selection. It is upcoming in the Significant 10 position, suggesting the dish committee will possess the rest of the conference outside the Citrus and also ReliaQuest bowl individuals to decide on. It feels like the spot for whoever performs certainly not get to Tampa fl between Iowa and also Michigan, yet once more Minnesota and Rutgers sneak.
South Carolina has never ever played in the Popular music Urban Area Dish, but its own long background of possessing huge contingents of followers travel to Nashville for Vanderbilt video games will undoubtedly create it an eye-popping prospect. Sin City BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 prior to 2024 are still thought about eligible for this dish invitation.This is where it begins to divert in to the stable of being practically achievable, however unlikely.
Everything beyond the 3 Fla bowls or even Nashville feels like a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, but alive in this particular feeling. Teams that played in the league in 2013 are actually still entitled for this bowl game because of agreements agreed on before event re-alignment.
Colorado as an example is dish eligible, as well as for that reason qualified to play in any sort of activity along with a Big 12 or Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona Condition has its attractions bented on the playoff if it succeeds the Big 12 label activity, but this might be a fallback option for the Sunshine Devils if they drop this weekend break. Washington and also Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their brand new Big 10 homes, will likewise be actually qualified listed below.
It is actually hard to nail down specifically just how this dish board will pick teams, needing an SEC one that will make a cross-country vacation in big varieties and also having to collaborate with other conferences on the past Pac-12 staffs. Still, it is at minimal for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is most likely the least probably destination for the Gamecocks, yet is still theoretically possible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri as well as LSU are actually all dish eligible and in far closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, making a much bigger possibility at offering tickets. South Carolina has never ever played within this championship game, as well as geography is actually a big reason.
If it did somhow land listed here, some of the three Texas universities with an 8-4 record– Baylor, TCU and also Texas Technician– would be actually the likliest challengers. Liberty BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this thinks close to inconceivable.
The Right Bowl is theoretically in the “swimming pool of 6” however has actually generally wound up with a team near to Memphis after various other bowls were actually packed. Arkansas, Mississippi State and also Missouri have actually been actually the final 3 SEC teams to play right here, and also none of those teams succeeded nine video games, either.Kansas Condition or even among the Texas schools would make the best sense to pack the Large 12 edge of this particular game.