.Breaking down South Carolina’s bowl possibilitiesPhoto: (Picture through Joseph Cress) Along With the University Football Playoff chase very likely over, what comes next for the Gamecocks? A championship game somewhere, and also an option to accomplish a 10-win season for just the 5th attend system history. However where could the Gamecocks end up, and who are some reasonable opponents?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando possesses the initial pick of non-playoff SEC teams, presently Ole Miss due to the positions. If Ole Miss in some way snuck into the playoff or plunged below South Carolina in between now and Sunday, it will open the door for the Gamecocks to visit Orlando. There is actually also a chance the Citrus Dish commitee could possibly scoff the ranks and select South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the bowl chain of command after the Citrus Bowl is darkened and boundless.
The supposed “pool of six” championship game observe the Citrus Bowl, but it boils down to bowl boards and also invitations rather than a set purchase where one dish may pick a group, observed by the following and so forth. Those six championship game are actually the ReliaQuest Bowl (formerly referred to as the Wilderness Bowl) in Tampa Fl, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Music Metropolitan area Dish, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Dish, the Income Tax Show Texas Dish (Houston) and also the Autozone Right Dish in Memphis. Citrus Dish Place: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the best one to break down of the team. It has always been actually the best SEC as well as Big Ten crews outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is actually right now the playoff). With 4 Huge Ten staffs anticipated to get in the playoff, Illinois is the event’s simply other ranked staff.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it will very likely protest the Illini, implying a match-up against previous wide recievers train Justin Stepp. South Carolina has played in this championship game twice, pounding Nebraska to end the 2011 period as well as Wisconsin complying with 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Fl, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum good place for Gamecock fans just because of the regularity they have actually existed. South Carolina has played in what was actually formely known as the Wilderness Dish five opportunities, all given that 2000. This is more than any other SEC team.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa florida, but this bowl would certainly approach virtually being actually routine for huge portions of the fanbase. As for a feasible enemy, the Big 10 has a various design to the SEC, where it carries out have an established order. This bowl game is to begin with level to select a Major Ten staff after the Citrus Bowl.
Strictly based on succeed overalls Iowa would certainly be next with its 8-4 file. But Michigan, Minnesota as well as Rutgers are all close behind along with 7 triumphes. Michigan particularly might be eye-catching for a bowl committee with its own large alumni system as well as revived follower power following a rivalry gain Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks would not go to the exact same championship game on 2 plain journeys, however South Carolina followers possessed a strong yield in 2022 as well as Jacksonville is actually only four hours coming from Columbia. If South Carolina got back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Fight It Out as well as Louisville would certainly be actually the frontrunners as possible opponents coming from the ACC.
The ACC performs not possess a true position, implying follower rate of interest and also opportunities to market television advertisements will consider. This was a sizable portion of just how the Gator Bowl found yourself utilizing Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Dealing with Irish after their 8-4 time in 2022. Music Metropolitan Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an incredibly identical situation to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it normally includes an SEC staff as well as a Huge 10 crew both someplace in the 7-9 gain range. It is actually following in the Major 10 hierarchy, suggesting the dish board would certainly have the rest of the event outside the Citrus as well as ReliaQuest dish attendees to pick from. It thinks that the spot for whoever does certainly not get to Tampa bay in between Iowa as well as Michigan, however once again Minnesota and also Rutgers sneak.
South Carolina has actually never ever played in the Popular music Metropolitan Area Bowl, however its own lengthy past history of possessing large sets of followers journey 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 ** Members of the Pac-12 just before 2024 are still considered eligible for this dish invitation.This is actually where it begins to drift into the stable of being theoretically achievable, yet extremely unlikely.
Anything outside of the three Fla bowls or Nashville thinks that a longshot. The Pac-12 is actually dead, however dynamic in this particular feeling. Teams who played in the game in 2014 are still eligible for this bowl game as a result of contracts agreed on prior to association re-alignment.
Colorado for example is actually dish eligible, and also therefore entitled to play in any kind of game with a Significant 12 or Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its sights set on the playoff if it gains the Large 12 label video game, but this can be a fallback option for the Sun Devils if they shed this weekend. Washington as well as Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their new Big 10 homes, would additionally be actually qualified right here.
It is actually challenging to pin down exactly how this dish board will choose groups, requiring an SEC one that would bring in a cross-country vacation in significant numbers as well as having to team up with other events on the former Pac-12 teams. Still, it is at minimal for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is possibly the least probably place for the Gamecocks, but is still actually feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri as well as LSU are actually all dish eligible as well as in much closer proximity to Houston than the Gamecocks, producing a much bigger opportunity at offering tickets. South Carolina has never played within this championship game, and geography is actually a large cause.
If it did somhow land below, some of the three Texas colleges with an 8-4 file– Baylor, TCU as well as Texas Tech– will be actually the likliest challengers. Liberty BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this believes near inconceivable.
The Liberty Bowl is actually technically in the “pool of six” but has usually ended up with a crew in close proximity to Memphis after other bowls were loaded. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition and Missouri have been actually the last three SEC teams to participate in here, as well as none of those crews gained nine activities, either.Kansas Condition or among the Texas universities would certainly make the absolute most sense to fill up the Large 12 side of this game.