.Malfunctioning South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Picture through Joseph Cress) Along With the College Football Playoff go after most likely over, what comes next for the Gamecocks? A championship game someplace, as well as a possibility to round off a 10-win period for just the fifth time in course history. But where could the Gamecocks wind up, and who are actually some sensible rivals?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando has the initial choice of non-playoff SEC staffs, presently Ole Miss by the rankings. If Ole Miss somehow snuck right into the playoff or plunged below South Carolina in between right now and also Sunday, it would certainly unlock for the Gamecocks to visit Orlando. There is actually additionally an opportunity the Citrus Dish commitee could repudiate the ranks and also choose South Carolina regardless.From there, the dish pecking order after the Citrus Dish is murky and also undefined.
The so-called “swimming pool of 6” championship game follow the Citrus Bowl, yet it boils down to bowl boards and invitations rather than a set order where one bowl can decide on a crew, adhered to by the upcoming and so on. Those 6 championship game are actually the ReliaQuest Dish (previously known as the Rural Dish) in Tampa Fl, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Songs Urban area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Dish, the Income Tax Act Texas Bowl (Houston) as well as the Autozone Liberty Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Place: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is the easiest one to malfunction of the group. It has actually regularly been the leading SEC and Big Ten staffs outside the New Years Six bowls (what is actually right now the playoff). With four Huge Ten staffs anticipated to get in the playoff, Illinois is the conference’s just various other ranked crew.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it will most likely be against the Illini, suggesting a match-up versus past wide recievers trainer Justin Stepp. South Carolina has played in this championship game two times, pounding Nebraska to end the 2011 season as well as Wisconsin following 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Florida, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum beneficial place for Gamecock enthusiasts even if of the frequency they have actually existed. South Carolina has actually played in what was actually formely known as the Wilderness Bowl 5 times, all because 2000. This is actually greater than every other SEC crew.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa bay, yet this dish would certainly approach nearly being routine for sizable portions of the fanbase. When it comes to a feasible opponent, the Big 10 possesses a various structure to the SEC, where it performs possess a recognized purchase. This championship game is to begin with level to pick a Significant Ten team after the Citrus Bowl.
Strictly based upon succeed total amounts Iowa will be upcoming with its 8-4 document. But Michigan, Minnesota as well as Rutgers are all close behind with 7 triumphes. Michigan specifically can be appealing for a bowl board along with its sizable alumni network as well as restored fan power adhering to a competition gain Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks definitely would not go to the same championship game on pair of plain excursions, yet South Carolina fans possessed a tough turnout in 2022 as well as Jacksonville is just four hrs from Columbia. If South Carolina returned to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Fight It Out and also Louisville will be the frontrunners as achievable challengers coming from the ACC.
The ACC does not have a real pecking order, implying supporter rate of interest and opportunities to offer tv advertisements will factor in. This was actually a big part of exactly how the Gator Dish wound up making use of Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC status to land the Battling Irish after their 8-4 period in 2022. Music Metropolitan Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an extremely identical circumstance to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it commonly features an SEC crew and a Large Ten staff both somewhere in the 7-9 win selection. It is actually following in the Large 10 position, indicating the bowl board would have the remainder of the conference outside the Citrus and also ReliaQuest bowl participants to select from. It thinks that the place for whoever does certainly not come to Tampa between Iowa and Michigan, however again Minnesota as well as Rutgers snoop.
South Carolina has certainly never played in the Music City Bowl, but its own long past history of having big contingents of followers travel to Nashville for Vanderbilt games would surely make it an eye-popping applicant. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 prior to 2024 are actually still taken into consideration eligible for this bowl invitation.This is actually where it begins to turn in to the range of being theoretically achievable, however unlikely.
Just about anything beyond the 3 Florida bowls or Nashville believes that a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, but alive in this particular sense. Groups that played in the league in 2013 are actually still eligible for this championship game as a result of contracts agreed on prior to conference re-alignment.
Colorado as an example is dish eligible, and as a result eligible to play in any sort of game with a Significant 12 or even Pac-12 tie. Arizona State has its views bented on the playoff if it succeeds the Huge 12 label video game, however this may be a fallback choice for the Sunshine Devils if they shed this weekend break. Washington and also Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their brand-new Big 10 homes, would likewise be eligible listed below.
It is actually tough to nail down precisely just how this dish board will definitely choose groups, needing to have an SEC one that would certainly make a cross-country journey in big amounts as well as having to collaborate with other associations on the previous Pac-12 staffs. Still, it is at minimal for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is actually perhaps the least most likely destination for the Gamecocks, but is still practically possible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are all dish eligible as well as in significantly closer distance to Houston than the Gamecocks, producing a considerably bigger opportunity at selling tickets. South Carolina has never played within this bowl game, and location is a big main reason.
If it did somhow land here, among the three Texas colleges along with an 8-4 report– Baylor, TCU and also Texas Specialist– will be the likliest opponents. Liberty BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this experiences near inconceivable.
The Right Dish is actually in the “swimming pool of 6” however has generally ended up with a group in close proximity to Memphis after other bowls were actually loaded. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition as well as Missouri have actually been actually the last 3 SEC staffs to participate in below, as well as none of those crews gained 9 activities, either.Kansas Condition or even one of the Texas universities would certainly create one of the most feeling to fill up the Major 12 side of the game.