With Jadeveon Clowney moving off to the NFL, the South Carolina Gamecocks had a poor 2014, finishing 7-5 and 3-5 in the SEC, which including a blow-out losses to Texas A&M and Clemson, and getting outclassed by Kentucky. They beat Georgia in a rainstorm and squeaked by Florida, but overall, this wasn't a great year for the Gamecocks. WE NOW KNOW THE QB Connor Mitch was named the quarterback of the South Carolina Gamecocks on Tuesday, much to the relief of many fans who we guess were beginning to question whether Steve Spurrier had decided to go for golf instead of a big decision. Anyway, Read more [...]

South Carolina is to have two defensive co-ordinators for the team next year, reports say. John Hoke, who comes from the NFL and has most recently been with Chicago, will come on board to coach USC's passing defense, and current DC Lorenzo Ward will coach the Gamecocks rushing defense. Ward worked for Steve Spurrier at Florida between 1999-2001, the report from GoGamecocks.com says. The decision comes as a little bit of a break for Ward, who was in charge of a USC defense that gave up 30.4 points-per-game last year, "good" for 91st in the country. A lot of people felt that Ward would Read more [...]

With Jadeveon Clowney and three other juniors going to the pros - as well as talisman quarterback Connor Shaw- South Carolina needed to shore up their class with an excellent National Signing Day.....and did. A lot of the big signings were on the defensive side. Steve Spurrier picked up DE Dante Sawyer, LB Bryson Allen-Williams and defensive tackle Dexter Wideman - who had committed earlier to Florida State - and reports have said that they expect DE Jhaustin Thomas to make an impact, too. Four-star Defensive back Chris Lammons came aboard, and DE Blake McClain, who was meant to be going Read more [...]

South Carolina defensive end and All-American Jadeveon Clowney has a $5 million insurance policy should he get injured in the 2013 season, it has been reported. The policy - which will be paid out via the NCAA should anything go awry next season - will be paid for by family members, and protect against future . The cost is $30,000. Reply to Charleston Post-Courier writer Daryl Slater's report, Paul Myerberg of USA Today noted that the policy was the largest available to players. The insurance company offering the policy is HCC, based in Cincinnati. On South Carolina's website, they Read more [...]

Many congratulations, Tom Sorenson. You wrote an article about why Jadeveon Clowney should sit out the 2013 season, and you set yourself alight in the Twittersvere, the Facebookvere, and certainly, in the SEC. In his article, Sorenson basically said that he should sit out South Carolina's 2013 season, because a) if it was any other sport, he'd be professional by now, and b) if he gets injured, he'll cheat himself out of a big-time NFL contract, that's definitely going to come to him in the draft of 2014. The reason why he's got to play three years is the fact that the NFL's rule "stipulates Read more [...]

After a 10-2 season that included a victories over hated rivals Clemson and Georgia, the South Carolina Gamecocks have given a two-year contract extension to College Football's greatest golfing football coach, Steve Spurrier through the 2017 season. Unlike Les Miles' deal with LSU, Spurrier's deal with South Carolina did not see a salary raise - although he's going to earn $3.3m in 2013, which is quite handy. He should be able to buy some drinks for Stephen Garcia with that... We're almost surprised that Spurrier won't pass comment on the radio about his extension: "Well, if Les Miles agent Read more [...]

There was good news for South Carolina Gamecocks fans:Marcus Lattimore's injury isn't as bad as feared. A lot of South Carolina fans were fearing that the junior running back's sickening injury in the Gamecocks' victory over Tennessee on Saturday would mean an end to their player's school - and NFL - career. As was Twitter, that suddenly abounded with rumors of fractured femurs and destroyed ligaments. But South Carolina said in a statement: "University of South Carolina junior running back Marcus Lattimore suffered a significant impact to the front of his right knee during the Tennessee Read more [...]

In Steve Spurrier, South Carolina is coached by one of the greatest coaches the SEC (and College Football), has ever seen. And he's great with doing something from nothing, because  South Carolina's not historically Georgia, LSU or Alabama, and yet he can still pick up some immense recruits and sends some great ones to the pros. This year, South Carolina goes into the season higher thought-of than ever. So can they win the SEC East title, which they missed out on last year? Last year Let's get this straight: If they hadn't have had such a sucky SEC conference, they would have won the Read more [...]