.Breaking South Carolina’s bowl possibilitiesPhoto: (Image by Joseph Cress) With the University Volleyball Playoff chase after most likely over, what comes next for the Gamecocks? A bowl game someplace, and also an opportunity to accomplish a 10-win time for just the fifth time in plan past. However where could the Gamecocks find yourself, as well as who are actually some practical rivals?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando has the first choice of non-playoff SEC groups, presently Ole Miss due to the ranks. If Ole Miss somehow snuck right into the playoff or even plunged listed below South Carolina between now as well as Sunday, it would unlock for the Gamecocks to go to Orlando. There is also an odds the Citrus Bowl commitee could possibly repudiate the positions and also pick South Carolina regardless.From there, the bowl position after the Citrus Bowl is actually darkened as well as boundless.
The alleged “pool of 6” championship game comply with the Citrus Dish, but it comes down to bowl boards and invites rather than a set purchase where one dish can easily choose a staff, complied with due to the next etc. Those 6 championship game are actually the ReliaQuest Bowl (previously called the Country Bowl) in Tampa Florida, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Songs City Dish, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Dish, the Tax Obligation Act Texas Bowl (Houston) as well as the Autozone Freedom Dish in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Area: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is the simplest one to break down of the team. It has actually regularly been actually the top SEC and also Big 10 staffs outside the New Years Six bowls (what is actually currently the playoff). Along with 4 Big Ten teams expected to enter the playoff, Illinois is the event’s merely other rated group.
If the Gamecocks are actually slotted for Orlando it will likely be against the Illini, indicating a match-up versus former vast recievers coach Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played within this bowl game two times, beating Nebraska to finish the 2011 season and also Wisconsin adhering to 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Fl, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum pleasing destination for Gamecock fans just because of the frequency they have actually existed. South Carolina has actually played in what was formely called the Wilderness Dish five opportunities, all since 2000. This is actually more than every other SEC staff.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa florida, however this bowl will verge on nearly being actually regimen for big parts of the fanbase. When it comes to a possible rival, the Big Ten possesses a different framework to the SEC, where it carries out have a well established purchase. This bowl game is to begin with in line to pick a Major 10 team after the Citrus Dish.
Solely based on succeed overalls Iowa would certainly be actually following along with its 8-4 report. However Michigan, Minnesota as well as Rutgers are all close responsible for along with 7 success. Michigan specifically might be eye-catching for a bowl committee with its own huge alumni system and revived supporter power observing a competition gain Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks would not go to the same bowl game on pair of plain trips, but South Carolina fans possessed a tough yield in 2022 and Jacksonville is actually just 4 hrs from Columbia. If South Carolina went back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Fight It Out as well as Louisville would certainly be actually the frontrunners as feasible rivals coming from the ACC.
The ACC does not possess an accurate chain of command, suggesting follower interest and chances to sell tv advertisements will consider. This was actually a sizable part of exactly how the Gator Bowl wound up using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC status to land the Combating Irish after their 8-4 season in 2022. Songs City BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually a really comparable circumstance to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it typically includes an SEC team and also a Big 10 crew both someplace in the 7-9 win selection. It is following in the Large 10 chain of command, meaning the dish committee would have the remainder of the conference outside the Citrus and ReliaQuest dish individuals to decide on. It seems like the location for whoever performs not get to Tampa fl in between Iowa as well as Michigan, however once again Minnesota and Rutgers prowl.
South Carolina has certainly never played in the Popular music City Dish, but its own long past history of having sizable sections of enthusiasts journey to Nashville for Vanderbilt games will surely create it an eye-popping prospect. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 prior to 2024 are actually still considered eligible for this dish invitation.This is where it starts to drift in to the stable of being actually theoretically achievable, yet not likely.
Just about anything beyond the three Fla bowls or even Nashville thinks that a longshot. The Pac-12 is actually dead, yet viable within this sense. Teams who played in the organization in 2013 are actually still qualified for this championship game due to contracts agreed on just before event re-alignment.
Colorado for instance is bowl eligible, and also as a result eligible to play in any sort of video game along with a Major 12 or Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its views set on the playoff if it succeeds the Major 12 title activity, however this could be a fallback possibility for the Sun Devils if they drop this weekend break. Washington and Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their brand new Big Ten homes, would additionally be actually qualified listed below.
It is actually challenging to lock in specifically just how this dish board will certainly select groups, requiring an SEC one that would bring in a cross-country excursion in big amounts and must partner with various other associations on the previous Pac-12 staffs. Still, it goes to minimum for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is actually possibly the least probably place for the Gamecocks, however is still theoretically feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are all dish eligible and also in much closer proximity to Houston than the Gamecocks, creating a considerably larger possibility at selling tickets. South Carolina has actually never played in this particular championship game, as well as geography is actually a significant main reason.
If it did somhow property right here, among the 3 Texas universities along with an 8-4 report– Baylor, TCU and also Texas Tech– would certainly be actually the likliest enemies. Liberty BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this thinks near impossible.
The Right Bowl is theoretically in the “pool of 6” however has usually ended up with a group near to Memphis after other bowls were filled up. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition and Missouri have been actually the last 3 SEC groups to play here, as well as none of those teams succeeded nine games, either.Kansas Condition or some of the Texas schools will create the best feeling to pack the Significant 12 side of the game.