.Breaking down South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Photograph through Joseph Cress) With the College Football Playoff chase after probably over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A bowl game someplace, as well as an opportunity to finish off a 10-win time for only the fifth attend course record. However where could the Gamecocks end up, as well as that are some sensible enemies?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando possesses the very first selection of non-playoff SEC crews, presently Ole Miss by the rankings. If Ole Miss in some way snuck in to the playoff or even dipped below South Carolina in between right now as well as Sunday, it will unlock for the Gamecocks to visit Orlando. There is also a possibility the Citrus Bowl commitee could possibly reject the rankings and also select South Carolina regardless.From there, the bowl position after the Citrus Dish is darkened and undefined.
The supposed “swimming pool of 6” bowl game observe the Citrus Bowl, yet it boils down to bowl committees as well as invites as opposed to an established order where one bowl may opt for a group, complied with by the following and so on. Those six bowl games are actually the ReliaQuest Dish (in the past referred to as the Outback Dish) in Tampa Bay, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Popular music City Dish, the SRS Distributors Sin City Dish, the Tax Obligation Show Texas Bowl (Houston) and the Autozone Freedom Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Dish Location: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the most convenient one to break of the team. It has actually constantly been actually the top SEC and also Big 10 crews outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is actually right now the playoff). Along with four Big Ten teams counted on to get in the playoff, Illinois is the event’s only other rated crew.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it will likely protest the Illini, indicating a match-up against previous large recievers coach Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played in this bowl game two times, pounding Nebraska to finish the 2011 season as well as Wisconsin observing 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Bay, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum pleasing place for Gamecock enthusiasts just because of the regularity they have actually existed. South Carolina has played in what was formely known as the Outback Dish five times, all because 2000. This is actually much more than some other SEC team.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa, but this dish would verge on just about being actually regular for large parts of the fanbase. As for a possible rival, the Big Ten has a various construct to the SEC, where it does possess a recognized order. This bowl game is actually to begin with in line to choose a Significant Ten team after the Citrus Bowl.
Strictly based on gain total amounts Iowa would be upcoming with its 8-4 report. However Michigan, Minnesota and also Rutgers are actually all close responsible for along with 7 success. Michigan especially may be appealing for a dish committee along with its large graduates system as well as revitalized fan electricity complying with a rivalry get Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks would not most likely to the very same championship game on 2 plain trips, yet South Carolina enthusiasts had a tough turnout in 2022 and also Jacksonville is actually just 4 hrs from Columbia. If South Carolina returned to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Duke as well as Louisville would be actually the frontrunners as feasible challengers from the ACC.
The ACC does not possess a real hierarchy, indicating follower passion and also opportunities to offer television ads would certainly factor in. This was a huge portion of just how the Gator Bowl found yourself utilizing Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Fighting Irish after their 8-4 season in 2022. Music Urban Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually a very similar circumstance to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it commonly features an SEC team as well as a Significant Ten team both somewhere in the 7-9 gain assortment. It is actually upcoming in the Significant Ten hierarchy, implying the bowl board would possess the rest of the conference outside the Citrus and also ReliaQuest bowl individuals to select from. It thinks that the place for whoever carries out not get to Tampa bay in between Iowa and Michigan, yet once again Minnesota and Rutgers prowl.
South Carolina has never played in the Music Urban Area Bowl, yet its own long background of possessing sizable sections of enthusiasts travel to Nashville for Vanderbilt video games would undoubtedly create it an eye-popping candidate. Sin City BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Members of the Pac-12 prior to 2024 are still considered eligible for this dish invitation.This is where it begins to turn right into the range of being actually actually achievable, but unexpected.
Anything beyond the 3 Fla bowls or even Nashville feels like a longshot. The Pac-12 is actually dead, but vital in this particular sense. Crews that played in the league last year are still eligible for this bowl game because of contracts settled on just before conference re-alignment.
Colorado as an example is bowl eligible, and as a result eligible to play in any sort of video game along with a Large 12 or even Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona Condition has its own sights bented on the playoff if it gains the Big 12 headline video game, yet this might be a fallback option for the Sunshine Devils if they shed this weekend. Washington and also Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their new Big Ten homes, will likewise be eligible right here.
It is complicated to pin down exactly just how this bowl committee will select crews, needing to have an SEC one that will bring in a cross-country vacation in large amounts and also must partner with other associations on the past Pac-12 teams. Still, it is at least possible for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is probably the least very likely location for the Gamecocks, but is actually still theoretically achievable. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are actually all dish eligible as well as in much closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, generating a much greater odds at marketing tickets. South Carolina has certainly never played within this bowl game, as well as geography is actually a huge cause.
If it performed somhow property here, among the three Texas institutions with an 8-4 file– Baylor, TCU and Texas Technology– would certainly be actually the likliest opponents. Right BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this experiences near difficult.
The Right Dish is actually actually in the “swimming pool of six” however has usually ended up with a crew in close proximity to Memphis after other bowls were filled. Arkansas, Mississippi State and also Missouri have been the final three SEC crews to play listed here, and also none of those teams won 9 games, either.Kansas Condition or even some of the Texas colleges will bring in the most feeling to pack the Huge 12 side of the video game.