.Breaking down South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Photo by Joseph Cress) With the University Football Playoff chase after probably over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A bowl game somewhere, as well as an opportunity to round off a 10-win time for just the fifth time in program past history. However where could the Gamecocks find yourself, and also who are actually some realistic challengers?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando has the 1st choice of non-playoff SEC groups, currently Ole Miss by the positions. If Ole Miss somehow snuck into the playoff or even soaked below South Carolina in between currently and Sunday, it will unlock for the Gamecocks to go to Orlando. There is actually additionally an odds the Citrus Bowl commitee could repudiate the ranks and also select South Carolina regardless.From certainly there, the bowl hierarchy after the Citrus Bowl is actually dirty and also boundless.
The alleged “pool of six” championship game adhere to the Citrus Dish, but it boils down to bowl committees and also invites as opposed to a specified purchase where one dish can pick a group, complied with by the upcoming and more. Those 6 bowl games are the ReliaQuest Dish (in the past called the Outback Bowl) in Tampa Bay, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Songs City Dish, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Dish, the Income Tax Show Texas Dish (Houston) as well as the Autozone Freedom Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Dish Location: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the best one to malfunction of the group. It has constantly been actually the leading SEC as well as Big 10 teams outside the New Years Six bowls (what is actually currently the playoff). With 4 Big Ten staffs counted on to get inside the playoff, Illinois is actually the association’s just various other ranked group.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it would highly likely protest the Illini, suggesting a match-up versus past large recievers train Justin Stepp. South Carolina has played within this championship game twice, pounding Nebraska to finish the 2011 time as well as Wisconsin observing 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Bay, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum desirable destination for Gamecock fans just because of the regularity they have been there. South Carolina has actually played in what was formely known as the Wilderness Bowl 5 times, all since 2000. This is actually much more than some other SEC crew.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa fl, however this bowl would certainly verge on nearly being regimen for huge parts of the fanbase. When it comes to an achievable opponent, the Big Ten possesses a different structure to the SEC, where it performs have a recognized purchase. This championship game is initially level to select a Major 10 group after the Citrus Bowl.
Solely based on succeed total amounts Iowa would be next with its 8-4 report. But Michigan, Minnesota and also Rutgers are actually all close behind with seven success. Michigan in particular could be desirable for a bowl committee along with its huge alumni system as well as revived fan power observing a rivalry sway Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks definitely would not visit the same championship game on 2 plain excursions, yet South Carolina fans had a sturdy yield in 2022 and also Jacksonville is only four hours coming from Columbia. If South Carolina went back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Fight It Out as well as Louisville would certainly be the frontrunners as achievable rivals from the ACC.
The ACC does not possess an accurate hierarchy, implying fan enthusiasm and also possibilities to offer television advertisements would factor in. This was actually a big portion of just how the Gator Dish found yourself using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Combating Irish after their 8-4 time in 2022. Music Metropolitan Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an extremely comparable condition to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it normally includes an SEC crew and a Significant 10 team both someplace in the 7-9 gain variation. It is actually next in the Significant 10 hierarchy, suggesting the dish committee will have the remainder of the event outside the Citrus and ReliaQuest dish individuals to choose from. It thinks that the area for whoever performs not get to Tampa fl between Iowa and Michigan, however once again Minnesota and also Rutgers snoop.
South Carolina has actually never played in the Songs Metropolitan Area Dish, but its lengthy past history of possessing sizable sections of followers journey to Nashville for Vanderbilt video games would surely make it an eye-popping prospect. Sin City BowlLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Members of the Pac-12 just before 2024 are still considered eligible for this bowl invitation.This is where it starts to drift into the stable of being theoretically achievable, but not likely.
Everything beyond the 3 Fla bowls or Nashville feels like a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, yet vital within this feeling. Teams that played in the game in 2014 are still entitled for this championship game due to agreements agreed on just before association re-alignment.
Colorado for example is actually dish eligible, and for that reason qualified to play in any type of activity with a Big 12 or even Pac-12 tie. Arizona State has its own sights set on the playoff if it succeeds the Major 12 label activity, however this could be a fallback alternative for the Sunlight Devils if they lose this weekend. Washington as well as Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their brand-new Big Ten homes, would certainly additionally be entitled listed here.
It is actually tough to lock in precisely just how this dish committee will decide on groups, requiring an SEC one that will make a cross-country trip in huge numbers and having to partner with various other conferences on the past Pac-12 crews. Still, it goes to minimum for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is actually possibly the least very likely place for the Gamecocks, however is actually still practically feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri as well as LSU are all bowl eligible and also in far closer distance to Houston than the Gamecocks, making a considerably greater opportunity at offering tickets. South Carolina has certainly never played in this championship game, and also geographics is a huge factor.
If it carried out somhow land listed here, among the 3 Texas institutions along with an 8-4 report– Baylor, TCU and Texas Tech– would be the likliest rivals. Liberty BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this thinks near to inconceivable.
The Liberty Dish is actually in the “swimming pool of six” but has actually generally wound up with a staff near to Memphis after various other bowls were actually filled. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition as well as Missouri have actually been the final 3 SEC groups to play listed here, and none of those teams won nine video games, either.Kansas State or one of the Texas universities would certainly make the absolute most sense to pack the Major 12 side of this activity.