.Malfunctioning South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Photo through Joseph Cress) With the College Football Playoff chase probably over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A championship game someplace, and also an opportunity to finish off a 10-win period for only the 5th time in program record. Yet where could the Gamecocks end up, and also that are actually some practical rivals?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando possesses the very first choice of non-playoff SEC groups, presently Ole Miss due to the ranks. If Ole Miss somehow snuck right into the playoff or plunged listed below South Carolina in between right now as well as Sunday, it would certainly open the door for the Gamecocks to visit Orlando. There is also an odds the Citrus Bowl commitee could possibly reject the ranks as well as choose South Carolina regardless.From there, the bowl hierarchy after the Citrus Dish is darkened and boundless.
The so-called “pool of six” championship game observe the Citrus Dish, yet it comes down to bowl committees and invitations instead of a specified order where one bowl can easily opt for a group, complied with due to the following and so on. Those 6 bowl games are actually the ReliaQuest Bowl (previously called the Wilderness Bowl) in Tampa Bay, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Music Metropolitan area Dish, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Dish, the Tax Obligation Act Texas Bowl (Houston) and also the Autozone Right Dish in Memphis. Citrus Dish Place: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the most convenient one to break of the team. It has regularly been the top SEC as well as Big 10 crews outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is actually right now the playoff). With four Large 10 staffs anticipated to enter the playoff, Illinois is the association’s only various other rated team.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it would highly likely be against the Illini, meaning a match-up versus past broad recievers trainer Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played in this particular championship game two times, pounding Nebraska to finish the 2011 time and also Wisconsin observing 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Bay, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the least preferable location for Gamecock enthusiasts even if of the regularity they have been there. South Carolina has played in what was actually formely known as the Rural Bowl five opportunities, all given that 2000. This is greater than every other SEC team.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa florida, yet this dish would certainly verge on nearly being regular for big parts of the fanbase. As for a feasible enemy, the Big 10 possesses a different framework to the SEC, where it does have a reputable purchase. This bowl game is first in line to select a Huge 10 crew after the Citrus Dish.
Strictly based on gain overalls Iowa would be following with its 8-4 file. Yet Michigan, Minnesota and also Rutgers are actually all close responsible for along with seven victories. Michigan specifically could be attractive for a dish board along with its sizable alumni network and revitalized fan electricity complying with a rivalry sway Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks definitely would not head to the same bowl game on two plain vacations, yet South Carolina fans possessed a tough turnout in 2022 as well as Jacksonville is just 4 hrs from Columbia. If South Carolina returned to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Fight It Out and also Louisville would be actually the frontrunners as feasible enemies coming from the ACC.
The ACC does certainly not possess an accurate chain of command, implying fan rate of interest as well as options to market television adds would certainly consider. This was actually a big part of exactly how the Gator Dish wound up utilizing Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Fighting Irish after their 8-4 season in 2022. Popular Music Urban Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is a very similar scenario to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it typically includes an SEC crew and also a Major Ten team both somewhere in the 7-9 succeed assortment. It is upcoming in the Huge Ten hierarchy, suggesting the dish board would certainly possess the rest of the association outside the Citrus and also ReliaQuest bowl participants to select from. It seems like the spot for whoever performs not come to Tampa in between Iowa and Michigan, yet once again Minnesota and Rutgers prowl.
South Carolina has actually never played in the Songs City Dish, however its own long record of possessing huge sections of followers travel to Nashville for Vanderbilt video games will undoubtedly create it an eye-popping applicant. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Members of the Pac-12 prior to 2024 are actually still thought about eligible for this bowl invitation.This is actually where it starts to drift in to the range of being practically achievable, yet not likely.
Just about anything outside of the three Florida bowls or Nashville believes that a longshot. The Pac-12 is actually dead, however vital in this particular feeling. Staffs who played in the game in 2015 are actually still qualified for this championship game due to contracts agreed on before association re-alignment.
Colorado for instance is actually bowl eligible, as well as for that reason qualified to play in any activity with a Major 12 or Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its own sights bented on the playoff if it gains the Large 12 headline game, but this might be a fallback possibility for the Sunlight Devils if they shed this weekend. Washington and also Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their brand-new Big 10 homes, would certainly likewise be actually qualified listed below.
It is hard to lock in specifically just how this dish board will choose crews, needing to have an SEC one that would certainly bring in a cross-country trip in major varieties as well as needing to deal 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 possibly the least likely location for the Gamecocks, but is still theoretically achievable. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri as well as LSU are actually all dish eligible and in far closer distance to Houston than the Gamecocks, creating a much greater chance at offering tickets. South Carolina has never played in this championship game, and geographics is actually a large factor.
If it performed somhow land listed here, some of the three Texas colleges with an 8-4 file– Baylor, TCU as well as Texas Technician– will be the likliest rivals. Right BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this believes close to impossible.
The Right Dish is actually actually in the “pool of six” yet has actually almost always wound up along with a staff close to Memphis after other bowls were filled up. Arkansas, Mississippi State and Missouri have been actually the final 3 SEC groups to participate in here, and none of those teams won 9 games, either.Kansas State or even among the Texas universities would certainly bring in one of the most sense to load the Huge 12 side of this particular activity.