.Malfunctioning South Carolina’s bowl possibilitiesPhoto: (Photo through Joseph Cress) Along With the College Volleyball Playoff go after very likely over, what comes next for the Gamecocks? A bowl game somewhere, as well as an opportunity to round off a 10-win period for simply the fifth time in course past history. But where could the Gamecocks end up, as well as who are actually some realistic challengers?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando possesses the first choice of non-playoff SEC teams, presently Ole Miss by the rankings. If Ole Miss in some way snuck right into the playoff or plunged listed below South Carolina between now and also Sunday, it will unlock for the Gamecocks to go to Orlando. There is actually additionally an opportunity the Citrus Bowl commitee can spurn the ranks and select South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the bowl pecking order after the Citrus Dish is actually murky and also undefined.
The alleged “pool of 6” bowl game adhere to the Citrus Dish, however it boils down to bowl boards and invitations rather than a specified order where one bowl can easily pick a team, complied with due to the upcoming and so forth. Those six championship game are actually the ReliaQuest Dish (in the past called the Rural Bowl) in Tampa Bay, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Music Metropolitan area Dish, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Bowl, the Tax Obligation Show Texas Bowl (Houston) and also the Autozone Freedom Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Dish Place: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the easiest one to break of the team. It has regularly been the leading SEC and also Big 10 groups outside the New Years Six bowls (what is actually currently the playoff). Along with 4 Huge Ten groups anticipated to get inside the playoff, Illinois is actually the event’s just other rated crew.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it will highly likely be against the Illini, indicating a match-up against past broad recievers coach Justin Stepp. South Carolina has played in this bowl game two times, pounding Nebraska to end the 2011 period and also Wisconsin observing 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Fl, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum good location for Gamecock followers even if of the regularity they have actually been there. South Carolina has actually played in what was formely called the Wilderness Bowl 5 opportunities, all because 2000. This is actually greater than every other SEC staff.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa bay, yet this bowl will approach just about being regimen for large sections of the fanbase. As for an achievable opponent, the Big 10 has a different structure to the SEC, where it does have a reputable purchase. This championship game is first in line to pick a Big 10 team after the Citrus Bowl.
Solely based on succeed totals Iowa will be actually upcoming with its own 8-4 report. But Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are all close responsible for with seven wins. Michigan specifically might be desirable for a bowl committee along with its large graduates network and also renewed fan power complying with a rivalry sway Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks would not head to the very same championship game on two travels, but South Carolina followers had a solid turnout in 2022 and Jacksonville is just four hours from Columbia. If South Carolina got back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Battle Each Other as well as Louisville would be the frontrunners as achievable rivals from the ACC.
The ACC performs certainly not have an accurate position, indicating supporter enthusiasm as well as opportunities to sell television ads will consider. This was actually a large portion of exactly how the Gator Bowl ended up utilizing Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC standing to land the Combating Irish after their 8-4 season in 2022. Music City BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is an incredibly similar circumstance to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it often includes an SEC team as well as a Large Ten staff both somewhere in the 7-9 succeed assortment. It is upcoming in the Significant 10 position, suggesting the bowl board will have the rest of the conference outside the Citrus and also ReliaQuest dish attendees to select from. It believes that the area for whoever does not come to Tampa between Iowa and Michigan, however again Minnesota and Rutgers sneak.
South Carolina has actually never played in the Popular music Metropolitan Area Bowl, yet its own lengthy past history of having sizable contingents of fans journey to Nashville for Vanderbilt games will certainly make it an eye-popping prospect. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 just before 2024 are actually still looked at eligible for this dish invitation.This is actually where it starts to turn into the range of being practically possible, yet not likely.
Just about anything away from the 3 Fla bowls or even Nashville thinks that a longshot. The Pac-12 is actually dead, but alive in this particular feeling. Staffs that played in the league in 2014 are actually still qualified for this championship game due to deals agreed on before event re-alignment.
Colorado for instance is actually bowl eligible, as well as for that reason entitled to play in any type of video game along with a Major 12 or even Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its views bented on the playoff if it wins the Big 12 title video game, however this can be a fallback possibility for the Sunshine Devils if they shed this weekend. Washington and also Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their new Big 10 homes, will likewise be qualified right here.
It is difficult to nail down exactly how this bowl committee are going to pick crews, requiring an SEC one that would create a cross-country vacation in significant amounts and must team up with other associations on the past Pac-12 teams. Still, it goes to minimum for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is actually perhaps the least very likely place for the Gamecocks, yet is actually still practically feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri as well as LSU are actually all bowl eligible as well as in much closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, creating a much larger odds at marketing tickets. South Carolina has actually certainly never played in this bowl game, and location is a large reason.
If it did somhow property right here, some of the three Texas universities with an 8-4 record– Baylor, TCU and also Texas Technician– would certainly be the likliest enemies. Freedom BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this experiences close to impossible.
The Liberty Bowl is actually practically in the “swimming pool of 6” yet has usually found yourself with a staff close to Memphis after other bowls were packed. Arkansas, Mississippi State and also Missouri have been the last 3 SEC staffs to play listed here, and also none of those groups won nine activities, either.Kansas State or some of the Texas universities will bring in one of the most sense to fill up the Significant 12 side of this particular video game.