.Breaking South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Image by Joseph Cress) Along With the College Football Playoff go after probably over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A championship game someplace, and also an option to finish off a 10-win period for just the 5th time in plan record. However where could the Gamecocks end up, and also who are actually some realistic opponents?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando possesses the first pick of non-playoff SEC teams, currently Ole Miss by the rankings. If Ole Miss in some way snuck in to the playoff or even dipped listed below South Carolina between now as well as Sunday, it will open the door for the Gamecocks to head to Orlando. There is also a possibility the Citrus Dish commitee could repudiate the rankings and also choose South Carolina regardless.From there, the dish hierarchy after the Citrus Dish is actually darkened as well as undefined.
The so-called “pool of six” bowl game comply with the Citrus Dish, however it comes down to bowl boards and also invitations rather than an established order where one dish can easily opt for a staff, adhered to by the upcoming etc. Those six championship game are the ReliaQuest Bowl (in the past called the Wilderness Dish) in Tampa, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Music Urban area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Sin City Dish, the Tax Obligation Show Texas Bowl (Houston) and also the Autozone Liberty Dish in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Site: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is the easiest one to malfunction of the team. It has consistently been the top SEC and Big Ten teams outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is actually now the playoff). Along with 4 Huge Ten staffs anticipated to enter the playoff, Illinois is actually the association’s merely various other placed team.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it would very likely be against the Illini, indicating a match against past vast recievers instructor Justin Stepp. South Carolina has played in this particular bowl game two times, pounding Nebraska to finish the 2011 season and also Wisconsin observing 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Florida, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum pleasing place for Gamecock fans just because of the regularity they have actually been there. South Carolina has played in what was formely called the Country Dish five times, all given that 2000. This is actually greater than any other SEC crew.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa, however this dish would verge on practically being routine for sizable portions of the fanbase. When it comes to a feasible challenger, the Big 10 has a various construct to the SEC, where it carries out have a well-known purchase. This bowl game is actually initially in line to decide on a Significant Ten crew after the Citrus Bowl.
Purely based on succeed overalls Iowa would certainly be actually upcoming along with its own 8-4 document. Yet Michigan, Minnesota and also Rutgers are all close responsible for along with seven wins. Michigan in particular can be eye-catching for a bowl committee along with its own sizable graduates system and revitalized follower power following a competition sway Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks would not most likely to the exact same bowl game on two excursions, yet South Carolina supporters possessed a powerful yield in 2022 as well as Jacksonville is actually only four hours from Columbia. If South Carolina went back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Duke and also Louisville would be the frontrunners as possible enemies coming from the ACC.
The ACC performs certainly not have an accurate position, suggesting supporter enthusiasm and also chances to offer tv ads would factor in. This was a sizable part of how the Gator Dish found yourself using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC standing to land the Combating Irish after their 8-4 time in 2022. Songs Urban Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually a really similar scenario to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it typically features an SEC group and also a Big Ten staff both someplace in the 7-9 succeed array. It is actually next in the Significant Ten hierarchy, indicating the dish committee will have the remainder of the association outside the Citrus as well as ReliaQuest bowl individuals to select from. It believes that the location for whoever does not get to Tampa bay between Iowa and Michigan, however once again Minnesota as well as Rutgers lurk.
South Carolina has actually never played in the Music City Dish, but its long past history of possessing big sections of enthusiasts journey to Nashville for Vanderbilt games would undoubtedly make it an eye-popping candidate. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 before 2024 are still thought about eligible for this bowl invitation.This is actually where it begins to drift into the variety of being theoretically feasible, yet not likely.
Everything beyond the 3 Florida bowls or even Nashville feels like a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, yet vital in this sense. Teams who played in the game last year are actually still entitled for this bowl game as a result of contracts settled on before event re-alignment.
Colorado for example is bowl eligible, as well as for that reason entitled to play in any sort of activity with a Significant 12 or Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its attractions set on the playoff if it gains the Major 12 title activity, yet this can be a fallback alternative for the Sun Devils if they shed this weekend break. Washington as well as Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their new Big Ten homes, would certainly likewise be actually qualified here.
It is actually difficult to nail down specifically just how this bowl committee are going to select staffs, needing to have an SEC one that will bring in a cross-country excursion in major numbers and also must collaborate with various other associations on the former Pac-12 staffs. Still, it goes to least possible for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is perhaps the least most likely location for the Gamecocks, yet is actually still theoretically feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are actually all dish eligible and also in much closer proximity to Houston than the Gamecocks, developing a much larger possibility at offering tickets. South Carolina has never ever played in this championship game, and also geographics is a huge cause.
If it performed somhow land right here, one of the three Texas institutions with an 8-4 record– Baylor, TCU as well as Texas Specialist– will be actually the likliest opponents. Liberty BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this thinks near to inconceivable.
The Right Dish is theoretically in the “swimming pool of 6” however has actually almost always wound up along with a staff in close proximity to Memphis after other bowls were filled. Arkansas, Mississippi State as well as Missouri have actually been the last three SEC teams to participate in here, as well as none of those groups won 9 activities, either.Kansas State or one of the Texas universities will make the absolute most sense to fill up the Big 12 side of this activity.