.Breaking down South Carolina’s bowl possibilitiesPhoto: (Photograph by Joseph Cress) With the University Football Playoff chase likely over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A bowl game somewhere, and an opportunity to finish off a 10-win season for merely the 5th attend system background. However where could the Gamecocks wind up, and who are actually some practical rivals?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando possesses the first pick of non-playoff SEC teams, presently Ole Miss by the rankings. If Ole Miss in some way snuck into the playoff or soaked below South Carolina between now and Sunday, it will unlock for the Gamecocks to head to Orlando. There is also a chance the Citrus Bowl commitee can repudiate the positions and also choose South Carolina regardless.From there, the dish chain of command after the Citrus Dish is actually murky and boundless.
The so-called “swimming pool of 6” bowl game observe the Citrus Dish, but it comes down to bowl committees as well as invitations instead of a set order where one dish can easily decide on a team, complied with by the following and so on. Those six bowl games are actually the ReliaQuest Bowl (previously called the Wilderness Bowl) in Tampa Florida, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Music City Bowl, the SRS Distributors Sin City Dish, the Tax Act Texas Bowl (Houston) and also the Autozone Right Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Dish Place: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the best one to malfunction of the group. It has actually regularly been the leading SEC as well as Big Ten crews outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is currently the playoff). With 4 Big 10 crews anticipated to get inside the playoff, Illinois is the event’s just various other rated team.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it will most likely be against the Illini, indicating a match-up versus previous broad recievers instructor Justin Stepp. South Carolina has played within this championship game twice, beating Nebraska to end the 2011 time and Wisconsin adhering to 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum good location for Gamecock followers just because of the frequency they have actually been there. South Carolina has played in what was actually formely known as the Wilderness Dish five times, all because 2000. This is actually much more than any other SEC group.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa florida, however this dish will approach virtually being actually regular for huge sections of the fanbase. When it comes to an achievable opponent, the Big Ten has a different design to the SEC, where it carries out have an established order. This championship game is first in line to choose a Large 10 staff after the Citrus Bowl.
Stringently based on succeed total amounts Iowa would certainly be next with its own 8-4 record. Yet Michigan, Minnesota as well as Rutgers are actually all close responsible for along with seven wins. Michigan specifically may be eye-catching for a bowl committee with its huge graduates network and renewed follower electricity observing a rivalry get Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks would not visit the same championship game on pair of journeys, yet South Carolina fans possessed a sturdy yield in 2022 and also Jacksonville is only 4 hrs coming from Columbia. If South Carolina got back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Battle Each Other and Louisville would certainly be actually the frontrunners as achievable opponents coming from the ACC.
The ACC carries out not have an accurate position, suggesting follower enthusiasm and also possibilities to market tv adds will think about. This was a large part of just how the Gator Dish ended up making use of Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC standing 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 really similar scenario to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it typically includes an SEC staff and also a Huge 10 crew both somewhere in the 7-9 win assortment. It is actually upcoming in the Major 10 chain of command, indicating the dish committee will have the remainder of the conference outside the Citrus as well as ReliaQuest dish attendees to decide on. It seems like the area for whoever does not get to Tampa bay in between Iowa as well as Michigan, but once more Minnesota and also Rutgers sneak.
South Carolina has actually certainly never played in the Popular music City Bowl, but its own lengthy past of having big sections of fans journey to Nashville for Vanderbilt activities would surely 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 looked at eligible for this dish invitation.This is where it starts to veer into the variety of being theoretically feasible, but unexpected.
Anything outside of the 3 Florida bowls or even Nashville believes that a longshot. The Pac-12 is actually dead, yet viable within this sense. Teams that played in the league in 2013 are actually still eligible for this championship game because of deals agreed on prior to event re-alignment.
Colorado for example is bowl eligible, as well as for that reason qualified to play in any sort of video game with a Huge 12 or even Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its own attractions bented on the playoff if it succeeds the Big 12 title video game, however this might be a fallback option for the Sun Devils if they drop this weekend break. Washington and Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their brand-new Big 10 homes, would certainly also be actually eligible here.
It is challenging to nail down specifically how this bowl board will certainly choose groups, needing an SEC one that would bring in a cross-country trip in major varieties and must collaborate with other events on the former Pac-12 staffs. Still, it is at least possible for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is possibly the least probably location for the Gamecocks, however is still actually possible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri as well as LSU are all bowl eligible as well as in much closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, making a considerably larger possibility at offering tickets. South Carolina has never ever played in this bowl game, as well as geographics is a major cause.
If it performed somhow property here, one of the three Texas institutions along with an 8-4 document– Baylor, TCU and also Texas Technician– would certainly be actually the likliest rivals. Right BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this believes near difficult.
The Right Dish is actually practically in the “pool of 6” however has actually usually wound up along with a crew near to Memphis after various other bowls were filled up. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition and Missouri have been actually the last 3 SEC teams to participate in here, as well as none of those staffs gained 9 games, either.Kansas State or even among the Texas colleges would certainly bring in the absolute most sense to pack the Significant 12 side of this video game.