.Malfunctioning South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Image by Joseph Cress) Along With the College Soccer Playoff chase after likely over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A bowl game somewhere, as well as an opportunity to finish off a 10-win time for simply the 5th attend plan record. But where could the Gamecocks wind up, and that are actually some practical challengers?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando has the 1st selection of non-playoff SEC teams, currently Ole Miss by the positions. If Ole Miss somehow snuck right into the playoff or even plunged listed below South Carolina in between right now and Sunday, it will open the door for the Gamecocks to visit Orlando. There is likewise a chance the Citrus Dish commitee might scoff the positions as well as choose South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the bowl pecking order after the Citrus Dish is darkened as well as boundless.
The supposed “pool of 6” championship game adhere to the Citrus Bowl, but it boils down to bowl committees as well as invites instead of an established order where one bowl can opt for a group, adhered to by the next and so forth. Those 6 bowl games are actually the ReliaQuest Dish (previously called the Outback Dish) in Tampa Fl, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Popular music Area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Bowl, the Tax Obligation Act Texas Dish (Houston) and also the Autozone Right Dish in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Place: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the best one to break of the team. It has actually consistently been actually the best SEC and also Big 10 crews outside the New Years Six bowls (what is right now the playoff). Along with four Major Ten staffs counted on to get inside the playoff, Illinois is actually the association’s just other positioned group.
If the Gamecocks are actually slotted for Orlando it would certainly most likely protest the Illini, implying a match-up versus past large recievers train Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played in this championship game twice, pounding Nebraska to finish the 2011 period and Wisconsin adhering to 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Fl, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the least preferable destination for Gamecock supporters just because of the regularity they have actually been there. South Carolina has actually played in what was formely called the Outback Bowl five opportunities, all since 2000. This is greater than any other SEC crew.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa florida, yet this bowl will approach virtually being regimen for huge parts of the fanbase. When it comes to a feasible challenger, the Big 10 has a different framework to the SEC, where it performs have an established purchase. This championship game is to begin with in line to choose a Huge 10 group after the Citrus Bowl.
Strictly based upon gain overalls Iowa would be following with its 8-4 file. But Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are all close behind along with seven triumphes. Michigan especially could be eye-catching for a dish board along with its own huge alumni network as well as restored fan energy adhering to a rivalry win over Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks definitely would not visit the very same championship game on pair of plain excursions, but South Carolina fans had a sturdy turnout in 2022 and also Jacksonville is actually merely four hrs from Columbia. If South Carolina went back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Duke and Louisville will be actually the frontrunners as feasible enemies coming from the ACC.
The ACC carries out certainly not possess a correct chain of command, implying supporter passion and also chances to market television ads will consider. This was a large portion of just how the Gator Bowl ended up utilizing Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Battling Irish after their 8-4 time in 2022. Music Metropolitan Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an incredibly comparable condition to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it generally includes an SEC group and also a Huge Ten crew both someplace in the 7-9 gain assortment. It is actually upcoming in the Huge 10 hierarchy, meaning the bowl board would certainly have the remainder of the event outside the Citrus as well as ReliaQuest bowl attendees to decide on. It seems like the spot for whoever performs certainly not reach Tampa florida between Iowa and also Michigan, but again Minnesota and Rutgers prowl.
South Carolina has never ever played in the Popular music Metropolitan Area Dish, but its long past of possessing sizable sections of enthusiasts journey to Nashville for Vanderbilt activities would surely make it an eye-popping candidate. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Members of the Pac-12 just before 2024 are still looked at eligible for this bowl invitation.This is actually where it starts to veer into the range of being theoretically feasible, but unexpected.
Everything beyond the 3 Fla bowls or Nashville seems like a longshot. The Pac-12 is actually dead, but dynamic in this particular feeling. Staffs who played in the league in 2015 are actually still entitled for this championship game as a result of arrangements settled on prior to association re-alignment.
Colorado for instance is actually dish eligible, and also for that reason entitled to play in any video game along with a Large 12 or even Pac-12 tie. Arizona State has its attractions bented on the playoff if it succeeds the Huge 12 title game, yet this could be a fallback option for the Sun Devils if they drop this weekend break. Washington and Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their brand-new Big 10 homes, will additionally be actually qualified right here.
It is actually challenging to nail down specifically how this bowl board will definitely decide on teams, requiring an SEC one that will make a cross-country vacation in major amounts and having to collaborate with other events on the previous Pac-12 groups. Still, it goes to minimal for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is possibly the least likely destination for the Gamecocks, however is still technically feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and also LSU are actually all bowl eligible as well as in far closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, making a considerably bigger odds at marketing tickets. South Carolina has never ever played in this particular bowl game, and location is a significant reason.
If it did somhow land listed below, some of the three Texas schools along with an 8-4 report– Baylor, TCU as well as Texas Technology– would be actually the likliest opponents. Liberty BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this feels near inconceivable.
The Liberty Dish is actually theoretically in the “pool of 6” however has almost always found yourself with a team close to Memphis after other bowls were actually filled up. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition and Missouri have been the last 3 SEC crews to participate in listed below, and none of those groups gained 9 activities, either.Kansas State or even one of the Texas schools would make one of the most sense to load the Big 12 side of this activity.