.Breaking down South Carolina’s bowl possibilitiesPhoto: (Photo by Joseph Cress) With the College Volleyball Playoff chase most likely over, what comes next for the Gamecocks? A championship game somewhere, as well as a chance to round off a 10-win season for simply the 5th attend course past history. However where could the Gamecocks end up, as well as that are actually some reasonable enemies?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando has the first pick of non-playoff SEC staffs, currently Ole Miss due to the positions. If Ole Miss in some way snuck in to the playoff or plunged listed below South Carolina between currently and Sunday, it will unlock for the Gamecocks to visit Orlando. There is also an opportunity the Citrus Dish commitee could possibly spurn the positions and also choose South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the bowl pecking order after the Citrus Dish is actually darkened and boundless.
The so-called “pool of 6” bowl game adhere to the Citrus Dish, but it comes down to bowl boards and also invites as opposed to a set purchase where one bowl may opt for a staff, complied with due to the next etc. Those 6 championship game are the ReliaQuest Dish (previously called the Wilderness Dish) in Tampa Florida, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Popular music City Dish, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Dish, the Income Tax Show Texas Bowl (Houston) and the Autozone Liberty Dish in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Area: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the easiest one to malfunction of the team. It has constantly been actually the top SEC and Big Ten teams outside the New Years Six bowls (what is actually right now the playoff). With 4 Big Ten teams anticipated to get inside the playoff, Illinois is actually the association’s merely various other positioned crew.
If the Gamecocks are actually slotted for Orlando it would most likely protest the Illini, suggesting a match-up versus former large recievers instructor Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played in this championship game twice, beating Nebraska to end the 2011 period as well as Wisconsin adhering to 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Florida, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum desirable place for Gamecock enthusiasts even if of the frequency they have existed. South Carolina has actually played in what was formely referred to as the Country Dish five opportunities, all given that 2000. This is actually more than some other SEC crew.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa fl, however this dish would approach just about being regular for large parts of the fanbase. As for an achievable enemy, the Big 10 has a various framework to the SEC, where it carries out have a well established purchase. This bowl game is initially level to select a Large Ten team after the Citrus Dish.
Strictly based on gain totals Iowa will be upcoming with its own 8-4 record. But Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are all close behind with seven triumphes. Michigan in particular could be eye-catching for a dish committee along with its big graduates network and revitalized supporter energy observing a rivalry win over Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks definitely would not go to the same championship game on pair of travels, but South Carolina supporters had a sturdy yield in 2022 as well as Jacksonville is just 4 hours coming from Columbia. If South Carolina went back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Fight It Out and also Louisville would be the frontrunners as feasible rivals coming from the ACC.
The ACC performs not possess an accurate hierarchy, indicating enthusiast enthusiasm and opportunities to offer tv adds will factor in. This was actually a huge aspect of exactly 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. Popular Music Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an extremely similar scenario to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it often includes an SEC crew and also a Big 10 team both someplace in the 7-9 succeed variation. It is actually upcoming in the Big 10 position, meaning the dish board would certainly have the remainder of the conference outside the Citrus as well as ReliaQuest dish individuals to decide on. It believes that the location for whoever carries out certainly not get to Tampa bay between Iowa and also Michigan, yet again Minnesota as well as Rutgers snoop.
South Carolina has certainly never played in the Music Area Bowl, however its long history of possessing large sections of followers travel to Nashville for Vanderbilt video games would definitely make it an eye-popping applicant. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 before 2024 are actually still taken into consideration eligible for this dish invitation.This is actually where it begins to divert into the stable of being practically feasible, 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, yet viable in this sense. Staffs that played in the game in 2013 are still eligible for this bowl game because of agreements settled on prior to event re-alignment.
Colorado for example is bowl eligible, as well as consequently qualified to play in any kind of activity with a Big 12 or even Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its own attractions bented on the playoff if it succeeds the Big 12 headline game, but this may be a fallback option for the Sun Devils if they shed this weekend break. Washington as well as Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their brand new Big 10 homes, would likewise be entitled listed below.
It is challenging to nail down precisely how this dish committee will definitely choose groups, requiring an SEC one that would create a cross-country trip in major varieties and having to team up with other conferences on the past Pac-12 crews. Still, it goes to minimal for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is actually most likely the least probably location for the Gamecocks, however is still technically feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are all bowl eligible as well as in far closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, producing a considerably bigger possibility at selling tickets. South Carolina has actually never played in this particular bowl game, and also geographics is actually a big explanation.
If it carried out somhow property here, one of the 3 Texas colleges with an 8-4 file– Baylor, TCU and Texas Specialist– would certainly be actually the likliest opponents. Freedom BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this believes near to impossible.
The Right Dish is actually technically in the “swimming pool of 6” but has almost always ended up along with a staff close to Memphis after other bowls were filled. Arkansas, Mississippi State and Missouri have been actually the final three SEC staffs to play here, and none of those crews gained nine games, either.Kansas State or even among the Texas schools will make the best sense to fill the Significant 12 edge of this particular video game.