.Breaking South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Photo through Joseph Cress) With the College Volleyball Playoff go after most likely over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A bowl game someplace, as well as an opportunity to round off a 10-win season for simply the 5th attend program past history. However where could the Gamecocks find yourself, and who are some sensible opponents?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando possesses the first choice of non-playoff SEC crews, presently Ole Miss due to the rankings. If Ole Miss in some way snuck in to the playoff or even plunged below South Carolina between currently as well as Sunday, it would open the door for the Gamecocks to visit Orlando. There is additionally a possibility the Citrus Dish commitee could spurn the rankings and pick South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the dish pecking order after the Citrus Dish is dirty as well as undefined.
The so-called “swimming pool of six” championship game follow the Citrus Bowl, but it comes down to bowl boards and also invites rather than a specified order where one dish can easily select a group, followed by the upcoming etc. Those 6 bowl games are the ReliaQuest Dish (formerly called the Wilderness Dish) in Tampa, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Songs Metropolitan area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Dish, the Income Tax Show Texas Bowl (Houston) and also the Autozone Freedom Dish in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Place: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually the best one to break down of the team. It has constantly been actually the top SEC and also Big Ten crews outside the New Years Six bowls (what is actually right now the playoff). With 4 Big Ten crews anticipated to enter the playoff, Illinois is the event’s merely various other rated group.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it would certainly very likely be against the Illini, indicating a match versus previous large recievers instructor Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played in this particular bowl game two times, beating Nebraska to end the 2011 period and also Wisconsin adhering to 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Bay, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the least beneficial destination for Gamecock supporters even if of the regularity they have existed. South Carolina has actually played in what was actually formely known as the Country Bowl 5 opportunities, all considering that 2000. This is much more than some other SEC staff.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa, but this dish would border on virtually being regimen for huge portions of the fanbase. When it comes to a possible enemy, the Big 10 has a various framework to the SEC, where it performs possess a reputable purchase. This bowl game is to begin with level to choose a Major 10 staff after the Citrus Dish.
Purely based upon succeed total amounts Iowa would be next with its 8-4 report. However Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are all close behind with seven success. Michigan especially may be appealing for a dish committee along with its huge alumni network and also restored supporter power following a rivalry gain Ohio Condition.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks would not head to the exact same bowl game on pair of plain vacations, but South Carolina enthusiasts possessed a solid yield in 2022 and also Jacksonville is only four hrs coming from Columbia. If South Carolina got back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Battle Each Other and also Louisville would certainly be the frontrunners as achievable challengers from the ACC.
The ACC does certainly not have a true pecking order, suggesting follower passion as well as opportunities to market television adds would certainly consider. This was actually a sizable part of how the Gator Bowl wound up using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC status to land the Fighting Irish after their 8-4 season in 2022. Music Metropolitan Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is an extremely identical scenario to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it often features an SEC team and a Significant 10 group both somewhere in the 7-9 win assortment. It is following in the Huge Ten position, meaning the bowl board would certainly possess the rest of the event outside the Citrus as well as ReliaQuest dish individuals to pick from. It seems like the location for whoever carries out certainly not get to Tampa bay between Iowa and also Michigan, but again Minnesota and Rutgers hide.
South Carolina has actually certainly never played in the Songs Metropolitan Area Dish, but its long record of possessing large sections of enthusiasts travel to Nashville for Vanderbilt activities will absolutely create 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 still considered eligible for this dish invitation.This is where it begins to turn into the series of being theoretically feasible, yet not likely.
Just about anything outside of the 3 Florida bowls or even Nashville thinks that a longshot. The Pac-12 is actually dead, however vital in this particular feeling. Staffs who played in the organization in 2014 are still qualified for this championship game because of deals settled on just before association re-alignment.
Colorado for example is actually dish eligible, and consequently entitled to play in any kind of activity with a Big 12 or Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its own sights set on the playoff if it wins the Large 12 title activity, yet this could be a fallback choice for the Sun Devils if they lose this weekend. Washington and Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their brand-new Big 10 homes, will also be actually qualified listed below.
It is difficult to pin down specifically how this bowl board will choose staffs, requiring an SEC one that will make a cross-country journey in huge numbers and also needing to team up with other conferences on the past Pac-12 teams. Still, it goes to minimal for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is perhaps the least very likely location for the Gamecocks, yet is still theoretically feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and also LSU are actually all dish eligible as well as in significantly closer distance to Houston than the Gamecocks, producing a considerably greater odds at selling tickets. South Carolina has actually never played in this particular championship game, and also geography is actually a huge main reason.
If it carried out somhow land here, some of the 3 Texas schools along with an 8-4 record– Baylor, TCU and also Texas Technology– would be the likliest enemies. Liberty BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this feels close to difficult.
The Liberty Bowl is actually technically in the “pool of six” yet has actually generally ended up with a staff close to Memphis after various other bowls were loaded. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition as well as Missouri have been the final 3 SEC groups to play listed below, as well as none of those teams gained 9 activities, either.Kansas Condition or even among the Texas schools will make one of the most sense to fill up the Major 12 edge of the video game.