.Breaking South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Picture through Joseph Cress) With the College Volleyball Playoff go after likely over, what follows for the Gamecocks? A bowl game somewhere, and also a possibility to round off a 10-win season for merely the fifth time in system past. But where could the Gamecocks wind up, and that are some sensible challengers?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando possesses the very first selection of non-playoff SEC teams, presently Ole Miss due to the rankings. If Ole Miss somehow snuck into the playoff or even dipped listed below South Carolina between now as well as Sunday, it would open the door for the Gamecocks to head to Orlando. There is additionally an opportunity the Citrus Bowl commitee might reject the positions and also select South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the dish chain of command after the Citrus Bowl is murky as well as undefined.
The alleged “pool of 6” championship game comply with the Citrus Bowl, however it comes down to bowl boards and also invites rather than a prepared purchase where one dish can pick a team, followed due to the next etc. Those six championship game are actually the ReliaQuest Dish (in the past known as the Wilderness Dish) in Tampa Florida, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Songs Area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Sin City Bowl, the Income Tax Show Texas Dish (Houston) and also the Autozone Freedom Bowl in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Place: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is the easiest one to malfunction of the team. It has consistently been actually the leading SEC as well as Big Ten crews outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is actually currently the playoff). Along with 4 Huge 10 groups anticipated to get in the playoff, Illinois is actually the association’s just various other placed staff.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it would likely be against the Illini, meaning a match versus previous wide recievers train Justin Stepp. South Carolina has played in this bowl game two times, pounding Nebraska to finish the 2011 time and Wisconsin adhering to 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Fl, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum pleasing location for Gamecock fans even if of the regularity they have actually been there. South Carolina has played in what was formely known as the Wilderness Bowl 5 times, all since 2000. This is much more than every other SEC crew.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa florida, but this dish will border on just about being routine for big parts of the fanbase. As for a possible rival, the Big Ten has a various framework to the SEC, where it performs possess a well-known purchase. This championship game is actually first in line to choose a Major Ten group after the Citrus Bowl.
Solely based on gain overalls Iowa would certainly be next along with its 8-4 report. But Michigan, Minnesota as well as Rutgers are actually all close responsible for along with seven victories. Michigan in particular can be attractive for a bowl committee with its huge graduates network and renewed supporter electricity adhering to a competition get Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks would not most likely to the same championship game on pair of straight journeys, yet South Carolina enthusiasts had a tough yield in 2022 as well as Jacksonville is just 4 hrs coming from Columbia. If South Carolina got back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Fight It Out as well as Louisville will be the frontrunners as feasible challengers coming from the ACC.
The ACC performs not have a correct pecking order, indicating follower interest and chances to market television advertisements would certainly think about. This was a large component of exactly how the Gator Dish wound up making use of 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 situation to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it often includes an SEC group as well as a Huge 10 crew both someplace in the 7-9 win variety. It is actually following in the Large Ten hierarchy, meaning the bowl committee would certainly have the remainder of the association outside the Citrus and also ReliaQuest bowl individuals to select from. It believes that the area for whoever carries out not reach Tampa bay in between Iowa and Michigan, but again Minnesota and Rutgers hide.
South Carolina has certainly never played in the Songs Urban Area Bowl, but its own lengthy past history of possessing big contingents of fans travel to Nashville for Vanderbilt activities will definitely make it an eye-popping applicant. Sin City BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 prior to 2024 are still taken into consideration eligible for this dish invitation.This is actually where it begins to divert into the series of being theoretically achievable, however unlikely.
Everything outside of the 3 Fla bowls or Nashville feels like a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, yet viable within this feeling. Crews that played in the game in 2014 are actually still eligible for this bowl game due to deals settled on just before conference re-alignment.
Colorado for example is dish eligible, and for that reason qualified to play in any sort of game along with a Large 12 or Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona State has its attractions bented on the playoff if it gains the Major 12 title video game, yet this might be a fallback option for the Sunshine Devils if they lose this weekend. Washington as well as Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their new Big 10 homes, would certainly also be actually qualified listed below.
It is difficult to lock in specifically just how this bowl committee will definitely select teams, needing to have an SEC one that would make a cross-country trip in major varieties as well as having to work with other events on the past Pac-12 crews. Still, it goes to minimum for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is actually perhaps the least probably destination for the Gamecocks, yet is actually still actually possible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are actually all dish eligible as well as in far closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, generating a much larger opportunity at selling tickets. South Carolina has actually certainly never played in this bowl game, and geographics is actually a major factor.
If it did somhow property here, some of the 3 Texas colleges along with an 8-4 record– Baylor, TCU and Texas Tech– would be the likliest rivals. Right BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this feels close to impossible.
The Right Bowl is actually actually in the “pool of six” yet has often found yourself with a team in close proximity to Memphis after other bowls were actually loaded. Arkansas, Mississippi State and also Missouri have been the last three SEC teams to participate in below, and also none of those teams won 9 activities, either.Kansas Condition or even one of the Texas colleges would certainly create the absolute most sense to load the Huge 12 side of this game.