.Malfunctioning South Carolina’s bowl possibilitiesPhoto: (Photo through Joseph Cress) With the University Volleyball Playoff chase most likely over, what comes next for the Gamecocks? A championship game someplace, and also an option to round off a 10-win time for merely the fifth attend course history. However where could the Gamecocks end up, and also that are some realistic opponents?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Dish in Orlando has the very first choice 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 in between right now as well as Sunday, it would certainly unlock for the Gamecocks to go to Orlando. There is actually also a chance the Citrus Bowl commitee can spurn the positions and select South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the dish hierarchy after the Citrus Bowl is actually murky and boundless.
The alleged “pool of six” championship game observe the Citrus Bowl, but it comes down to bowl committees as well as invitations as opposed to a set order where one bowl can easily decide on a crew, adhered to by the upcoming and more. Those six bowl games are the ReliaQuest Bowl (in the past referred to as the Rural Bowl) in Tampa, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Music Metropolitan area Bowl, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Bowl, the Tax Obligation Show Texas Dish (Houston) as well as the Autozone Freedom Dish in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Location: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is the most convenient one to break down of the group. It has constantly been the top SEC as well as Big 10 crews outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is actually right now the playoff). With 4 Large 10 crews expected to enter the playoff, Illinois is the conference’s simply various other ranked team.
If the Gamecocks are actually slotted for Orlando it would certainly highly likely protest the Illini, implying a match versus former large recievers trainer Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played within this bowl game two times, beating Nebraska to end the 2011 time and Wisconsin following 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Fl, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the least desirable place for Gamecock supporters just because of the regularity they have actually been there. South Carolina has played in what was formely referred to as the Outback Dish five times, all because 2000. This is actually greater than every other SEC staff.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa fl, however this bowl would certainly border on practically being routine for huge portions of the fanbase. As for a feasible challenger, the Big 10 has a various construct to the SEC, where it performs have a reputable order. This championship game is to begin with in line to pick a Major 10 group after the Citrus Bowl.
Solely based upon gain overalls Iowa would certainly be next along with its own 8-4 record. But Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers are all close responsible for along with seven triumphes. Michigan particularly can be appealing for a dish board along with its sizable graduates network and revived fan energy following a rivalry win over Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks wouldn’t head to the exact same championship game on pair of straight journeys, but South Carolina fans possessed a tough yield in 2022 and Jacksonville is actually only four hours from Columbia. If South Carolina returned to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Duke as well as Louisville would certainly be actually the frontrunners as feasible enemies from the ACC.
The ACC carries out certainly not have a correct position, implying enthusiast rate of interest as well as chances to sell television advertisements would factor in. This was actually a big component of exactly how the Gator Bowl wound up using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Combating Irish after their 8-4 period in 2022. Popular Music Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an extremely comparable condition to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it often includes an SEC team and a Large Ten staff both somewhere in the 7-9 gain assortment. It is actually next in the Big 10 chain of command, implying the dish board will possess the remainder of the conference outside the Citrus and ReliaQuest bowl participants to pick from. It thinks that the place for whoever performs not come to Tampa florida between Iowa and also Michigan, but once again Minnesota and also Rutgers snoop.
South Carolina has actually certainly never played in the Songs Metropolitan Area Dish, however its long history of having large sets of supporters travel to Nashville for Vanderbilt games will surely make it an eye-popping candidate. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Participants of the Pac-12 prior to 2024 are actually still taken into consideration eligible for this bowl invitation.This is actually where it begins to drift in to the range of being technically feasible, however improbable.
Anything outside of the three Florida bowls or even Nashville believes that a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, but alive in this sense. Groups who played in the organization in 2014 are actually still eligible for this bowl game as a result of contracts settled on prior to conference re-alignment.
Colorado as an example is actually bowl eligible, and therefore entitled to play in any type of video game along with a Huge 12 or even Pac-12 tie. Arizona Condition has its own views set on the playoff if it succeeds the Big 12 headline video game, but this could be a fallback option for the Sun Devils if they drop this weekend. Washington as well as Southern Cal, each 6-6 in their brand new Big Ten homes, would also be actually eligible here.
It is challenging to nail down specifically how this bowl board are going to pick teams, needing an SEC one that will create a cross-country excursion in huge varieties and also must collaborate with various other associations on the previous Pac-12 crews. Still, it is at minimal for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is most likely the least likely destination for the Gamecocks, yet is actually still technically possible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri as well as LSU are actually all dish eligible as well as in much closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, generating a much greater chance at marketing tickets. South Carolina has actually never played in this particular championship game, and location is a big cause.
If it did somhow land listed here, one of the 3 Texas universities along with an 8-4 report– Baylor, TCU and Texas Technician– would certainly be the likliest enemies. Liberty BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this experiences near impossible.
The Right Bowl is actually technically in the “pool of 6” yet has actually almost always ended up with a team close to Memphis after other bowls were filled up. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition and also Missouri have been actually the last 3 SEC staffs to participate in listed below, as well as none of those teams gained nine activities, either.Kansas Condition or even some of the Texas universities would certainly create the most sense to fill up the Huge 12 edge of this game.