time out time out

Well last year Joe Pa ran off the field due to the Hershey squirts, well this years bathroom sports story goes to this KSU player. The clock was running down and he had to go, so what did he do? Well read this story to find out.

Well we never really had the drinking mans masters, but somebody did rank the best cheap beers. I would have voted for PBR for best cheap bear and best malt liquor would have to be Mickey’s.

Bowden has been offered the Arkansas job

Seems Bowden will need another dose of BC headache powder but this time b/c of the decision he has to make not b/c of BC.

Both ESPN and the Northwest Arkansas Times reported Bowden is one of three candidates to have interviewed for the Ark job recently. The STATE paper has a article about it HERE that states that Clemson Coach Tommy Bowden must decide whether to remain at Clemson or take the vacant Arkansas job with offers for both are on the table. This article from the Hogs' Scout.com page discusses what is going on yet keep in mind right now it is all depending on who you believe b/c Coach Bowden has been quoted as saying he'd stay as long as Clemson wants him.

I do not think he will leave Clemson after 9 seasons to take the job; what do you guys think?

This will up the price for CU to keep him and he will use it to pump up the players and the recuriting trail but he has all he needs at CU - strong fan base, great facilities, support from the administration, the great white hope in Willy Korn, etc. His only "knock" is that he does not have a championship but 08 could be the year.....oh the drama of college football.

Hawaii, number 1?

You decided to vote Hawaii #1? Congratulations you're an idiot.

Undefeated Hawaii, ranked 10th in both the AP and Coaches polls, received a vote for 1st place in both regular season ending polls. What are these two voters thinking? Surely no casual fan would argue that the Hawaii Warriors are the best college football team in the country, much less a 'qualified' voter. I mean, I can't believe that it is really possible. Can you imagine someone seriously contending that Hawaii could defeat any of LSU, Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Southern Cal, Georgia and Missouri? No? Well, 2 people did.

Not as good as Hawaii.


You probably won't find these two voters arguing for Hawaii's undoubted supremacy. Likely the voters feel that Hawaii 'deserves' to be ranked #1. Afterall they are undefeated. You know the kind of person who would make this argument. The feel good guy. You know the feel good guy. He loves Boise State, the Big East, sportsmanship and trying hard. He values what would make a nice story or make a little guy feel good. He hasn't participated in sports since being cut from the C team when he was in 9th grade. Now he argues ridiculous positions of debatable importance, screams his lungs out for the winners at the special olympics (and they're all winners), and votes in the Top 25 poll ... for Hawaii.

FGG, you do understand a ranking, right? Best at top, the next best and so on and so forth on down? No? You only care that a team is undefeated? You don't care that Hawaii's SOS is 118? Do you know who has a harder schedule than Hawaii? Do you? EVERYBODY, (except Memphis).

Everybody in D-1 played a harder schedule than Hawaii. But you don't care FGG; you're happy that a small team is undefeated. You know who else is undefeated? Grand Valley State and Mount Union, thats who. Where are they in your ranking?

Also undefeated

What? What's that? Going undefeated in I-AA or D-III is not the same as D-1? Well, going undefeated in the WAC isn't as good as 2 losses in the Pac-10 or SEC. Concede that Mount Union and Grand Valley State belong on your ballot or acknowledge you can't look at a record without considering the schedule.

If the General had any real power, you'd be voting in the women's basketball top 25 poll so you could vote for all your happy stories and give out sportsmanship awards. But since I don't I'll just have to wait for Georgia to prove that a 2 loss SEC team is superior to your number 1.

Edit: The offending Coaches poll voter is Hal Mumme, coach of New Mexico State. Here is the ballot matrix. Mumme also had Georgia ranked #9 in his poll. Given his ballot, look for Mumme to take Hawaii and the money line and retire a wealthy man. Anyone with more time can sort through the AP voters that release their ballots, here.

Songs to go along with the Gamecocks 2007 Football Season?

So what songs would you associate with the 2007 Gamecock Football season???

I would have to say that "Build Me Up" by The Foundations is a good one. They built up the anticipation and hopes of the Gamecock nation only to "let us down." Went from number 6 to losing 5 straight....still hurts.

Also a song that is fitting for USC during bowl season is "I will be home for Christmas." After finishing 6-6, which is bowl eligible, USC is left out of the mix due to 63 other teams finishing their seasons better thus leaving USC to be home during the holidays. Sorry team no nice bowl gift bags for ya...

So I ask you what other songs would you associate with the USC football season??? Post them in the comment section.

No bowl for gamecocks...

Seems the team and fans will be sticking around this holiday season with no bowl plans. After a crazy weekend in college football it was announced today that the South Carolina team (6-6) will not be part of the postseason.

The Gamecocks were among 10 SEC clubs with at least six victories while the league had only eight bowl tie-ins. Spurrier said the Independence Bowl, the last to chose an SEC team, thought that Alabama (6-6) was closer to the site and would likely be a better draw. And the hope for the bowl in Ft. Worth didn't work out either.

It was the fifth time since 1989 that USC has been bowl eligible and didn’t go to a bowl. The last time was 2004, when the school decided not to go to a bowl after a brawl with Clemson University. It was also the first time since 1988 that a team coached by Spurrier was bowl eligible and didn’t go to bowl. That year, his second at Duke, the Blue Devils finished 7-3-1.

So do you think the 0-11 / 1-10 seasons were worse or does going 6-1 and No. 6 in the country to a 5 game skid hurt worse?

A little salt for the wound

The above billboard is located on I-26 near Harbison, beside the Jamil Shrine Temple in Columbia and appeared this week after the loss to CU.

Gamecock fans what do you think of this????

Good news from the USC camp...

Three University of South Carolina players were named to the 2007 SEC All-Conference team as selected by Rivals.com, it was announced yesterday.

• Captain Munnerlyn, earned a spot on the first-team defense, tied for the team lead with three interceptions while logging 47 tackles, including 40 solo stops, in 11 games.
• Kenny McKinley, earned a spot on the second team, led the team with a school-record 77 receptions for a team-best 968 yards and team-leading nine touchdowns. He leads the SEC in receptions (77), receptions per game (6.42) and is second in receiving yards per game (80.7). He led the team in receptions in 10 of 12 games and in receiving yards in nine of 12 contests. He had four 100-yard receiving games, including a career-high 14-catch, 151-yard effort against Tennessee. He has caught a pass in 33 straight games.
• Safety Emanuel Cook, also was a 2nd team choice, leads the Gamecocks with 92 tackles, including 77 solo stops. He ranks sixth in the SEC, averaging 8.4 tackles per game. He also is tied for the team lead with three interceptions.

The Sporting News also named Six University of South Carolina players to the 2007 SEC All-Freshman Team yesterday. All six Gamecocks are true freshmen and its' interesting to note that the Gamecocks were represented by more members on the 25-man squad than any other Southeastern Conference school.

• On Offense - Wide receiver Dion Lecorn and tight end Weslye Saunders.
• On Defense - DT Ladi Ajiboye, DE Travian Robertson and LB Cliff Matthews
• On Special Teams - Chris Culliver was selected as the kick returner.

(h/t: the cool chicken)

Football awards

Well now that the football season is pretty much over, unless Carolina lucks up and finds a crap bowl to go to. I will announce the tailgating and football awards for the 2007.



The first award goes to best gamecock haircut.......

Captain Munnerlyn

Another "L" for USC

That was a devastating last-second 23-21 loss to Clemson and leaves Carolina's bowl hopes uncertain...do we deserve to go to a bowl?

Key to the Clemson win ----Well, the Tigers owned the ball, controlling it for 38:37 to just 21:23 for USC. Clemson ran 85 plays for 443 yards, including 214 yards on the ground, while USC had a season-low 52 plays for 364 yards, including just 80 yards rushing on 21 carries.

Corey Boyd is the man and it was good to see McKinley set the record.

Lot's of questions now though swirling --- why was Addison on Kelly at the end of the game b/c it is a mis-match? 3rd and 4 and we call a run play? How did they succeed on 3rd and 18? Why 2 blocked punts? Will there be defensive coaching changes for USC?

But for now, a bowl game could be in the picture but that is uncertain for the gamecocks and here's why: The SEC looks like it will get two teams in the BCS -- the LSU-Tennessee winner in the title game and Georgia. That would place nine of the SEC's record 10 bowl eligible teams in bowls, with USC (6-6) and Alabama (6-6), a 17-10 loser at Auburn, fighting it out for the final spot likely in the Independence Bowl.

Whoever loses that would have to hope for an at-large berth, and there don't figure to be too many of those, although one that could be open is the Armed Forces Bowl on Dec. 31 in Fort Worth, Texas, if the PAC-10 gets two teams in the BCS. And that could depend on whether Arizona State (9-2) beats Arizona (5-6) next week at home. Arizona State is No. 6 in the BCS but will likely fall after losing to Southern Cal on Thursday.

For now, USC can only wait (will know next weekend if bowls plans are in the picture) and hope and wonder after finishing the regular season with five straight losses -- the most in coach Steve Spurrier's 18-year career as a head coach.