Phil Kornblut

WR Ray Grier of Belmont, NC, a USC target, committed to North Carolina Saturday. He visited USC for the Tennessee game last season and was favoring the Gamecocks in late December, but Mack Brown made a strong push once he arrived in Chapel Hill.  He’s the second receiver target who at one time was favoring USC […]

DT Marquis Black (6-5 300) of McDonough, GA visited USC the first weekend of this month and the Gamecocks will be one of the programs he strongly considers moving forward.  His parents are from Columbia and he actually lived in the Capital City for a couple of years as a child. He still has numerous

One of the nation’s top linebackers in the 2020 class Sav’ell Smalls (6-3 227) Seattle released a top 12 Sunday and Clemson was among the select dozen.  The others on the list are Alabama, Florida, Miami, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Georgia, Texas, Washington, Texas A&M,  Florida State and Washington State. “Yeah, I love Clemson,” Smalls said. 

USC overcame 15 first half turnovers with a 46 point second half and pulled away to a 77-65 win over Arkansas Saturday afternoon at Colonial Life Arena.  The win improves the Gamecocks to 7-3 in the SEC and keeps them in fourth place in the league standings.  They are 12-11 overall.  The win also snaps

Clemson continued to play lock-down defense and Shelton Mitchell had a big first half to propel the Tigers to a 59-51 win over 10th ranked Virginia Tech Saturday afternoon at Littlejohn Coliseum.  It’s the Tigers’ fourth straight win and it improves their record to 15-8 and 5-5 in the ACC. The Tigers held the Hokies

USC has won six SEC games this season without starting forward Justin Minaya.  Any other wins they achieve this season will also come without him.  Gamecock coach Frank Martin announced today Minaya will take a medical redshirt for the rest of the season to save this season of eligibility.  The move will leave the sophomore

USC offensive line coach Eric Wolford sees a big opportunity to grab a big offensive tackle in Jazston Turnetine (6-8 340) of Ellenwood, GA and Hutchinson JC, KS.  Wolford and the Gamecocks are the first offer for Turnetine who went right into Hutch and earned a started job as a true freshman at offensive tackle.

The cost of winning football national championships at Clemson continues to rise, and that seems to be fine with everyone in orange and white.  Coming on the heels of a second title in three years, Dabo Swinney’s assistants were awarded by the school’s board of trustees Friday with pay raises with co-offensive coordinators Tony Elliott

USC football coach Will Muschamp, as he stated at his press conference on signing day Wednesday, sees a recruiting footprint that is growing for his program.  South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina always will be the base, but in 2019 Muschamp pulled a quarterback from California and a cornerback from Texas. In 2020, Muschamp is

USC target OL Avery Jernigan of Blackshear, GA committed to Auburn.  He visited USC for the junior day January 19th. USC offered OL Jazston Turnetine (6-8 340)  of Hutchinson JC, KS.  He’s a native of Ellenwood, GA and played last season as a freshman.  USC is his first offer. USC offered DB Art Green (6-2 201) of

Hammond School DT Alex Huntley doesn’t plan to make a decision until sometime during his senior season of football.  Between now and then, he plans to make some more visits.  He has been to USC and Georgia and will be going to a junior day at Oklahoma. Huntley was at USC last month for their

Dabo Swinney did not add his one final major target to the 2019 class Wednesday when RB Jerrion Ealy signed with Ole Miss, but he nonetheless reeled in another top 10 class for the national champions.  The Tigers did add Dorman OL Mason Trotter on Signing Day though he the plan for him is to