USC News and Posts
The arrival of the ACC Kickoff and the SEC Media Days this week means a whole new batch of media guides to sift thru. Clemson actually has its guide available online at ClemsonTigers.com. The USC guide is not yet online, but the Post and Courier’s David Cloninger was an early arrival in Hoover Sunday and […]
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Friday marked the 8th anniversary of USC’s 2nd of back to back national championship wins in the College World Series. The Gamecocks swept Florida in the championship series winning the opener 2-1 in 11 innings and the clincher 5-2. Second baseman Scott Wingo was a key member of the Gamecocks’ two title teams and he
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Frank Martin is preparing for his 8th season at USC, and it appears he will have his best roster since his Final Four team of 2017. Six veterans return, plus two others who redshirted last season, and there are five newcomers. The Gamecocks did go 11-7 in SEC play last season, but their 16-16 overall
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Former USC and NFL quarterback Connor Shaw now lives in Greenville and works for Colonial Life. He also runs quarterback camps around the state. Last Thursday Shaw participated in a pro-am golf tournament at Pine Ridge Club in Johnston. Following the outing, in which he had to play with our own Phil Kornblut, Shaw joined
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Frank Martin was impressed by the size of the media turnout Wednesday morning at the Colonial Life Arena for his annual summer question and answer session. Martin joked that more media were on hand than for many of his in-season press conferences. Perhaps that’s an indication of the expectations for this season as the Gamecocks
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USC football coach Will Muschamp is in between camp sessions. His next camp comes up on Friday and they will run thru next week. With a bit of break, Muschamp joined us on SportsTalk Tuesday night. Muschamp discussed last weekend’s recruiting surge, some key points on his team for this season and why the culture
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USC athletics director Ray Tanner is in his final days in his job as chairman of the NCAA Baseball Tournament Selection Committee. He and his group put together the field of 64 for this year’s tournament, and that field is down to the final eight for the College World Series. Monday night Tanner joined us
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Former USC center 7-1 Jason Cudd said Monday he has signed a letter of intent to play this season at Olney Central JC in Illinois. Cudd said his plan is to play this one season with the Blue Knights and go thru the recruiting process again. And that would include being open to a return
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Former Hammond star guard Seventh Woods, who was a little used reserve in three seasons at North Carolina, has enrolled at USC and will join the team this fall as a walk-on according to GamecockCentral. Woods posted a two-second Instagram video that flashed his picture on a USC ID and included the caption, “USC ’20”.
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The MLB Draft was held this week and the USC and Clemson programs made their contributions to the professional ranks. Now it’s time for head coaches Mark Kingston and Monte Lee to assess what’s left behind and what’s ahead for their respective programs. Each joined us on SportsTalk this week to review the impact of
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The MLB Draft ended around 6:30 PM Wednesday with 40 rounds. 44 players with South Carolina connections were selected, ranging from Clemson shortstop Logan Davidson by the Athletics with the 29th pick to USC recruit 3B Jeff Heinrich by the Giants with pick #1196. Clemson had a total of 5 veteran players and 4 signees
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Year two of the Mark Kingston era at USC did not go well. After taking the Gamecocks to within one game of Omaha in his first season, Kingston had to deal with multiple injuries to his pitching staff and an offensive downturn that could not compensate for the pitching woes. The result was a season
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