USC won a big recruiting battle against three SEC rivals with the commitment from LB Stone Blanton of Madison, MS Monday morning. Blanton had been a baseball commitment to Mississippi State before deciding to pursue a football scholarship. He will play both at USC. The Gamecocks beat out the Bulldogs, Ole Miss and Texas A&M […]
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USC football coach Shane Beamer hit it big Monday night in the NCAA Transfer Portal. He landed commitments from two of the biggest fish in that pond, teammates from Oklahoma in QB Spencer Rattler (6-1 200) and TE Austin Stogner (6-6 251). These are two transfers who could have gone anywhere in the country looking
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USC reached into the Magnolia State Monday for another major commitment in LB Stone Blanton (6-2 220) of Madison. And he’ll also be a part of the Gamecock baseball program as he’s considered a top-tier prospect in that sport as well. In fact, Blanton had been committed to Mississippi State for baseball for over two
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The early signing period for college football begins Wednesday, and it’s on that day that most teams will sign the majority of their class. USC goes into the week with 19 commitments and Clemson with 12. Over the weekend, Dabo Swinney apparently changed his PWO offer to punter Jackson Smith of Saraland, AL to a
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Top ranked USC won another top ten showdown Sunday at the CLA with a 66-59 win over 8th ranked Maryland. The Gamecocks are 10-0 with four wins over top ten teams. Zia Cooke joined the 1000-point club in leading the Gamecocks with 20 points. Her layup with 5:13 to play gave USC the lead for
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South Carolina overcame a sluggish first half and a 16-point deficit to take down Florida State 66-65 at the No Room for Racism Classic in Rock Hill, Sunday. The Seminoles raced out to 27-11 advantage before the Gamecocks came to life. South Carolina shot just 39% from the floor and hit only 1 of 6
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The all-stars were back in Myrtle Beach Saturday for the 72nd Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium, and they did not disappoint the large crowd that turned out. The South, on a 36-yard field goal by North Augusta’s Drew Stevens, defeated the North for the third straight game 20-17. The North leads
Finishing games has not been a strong suit thus far for the Clemson men’s basketball team. In losses this season to St. Bonaventure, West Virginia, and most recently Miami, the Tigers have held leads of nine or more points in the second half but could not come away with the win. On Saturday, the Tigers
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USC landed a commitment Saturday afternoon from one of the top prospects in the northeast in LB Jaishawn Barham (6-3 230) of Baltimore. The Gamecocks beat out Maryland, Oklahoma and Penn State for Barham. USC coach Shane Beamer and Maryland coach Michael Locksley both met with Barham late this week to make their final pitches.
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All-star football is back in South Carolina. After a one-year hiatus due to Covid, the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl (formerly the North-South Game) returns Saturday to Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach. Kickoff will be 12:30 PM. The two coaching staffs, with no competition from the Shrine Bowl this year, had the pick of
USC missed on a major local target this week when WR Antonio Williams of Dutch Fork committed to Clemson. The Gamecocks are hoping to have better success with WR Zavier Short (6-1 181) of Chapin. Short currently is committed to Appalachian State, but Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer offered him December 1st, and the lure of
Tony Elliott has found a new home. After spending the last eleven years as an assistant with the Clemson football staff, Elliott accepted the head coaching job at the University of Virginia Friday afternoon. Elliott joined Dabo Swinney’s staff in 2011 and has been the offensive coordinator since 2015, sharing the duties with Jeff Scott