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re: WBB: SEC moves No. 5 LSU-No. 2 South Carolina to Fri. due to weather
Posted by USCrown on 1/22/25 at 4:30 pm
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I would be shocked if LSU won. I think the program is another year away from having the depth and talent Kim expects from an elite program.
It sucks she had a major surgery after the national title. LSU signed virtually no one as she couldn’t travel and recruit. Now she’s healthy and LSU has the #1 class signed.
I think we already know a lot about LSU, they’ve beaten good NC State and Tennessee teams. LSU also has three all Americans starting but I’m not so sure lsu has the post play to beat Carolina.
Should be fun but unfortunately I think Kim needs one more year with the surgery being in the way. I’m happy the drama has left since Angel Reese went pro, felt positive she was going to retire very soon.
There is no doubt, Kim will have her team ready to play and I believe this will be a tough game for the gamecocks. Carolina doesn't have the superstar dominant post as in past years that swallows rebounds, blocks every shot, and is an auto 2 point cheat code in the paint. Carolina's lack of a dominant post presence has caused issues at times securing rebounds and allowing teams second chance opportunities. We've also given up points in the paint to aggressive bigs and fast penetrating guards. UCLA was hot, and caught us on an off night exposing our early season vulnerabilities down low. Tx gave us fits rebounding, but couldn't throw it in the ocean. We do have a number of good players with any one of them liable to get hot. Joyce Edwards is a freshman who has emerged and will only get better. The gamecocks will need to play well to win. Fortunately for us it is at home, and we've been shooting the ball pretty well.
A win would give Carolina a leg up in the SEC race. Carolina is also riding the longest SEC regular season game win streak in history at 53 games. A win would extend that streak for Carolina and tie the SEC home win streak record at 69 games.
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re: WBB: SEC moves No. 5 LSU-No. 2 South Carolina to Fri. due to weather
Posted by USCrown on 1/22/25 at 2:53 pm
Mulkey and Dawn have different scheduling philosophies. Kim prefers a softer non con schedule which often gives her teams early season confidence as well as opportunities to pad the win column and win even when they don't play well. The issue with this approach, if not managed properly, players can build a false sense of security and lose focus. They can also wilt when they finally get tested against stiff competition. Kim is one of the best coaches in the game, and has had title teams that played softer schedules. Obviously she has been able to manage her teams well.
Dawn on the other hand chooses to load up with top teams that she is likely to face in the tourney. This gives her an accurate gauge of her team's weaknesses along with opportunities to correct them before the tourney. It also gives WBB fans what they want to see, top teams battling on the largest stages throughout the season. This packs arenas, glues eyeballs to the TV, and helps grow the game. Given the ratings over the last several years, the networks have been eating more than their fair share of the profit off the women's game. This is finally changing. Obviously Dawn has been successful with her method, and been an advocate for the game as well.
South Carolina
vs Michigan W 68-62
vs 9 NC State W 71-57
vs Coppin St W 92-60
vs East Carolina W95-44
@Clemson W77-45
@ 5 UCLA L77-62
vs 15 Iowa State W76-36
vs Purdue W99-51
vs 8 Duke W81-70
vs 9 TCU W85-52
vsSouth Florida W78-62
vsCharleston So W82-46
vsWofford W93-47
@Missouri W83-52
@Mississippi St W95-68
vsTexas A&M W90-49
vs 5 Texas W67-50
@19 Alabama W76-58
vs13 Oklahoma W101-60
vs 5 LSU
Upcoming Non Con -
Sun, Feb 16
vs 6 UConn
LSU
vsE Kentucky W95-44
vsN'Western St W95-36
vsCharleston So W117-44
vsMurray St W74-60
vsTroy W98-59
vsTulane W85-74
vsWashington W68-67
vs20 NC State W82-65
vsNC Central W131-44
vsStanford W94-88
vsGrambling W100-54
vsLouisiana W85-57
vsSeton Hall W91-64
@UIC W91-73
vsUAlbany W83-61
@Arkansas W98-64
vsAuburn W73-63
@16 Tennessee W89-87
vsVanderbilt W83-77
@Florida W80-63
@2 South Carolina
Dawn on the other hand chooses to load up with top teams that she is likely to face in the tourney. This gives her an accurate gauge of her team's weaknesses along with opportunities to correct them before the tourney. It also gives WBB fans what they want to see, top teams battling on the largest stages throughout the season. This packs arenas, glues eyeballs to the TV, and helps grow the game. Given the ratings over the last several years, the networks have been eating more than their fair share of the profit off the women's game. This is finally changing. Obviously Dawn has been successful with her method, and been an advocate for the game as well.
South Carolina
vs Michigan W 68-62
vs 9 NC State W 71-57
vs Coppin St W 92-60
vs East Carolina W95-44
@Clemson W77-45
@ 5 UCLA L77-62
vs 15 Iowa State W76-36
vs Purdue W99-51
vs 8 Duke W81-70
vs 9 TCU W85-52
vsSouth Florida W78-62
vsCharleston So W82-46
vsWofford W93-47
@Missouri W83-52
@Mississippi St W95-68
vsTexas A&M W90-49
vs 5 Texas W67-50
@19 Alabama W76-58
vs13 Oklahoma W101-60
vs 5 LSU
Upcoming Non Con -
Sun, Feb 16
vs 6 UConn
LSU
vsE Kentucky W95-44
vsN'Western St W95-36
vsCharleston So W117-44
vsMurray St W74-60
vsTroy W98-59
vsTulane W85-74
vsWashington W68-67
vs20 NC State W82-65
vsNC Central W131-44
vsStanford W94-88
vsGrambling W100-54
vsLouisiana W85-57
vsSeton Hall W91-64
@UIC W91-73
vsUAlbany W83-61
@Arkansas W98-64
vsAuburn W73-63
@16 Tennessee W89-87
vsVanderbilt W83-77
@Florida W80-63
@2 South Carolina
re: WBB #13 OU @ #2 SC (Final 101-60)
Posted by USCrown on 1/19/25 at 9:27 pm
Good Game Sooners. You have a good team, but just ran into a buzz saw today. The 41 point win by the gamecocks was the largest margin of victory over an AP ranked opponent in program history. It was also OU's worst conference loss in school history. The Gamecocks have three 30+ wins over top 15 teams this year which ties the rest of all WCB combined! With that said there's plenty of basketball left to play as we've seen good teams falter at the alter come tourney time.
The game against LSU will be a tall task and tell us a little more about this Gamecocks team. There is no dominant scoring/defending/rebounding post as in years past, however there is great depth and team chemistry which overcomes a lot. Teams with a dominant post and outside shooting can cause match-up problems for this team if we are having an off night (see UCLA). A win against undefeated LSU would tie the SEC's home win streak at 69 and provide a strong leg up in the conference title race.
The game against LSU will be a tall task and tell us a little more about this Gamecocks team. There is no dominant scoring/defending/rebounding post as in years past, however there is great depth and team chemistry which overcomes a lot. Teams with a dominant post and outside shooting can cause match-up problems for this team if we are having an off night (see UCLA). A win against undefeated LSU would tie the SEC's home win streak at 69 and provide a strong leg up in the conference title race.
re: Shane Beamer is kind of a tool and completely in the wrong in his spat with Bert
Posted by USCrown on 1/1/25 at 5:22 pm
If Beamer takes the points earlier in the game, he is kicking a game winning field goal and then he can say whatever he wants. When you lose anything he says will be viewed in a negative light.
With that said, those ref's never got control and let IL pull that slow defensive sub crap literally holding the offense while 15-20 secs drained off the play clock! When Beamer tried to run tempo then IL would fake an injury. Give Bielema credit, he pulled that crap all game. This was on top of IL Oline tackling the D-Line, and the massive no holding calls all game. Beamer had every right to go nuts, but he should have adjusted when he saw how the game was going to be called and take the smirk of Bielema's face by winning the game.
With that said, those ref's never got control and let IL pull that slow defensive sub crap literally holding the offense while 15-20 secs drained off the play clock! When Beamer tried to run tempo then IL would fake an injury. Give Bielema credit, he pulled that crap all game. This was on top of IL Oline tackling the D-Line, and the massive no holding calls all game. Beamer had every right to go nuts, but he should have adjusted when he saw how the game was going to be called and take the smirk of Bielema's face by winning the game.
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If tweet fails to load, click here. re: South Carolina put on one year of probation
Posted by USCrown on 10/23/19 at 12:15 pm
It's amazing the difference in reporting and biases shown by ESPN/NCAA and their interest in protecting the cash cow.
The headline for Carolina reads 1 yr probation vs Clemson reports minor secondary violations for basically the same thing, except the spuds improperly contacted 221 recruits, boosters/school paid cash to players, and businesses used players for promotional opportunities (you think the kids did it for free??). As usualy, per department policy, names are blacked out, and things get quickly swept under the rug. Nothing to see here...move along...Amazing!
Clemson had 8 secondary violations in 2018-19
Aug 7, 2019
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Clemson's national championship football program was flagged for eight secondary NCAA violations during a yearlong period from July 2018 through this past June.
The school's athletic department released a summary of the infractions Wednesday.
None of the violations was considered major, and all issues about the penalties have been resolved, according to the school. In all, Clemson self-reported 14 violations in the year ending on June 30.
Names of athletes, coaches or staffers involved in the infractions were not in the summary provided to The Associated Press by Clemson. The month and day when the violation occurred was blacked out in the report.
The football violations reported by the school included a homeowner paying a player above the going rate for work around the home on three separate occasions. Two violations involved players on social media in a promotional capacity.
The other five infractions were committed by football staffers and included reimbursing an athlete for ground transportation expenses above the school's mileage rate. Others involved the school publicizing the signing of a football recruit before he had signed with the program. Another was for the football staff impermissibly mailing out a printed questionnaire to 221 prospects about life-skills programming before Sept. 1 of their junior years in high school.
Perhaps the strangest violation came when staffers wrongly used confetti as part of a photo shoot that took place on a student-athlete's official visit, the school said.
Clemson began fall camp last week and opens the season at home against Georgia Tech on Aug. 29.
Two of the remaining violations occurred in the men's basketball program, one for a player using his name to promote a company's sale of apparel via social media, according to the summary. The other was for the basketball staff providing images and likenesses of two players to an event company who used the images in a "commercial promotion,'' the school said.
The final four secondary violations were reported by volleyball, men's soccer and men's and women's tennis.
The headline for Carolina reads 1 yr probation vs Clemson reports minor secondary violations for basically the same thing, except the spuds improperly contacted 221 recruits, boosters/school paid cash to players, and businesses used players for promotional opportunities (you think the kids did it for free??). As usualy, per department policy, names are blacked out, and things get quickly swept under the rug. Nothing to see here...move along...Amazing!
Clemson had 8 secondary violations in 2018-19
Aug 7, 2019
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Clemson's national championship football program was flagged for eight secondary NCAA violations during a yearlong period from July 2018 through this past June.
The school's athletic department released a summary of the infractions Wednesday.
None of the violations was considered major, and all issues about the penalties have been resolved, according to the school. In all, Clemson self-reported 14 violations in the year ending on June 30.
Names of athletes, coaches or staffers involved in the infractions were not in the summary provided to The Associated Press by Clemson. The month and day when the violation occurred was blacked out in the report.
The football violations reported by the school included a homeowner paying a player above the going rate for work around the home on three separate occasions. Two violations involved players on social media in a promotional capacity.
The other five infractions were committed by football staffers and included reimbursing an athlete for ground transportation expenses above the school's mileage rate. Others involved the school publicizing the signing of a football recruit before he had signed with the program. Another was for the football staff impermissibly mailing out a printed questionnaire to 221 prospects about life-skills programming before Sept. 1 of their junior years in high school.
Perhaps the strangest violation came when staffers wrongly used confetti as part of a photo shoot that took place on a student-athlete's official visit, the school said.
Clemson began fall camp last week and opens the season at home against Georgia Tech on Aug. 29.
Two of the remaining violations occurred in the men's basketball program, one for a player using his name to promote a company's sale of apparel via social media, according to the summary. The other was for the basketball staff providing images and likenesses of two players to an event company who used the images in a "commercial promotion,'' the school said.
The final four secondary violations were reported by volleyball, men's soccer and men's and women's tennis.
re: Sanford Stadium Testing Out It's LED Lights
Posted by USCrown on 9/20/19 at 5:56 am
Great for UGA, the new lights should do wonders for the gameday atmosphere and compliment the scenery nicely!
re: What does everyone do for their entrance?
Posted by USCrown on 8/30/19 at 2:44 pm
re: I was just confused what the offensive gameplan was for Florida
Posted by USCrown on 8/24/19 at 10:47 pm
Screw the game plan. Throw it out the window. You endure through all that hot garbage to finally take the lead.
What I really want to know is what the heck was behind the decision to have Franks pass the ball, up on Miami with about 4 mins left in the game!?? Franks promptly throws a pick straight into the arms of the defender. At that point I was like screw it, and was hoping Miami would score and put UF out of its misery.
Absolutely mind boggling
What I really want to know is what the heck was behind the decision to have Franks pass the ball, up on Miami with about 4 mins left in the game!?? Franks promptly throws a pick straight into the arms of the defender. At that point I was like screw it, and was hoping Miami would score and put UF out of its misery.
Absolutely mind boggling
re: Kentucky prognostication for 2019 football
Posted by USCrown on 8/22/19 at 9:03 am
Toledo - W
Eastern Michigan - W
Florida - L
@Miss St. - L
@USC - L (W)
Arkansas - W
@Georgia - L
Missouri - L
Tennessee - L(W)
@Vanderbilt - L (W)
UT Martin - W
Louisville - W (L)
I say anywhere from 4-8 to 6-6. Maybe 7 or 8 wins with a couple of bounces. Our game with you guys is a toss up until we prove otherwise :-(
UK has one of the easiest schedules in the SEC this year. Even with that, they have the fewest returning starters and lost Snell, who was the key to their offense and Allen who was the key to their defense last season.
I'm not sure how you lose 16 TDs on offense and 17 sacks on defense and not see a drop off. No one else on their team came close to that production. That doesn't even include several other key contributors that are gone from last seasons team. I'm sure that you guys have some players in the wings that will be asked to step up.
I think Stoops has been a good coach for UK, but they take a step back from last season's dream team.
Eastern Michigan - W
Florida - L
@Miss St. - L
@USC - L (W)
Arkansas - W
@Georgia - L
Missouri - L
Tennessee - L(W)
@Vanderbilt - L (W)
UT Martin - W
Louisville - W (L)
I say anywhere from 4-8 to 6-6. Maybe 7 or 8 wins with a couple of bounces. Our game with you guys is a toss up until we prove otherwise :-(
UK has one of the easiest schedules in the SEC this year. Even with that, they have the fewest returning starters and lost Snell, who was the key to their offense and Allen who was the key to their defense last season.
I'm not sure how you lose 16 TDs on offense and 17 sacks on defense and not see a drop off. No one else on their team came close to that production. That doesn't even include several other key contributors that are gone from last seasons team. I'm sure that you guys have some players in the wings that will be asked to step up.
I think Stoops has been a good coach for UK, but they take a step back from last season's dream team.
re: I just realized Florida plays Auburn, LSU, USCe and Georgia all in the same month...
Posted by USCrown on 8/22/19 at 6:10 am
quote:
Thanks for including us
They should. We are 5-4 against them over the past decade. We'll see what happens this year at home. We essentially have the same, but more experienced, team that had our foot on their 15th ranked throat 31-14 in the swamp until we crapped the bed allowing 21 late unanswered points. Several key contributors were out on defense late in the year last year, and we had no answer for the run.
This year we get them at home, a little earlier in the season, sandwiched squarely between our road trips to Athens and Knoxville. As mentioned earlier, they will be in the middle of a stretch of Aub, @ LSU, @USC, then UGA.
I get the feeling that the Gators are a little overrated this season, but who knows. 1st game Miami, Aub, @ LSU, @ USC, UGA, rivalry game against FSU. I can easily see 3/4 losses. Not to mention they got spanked at home last season against both UK and Mizzou, and will play those teams away+ a Jekyll and Hyde UT team. Even going 2-1 against that group, UF could end up with 5 losses.
The good news is that we'll find out soon enough. Gotta love SEC football!
re: In Favor Of Scrapping Permanent Cross Division Games?
Posted by USCrown on 8/16/19 at 5:26 pm
quote:
Bullsh*t. It was voted on in 2014. The league voted to keep them and it wasnt four votes
LSU AD Joe Alleva was vocal in his opposition of Sunday's decision.
"I understand Alabama-Tennessee and Auburn-Georgia for the history, but that's only four schools. The rest were voting in their own self-interest. They could have kept those games and the rest of us rotated. That was brought up but voted down."
Interesting statements from Joe Alleva...I guess if nothing has changed and schools will keep voting for their own self interest vs the benefit of the conference :ie playing forced rivalry games, keeping permanent opponent that is perceived as being weaker for easy win, etc...then maybe nothing will change.
With that said, that was 5 years ago. Things change, people change. Going 12 and 14 years before getting a return game from an opponent seems pretty ridiculous. There has to be a smarter way to accomplish both goals.
re: In Favor Of Scrapping Permanent Cross Division Games?
Posted by USCrown on 8/16/19 at 4:47 pm
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They put it to a vote. It got voted down
What got put to a vote? Moving to a 9 game conference schedule or doing away with permanent cross-division rivals?
I can see the downside of moving to a 9 game conference schedule, however I don't see why we couldn't do away with the current permanent game structure and increase rotation. Maybe the pod idea, or maybe allow those teams to fill in an OOC slot.
re: Most and least aesthetically pleasing stadiums in the SEC?
Posted by USCrown on 8/16/19 at 4:03 pm
Carolina has really made some strides over the past few years improving the stadium and surrounding areas. I actually like all of the stadiums I've been to for various reasons.
View across the street of gamecock park.
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Setting up for the Beyonce and Jay-Z Concert
Cockaboose Railroad behind the stadium
View across the street of gamecock park.
Setting up for the Beyonce and Jay-Z Concert
Cockaboose Railroad behind the stadium
re: In Favor Of Scrapping Permanent Cross Division Games?
Posted by USCrown on 8/16/19 at 11:10 am
Wow..thought most of you Aub, UGA, Bama, Tn fans would have drawn a line in the sand concerning scrapping the permanent cross division games. It would have been nearly blasphemy about a decade ago or so. Seems like more of you guys are open to the idea than I first thought.
I personally would like to stay at 8 conference games, but get ride of the permanent rivals and rotate every year. Maybe even scrap divisions and just rotate. The obvious downside is that winning a conference title may become just that more difficult, but it would ensure better championship games.
Keeping 8 games will still allow the schools who have major OOC rivals, UF/FSU, UGA/GT, USC/CU, UK/UL etc...to keep their games. I also enjoy the other SEC OOC regional/cross regional games. Going to 9 games, We would likely lose UGA/Notre Dame, LSU/Texas, UF/Miami, Aub/Oregon, USC/UNC, Mizzou/WV, UT/BYU etc...That is my major drawback with increasing the conference schedule.
I personally would like to stay at 8 conference games, but get ride of the permanent rivals and rotate every year. Maybe even scrap divisions and just rotate. The obvious downside is that winning a conference title may become just that more difficult, but it would ensure better championship games.
Keeping 8 games will still allow the schools who have major OOC rivals, UF/FSU, UGA/GT, USC/CU, UK/UL etc...to keep their games. I also enjoy the other SEC OOC regional/cross regional games. Going to 9 games, We would likely lose UGA/Notre Dame, LSU/Texas, UF/Miami, Aub/Oregon, USC/UNC, Mizzou/WV, UT/BYU etc...That is my major drawback with increasing the conference schedule.
In Favor Of Scrapping Permanent Cross Division Games?
Posted by USCrown on 8/16/19 at 9:56 am
Let me preface this by saying I respect the historical significance of some of these matchups, but there has to be a better way of scheduling so teams from the opposite division play more than once or twice a decade. Ideally, cycling through the entire conference every 4 yrs would provide each graduating class an opportunity to compete against every team in the conference.
Current Format:
Auburn vs. Georgia
Kentucky vs. Mississippi State
Florida vs. LSU
Alabama vs. Tennessee
Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt
Arkansas vs. Missouri
South Carolina vs. Texas A&M
I get Aub/UGA and Bama/UT for obvious reasons. Maybe UF/LSU? I've even enjoyed a few of the Ole Miss and Vandy games over the years. Although this current format preserves some games, some very good games that used to occur regularly over the years have been lost. Also hurts new rivalries due to lack of playing each other regularly. Are you guys absolutely locked into your permanent rival?
A few ways we could increase rotation:
*Increase the conference schedule to 9 or 10 games. May hurt OOC scheduling, but does ensure more meaningful games, better rotation. Would give fans/tv the most entertainment value for their money.
*Scrap divisions/permanent rivals. Stay at 8 conference games, but increase rotation. Allow historical rivals to schedule each other as an out of conference game (doesn't count towards sec record, but preserves matchup on occasional years teams aren't on SEC schedule)
*Increase regular season to 13-15 games. Add in additional bye weeks, and go round robin. Teams are already playing 13-15 games. Shouldn't be much of a problem for the 99% of teams that don't make the playoffs.
Any ideas?
Current Format:
Auburn vs. Georgia
Kentucky vs. Mississippi State
Florida vs. LSU
Alabama vs. Tennessee
Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt
Arkansas vs. Missouri
South Carolina vs. Texas A&M
I get Aub/UGA and Bama/UT for obvious reasons. Maybe UF/LSU? I've even enjoyed a few of the Ole Miss and Vandy games over the years. Although this current format preserves some games, some very good games that used to occur regularly over the years have been lost. Also hurts new rivalries due to lack of playing each other regularly. Are you guys absolutely locked into your permanent rival?
A few ways we could increase rotation:
*Increase the conference schedule to 9 or 10 games. May hurt OOC scheduling, but does ensure more meaningful games, better rotation. Would give fans/tv the most entertainment value for their money.
*Scrap divisions/permanent rivals. Stay at 8 conference games, but increase rotation. Allow historical rivals to schedule each other as an out of conference game (doesn't count towards sec record, but preserves matchup on occasional years teams aren't on SEC schedule)
*Increase regular season to 13-15 games. Add in additional bye weeks, and go round robin. Teams are already playing 13-15 games. Shouldn't be much of a problem for the 99% of teams that don't make the playoffs.
Any ideas?
re: SEC gameday atmospheres ranked
Posted by USCrown on 8/13/19 at 11:50 am
Not sure I completely agree with the list, but overall there's not a bad environment in the conference. As a matter of fact, I actually enjoy going to Vandy. Easy in, easy out, not really a bad seat in the stadium. Their football fans are usually pretty cordial. Nashville is also a pretty cool city.
I personally thought UF was the loudest away stadium that I've been to, but I'm pretty sure its like most...It depends on the opponent, game time, and how well your team is playing.
Williams Brice can get rocking, but then again a lot of the factors above can come into play as well. We have an old saying, "If it ain’t swayin’, we ain’t playin.’”
Couple of player comments below...
“I definitely felt that was the loudest stadium I played in this past year,” Mond said. “It’s definitely a hostile environment…” – Kellen Mond
South Carolina, that’s been one of my favorite games my freshman and junior year,” Mann said. “The energy there is crazy. You wouldn’t think so because it’s not that big of a stadium, but I’ve had some of my best kickoffs there because the energy is amazing…” Braden Mann
“That’s probably the rowdiest student section I’ve seen. That’s the rowdiest stadium I’ve been in,” Crockett said. “It was a great atmosphere. It was way louder (than LSU and Florida) on the field. That’s the first game I couldn’t hear anything Drew was saying, and I was right behind him.” - Mizzou RB Damarea Crockett
Interesting note from Drew Lock on atmosphere at Alabama: "Our South Carolina game was actually way louder than that game."
It's not very often that South Carolina gets mentioned in a Washington State press conference…Leach's Cougars are sitting pretty at 5-0 with a Saturday night trip to 4-1 Oregon's Autzen Stadium on deck. While it's widely considered the loudest stadium in the Pac-12, Leach doesn't seem impressed as he listed eight spots off the top of his head that are definitely louder.
Among those, South Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium.
"Definitely that one end zone at South Carolina is louder," – Mike Leach who spent 1996 and 97 as Kentucky's offensive coordinator,
“It’s extremely difficult to come here to Columbia and get a win,” McElroy said. “They do a great job with the fan base and the student section is electric. I remember vividly (in 2010) the stadium shaking, both in pregame warmups and when they got the lead. It says a lot about their fans, their environment, their game day atmosphere and the amount of pride they have playing in front of their own people.” – Greg McElroy
UGA WR Michael Bennett said. “We kind of let the atmosphere get the most of us. I think that definitely happened in 2012.”
“I just don’t want to feel that feeling again,” UGA senior inside linebacker Amarlo Herrera said. “They get loud and they stay loud. It’s crazy. It’s hard to stay focused.”
I personally thought UF was the loudest away stadium that I've been to, but I'm pretty sure its like most...It depends on the opponent, game time, and how well your team is playing.
Williams Brice can get rocking, but then again a lot of the factors above can come into play as well. We have an old saying, "If it ain’t swayin’, we ain’t playin.’”
Couple of player comments below...
“I definitely felt that was the loudest stadium I played in this past year,” Mond said. “It’s definitely a hostile environment…” – Kellen Mond
South Carolina, that’s been one of my favorite games my freshman and junior year,” Mann said. “The energy there is crazy. You wouldn’t think so because it’s not that big of a stadium, but I’ve had some of my best kickoffs there because the energy is amazing…” Braden Mann
“That’s probably the rowdiest student section I’ve seen. That’s the rowdiest stadium I’ve been in,” Crockett said. “It was a great atmosphere. It was way louder (than LSU and Florida) on the field. That’s the first game I couldn’t hear anything Drew was saying, and I was right behind him.” - Mizzou RB Damarea Crockett
Interesting note from Drew Lock on atmosphere at Alabama: "Our South Carolina game was actually way louder than that game."
It's not very often that South Carolina gets mentioned in a Washington State press conference…Leach's Cougars are sitting pretty at 5-0 with a Saturday night trip to 4-1 Oregon's Autzen Stadium on deck. While it's widely considered the loudest stadium in the Pac-12, Leach doesn't seem impressed as he listed eight spots off the top of his head that are definitely louder.
Among those, South Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium.
"Definitely that one end zone at South Carolina is louder," – Mike Leach who spent 1996 and 97 as Kentucky's offensive coordinator,
“It’s extremely difficult to come here to Columbia and get a win,” McElroy said. “They do a great job with the fan base and the student section is electric. I remember vividly (in 2010) the stadium shaking, both in pregame warmups and when they got the lead. It says a lot about their fans, their environment, their game day atmosphere and the amount of pride they have playing in front of their own people.” – Greg McElroy
UGA WR Michael Bennett said. “We kind of let the atmosphere get the most of us. I think that definitely happened in 2012.”
“I just don’t want to feel that feeling again,” UGA senior inside linebacker Amarlo Herrera said. “They get loud and they stay loud. It’s crazy. It’s hard to stay focused.”
re: Appearances of your school in pop media
Posted by USCrown on 8/3/19 at 5:25 am
Homer tells Lisa that she can go to the finest school in South Carolina, and says Go Gamecocks.
re: No billboards plastered all over SC ball park
Posted by USCrown on 5/19/12 at 3:52 pm
The box is a fine place to watch college baseball as is Carolina Stadium. The fans at Carolina are some of the best in the country and this makes for a great atmosphere at the games. There are few college stadiums that compare to Carolina Stadium when it comes to great seating, sight lines, and fan amenities.
The pictures really don't do it justice.
CAROLINA STADIUM
The pictures really don't do it justice.
CAROLINA STADIUM
re: Alex Box compare to some of the newer stadiums......
Posted by USCrown on 2/22/09 at 2:08 pm
The Longhorn's baseball stadium does not seem overly impressive, but it is hard to tell by those photos. I am sure they have excellent facilities for the players though. Also, I did not know that Ole Miss was building a new stadium either. I am glad to see the growth of college baseball. It will only get better.
re: Alex Box compare to some of the newer stadiums......
Posted by USCrown on 2/21/09 at 9:22 pm
I have seen a few pics of LSU's park, and it does not disappoint. I really do like the gateway entrance, top notch.
For those who have not had a chance to see some more update photos of Carolina Stadium. Here is a link w/ some good photos.
Carolina Stadium
For those who have not had a chance to see some more update photos of Carolina Stadium. Here is a link w/ some good photos.
Carolina Stadium
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