<![CDATA[Deadspin: South Carolina Gamecocks]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: South Carolina Gamecocks]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/south carolina gamecocks http://deadspin.com/tag/south carolina gamecocks <![CDATA[Yes, The Yeti Is Real, And It's A Fan Of The South Carolina Gamecocks]]> Your morning roundup for Jan. 3, the day we learned cops don't like giving weed back. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5872590&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Capital One Bowl Brought Us The Rare Defensive PAT]]> You won't see this play in the No Fun League (defenses cannot score on a PAT in the NFL) but college football still permits the glory that is sprinting the length of the field with a measly two points as reward, an opportunity of which South Carolina's Stephon Gilmore made the most. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5872465&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Not This Shit Again: Now It's South Carolina Football Players Promoting A Nightclub Party]]> Two days after we brought you the story of UNC receiver Dwight Jones's now-cancelled birthday party at a North Carolina nightclub—a party that rendered Jones ineligible, briefly—here's another fiesta being promoted on Facebook using the likenesses of some college athletes—this time from South Carolina. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5870228&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[South Carolina Forward Malik Cooke's Eye Injury Was Grotesque, So Here's Multiple Angles Of Him Suffering It]]> In a game that's already seen the departure of Ohio State star Jared Sullinger (off to the hospital for testing) the South Carolina Gamecocks haven't avoided the injury bug either, as Malik Cooke suffered a nasty-looking cut above his left eye (courtesy a Buckeye elbow) that required locker room stitches. Never a network to shy away from injury replays, ESPN gave us plenty, which we present here for you. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5869031&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Salty Clemson Fan Calls The Gamecocks The "Short Bus Of The SEC East," Admits He'd Eat Squirrel]]> According to tipster Matthew W., "This guy 'Clemson Tom' has been making videos for a few weeks now. The Clemson nation has been all over this guy. His latest video he prank calls, Connor Shaw, starting QB for South Carolina. This guys also in past videos prank calls head coaches, Frat houses, GT Library, you name it. It's very funny in a southern idiot kind of way." More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5863608&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Clearly This Woman Loves The 'Cocks]]> South Carolina's about to win the Palmetto Bowl in big fashion over Clemson, and here's how one Gamecocks fan reacted to DeVonte Holloman intercepting a Clemson pass to help lock up the victory. I can only imagine how she'll celebrate. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5862782&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Steve Spurrier Kicks Reporter Out Of Press Conference, Announces Dismissal Of QB Stephen Garcia, Drops The Mic]]> At the start of his weekly press conference today—and just about an hour before announcing that former starting QB Stephen Garcia had been dismissed from the team—South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier made an announcement to the gathered reporters. He would not, he explained, go through with the usual dog and pony show unless a single reporter was segregated for the questioning. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5848718&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Helmetless South Carolina Football Player Crashes Moped While Trying To Carry A Pizza]]> College football players seem to be having a tough time navigating mopeds and scooters. Last year, there was the Kentucky running back who broke his arm during an accident, followed by the Iowa lineman whose frightening crash into a truck was captured on video. Then came Georgia, where coach Mark Richt made it clear he has no plans to ban the use of scooters even though two players this summer have gotten hurt while riding them. And now there's South Carolina, where coach Steve Sprurrier revealed today that third-string quarterback Andrew Clifford had to be taken to the hospital over the weekend after crashing his moped. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5835900&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[South Carolina Athletic Director Welcomes Back Champion Team Of "Ice Cold Cocks"]]> The University of South Carolina held its second straight welcome home rally for its national champion baseball team on Wednesday. Everyone cheered and said nice things about the Gamecocks, and then it was Athletic Director Eric Hyman's turn to speak. Hyman said some more nice things, and then he closed with a celebratory comment about ice cold cocks and symbolically dropped the mic. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5817216&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[This Sorority Gal Did Not Take South Carolina's Loss Well]]> Bad to worse: first the Gamecocks lost to Kentucky last month. Then she gets a camera shoved in her crying face. Now she's (Internet) famous for it. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5680930&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[South Carolina Wins College World Series]]> In the last game ever at Rosenblatt Stadium, South Carolina beat UCLA in extra innings for the school's first NCAA men's championship in any sport. So now who looks stupid for wearing that hat every day for four years? More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5576024&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Happy 65th Birthday, Shirtless Steve Spurrier]]> Right now, Spurrier is snorkeling somewhere down in the Bahamas. Judging from that photo, some lucky tropical fish are admiring his chiseled bare torso. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5520893&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kentucky Back On Top...For About 36 Hours]]> As most of you know, Kentucky was toppled by unranked South Carolina last night, their first game as number one in the country. Some overzealous T-shirt makers look a little foolish today. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5458466&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Your Early Afternoon College Football Viewing Open Thread]]> Hopefully, the Clemson-South Carolina game doesn't take an ugly turn like it did in 2004 when a brawl broke out in the 4th quarter during Lou Holtz's last game as head coach of the Gamecocks. Or do we? Nah. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5414335&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Your Late Afternoon College Football Viewing Open Thread]]> It's time for the second round of games on this wonderful Saturday afternoon. There's plenty of options on the telly, with Florida at South Carolina as perhaps the most intriguing. Can you imagine how excited these girls are right now? More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404758&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ric Flair's Limo, Fancy Suits Were Key To Gamecocks Upset]]> The Nature Boy is apparently a fan of South Carolina football and was not afraid to intimidate Ole Miss fans last week with his very expensive suits. Final score: 16-10, Gamecocks. WHOO! [SpursUp] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5371065&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Never One To Seek The Spotlight, Danica Turns Down NASCAR]]> Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5367422&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Steve Spurrier Apologizes For Not Genuflecting To The Tebow]]> SEC coaches and journalists spent maybe six hours of the conference's three-day media tugjob fretting over the vicious bastard who didn't pick Tim Tebow as No. 1 Super QB of the year. All because Steve Spurrier can't read. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5322054&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Play Football For Lane Kiffin Or Suffer The Minimum Wage Consequences]]> Tennessee's spring football practices begin today, but it's really hard to imagine how Lane Kiffin's tenure as head coach could get any more entertaining than it's been so far. (Fingers crossed!) More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5167331&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Steve Spurrier Inspires Great Art]]> This one I call, Man Being Aggressively Clawed By Chicken. But it's not that at all. It is of course South Carolina coach and football god Steve Spurrier, who just happens to inspire the artist in all of us. In this portrait he is watched over by the SC Gamecock, just as St. Michael the archangel watched over baby Jesus, only without the visor. Uplifting, is it not? But there are many, many more artistic visions from South Carolina fans involving Spurrier and 'Cocks, and you can view some of them following the jump. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5078597&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[So What's The Deal With That Tacklin' SEC Ref?]]> The most frequently submitted tip over the last 48 hours or so is the YouTube clip of that lunatic umpire who lowered the boom on South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia as he tried to run for a touchdown against LSU. For a good while, I didn't even believe it was real. It had to be one of those fake commercials for some kind of energy bar or light beer, right? Plus, even though every blog on the planet had the footage, there didn't seem to be any mention of it in your "normal" media outlets—not even the AP game recap thought it was worth mentioning. Yet, it did happen and anyone who has seen the video has to be asking, "What the ...?" The umpire in question is Wilbur Hackett Jr. and even though every sane observer says it looked intentional when he stepped up, dropped his shoulder, and laid out the scrambling quarterback, the folks in charge (including USC coach Steve Spurrier) say it's no big whoop.
But the SEC office believes Hackett was protecting himself and plans to take no disciplinary action on the veteran official. Rogers Redding, the conference's coordinator of football officials, reviewed the tape of the play and thought it was inadvertent contact. "Garcia changes his direction just a tad, which ties up the umpire just a tad and makes it look a lot worse than it really was," SEC spokesman Charles Bloom said.
So just a harmless "inadvertent" collision, right? Until you learn that Hackett just so happens to be a former Parade High School All-American and a three-year starter at linebacker for Kentucky in the late '60s. So unless Hackett had some sort of acid flashback to his playing days (or the patrons of a rogue BW-3 franchise called in a hit on Gracia so they could keep eating mini-corn dogs), I still say something fishy is going here. Maybe Garcia said something foul about Zinedene Zidane's sister? • Foul or fair? Ref takes heat for hit on Garcia [Go Gamecocks] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5066398&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Some Good, Old Fashioned Rooting Section Fail]]> Note to Kentucky fans: For best results, grasp sign gingerly with fingertips, not entire hand. Now your oh-so-clever double entendre has taken on an entirely different meaning. Hope your mom wasn't watching. And speaking of crazy college kids spelling out naughty things with their hands, check out the video following the jump. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5062558&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[College Football Kickoff Night: North Carolina State vs. South Carolina]]> Enough of your waiting, young stallion. The Pack of Wolves are visiting the Game of Cocks. To christen the season on TV, ESPN's Chris Fowler, Craig James and Jesse Palmer are behind the mic. Erin Andrews is behind the sidelines with a different mic — one that gets way more pageviews than a regular mic. Other games, if they earned it, will get mentioned too. Cambot. Gypsy. Tom Servo. Juuuuuuuuuump! More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5043279&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Gamecock And Blowie, Together At Last]]> Of course you all know the University of South Carolina Gamecock, pictured at left. But you may not be familiar with Blowie, the mascot of the Columbia Blowfish of the Coastal Plain League (the only costumed mascot who is deadly poisonous if not properly cooked). I'm not sure of the circumstances which brought them together, so all I can assume is that it was a part of God's great plan. Gamecock and Blowie were meant to be together; it's not unnatural or disgusting at all. Oh come on, look at the photo, it won't bite. Stop being such a baby! Just try it this one time. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=388378&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hmm, Who Would Win A Fight Between Herschel And Spurrier?]]> There's not much more ironically amusing than Steve Spurrier lecturing someone else on sportsmanship, but he's been going after Georgia recently for their big touchdown-pile-on a few weeks ago. He said he'd have sent in a third-string Gamecock to start a fight, therefore getting a bunch of Bulldogs suspended. Clever, Spurrier, but there's one thing you didn't count on: Herschel Freaking Walker. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=322667&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[She Hates Those Stupid Pieces Of Crap]]> We start off an extremely busy sports day with a little dose of Southern hospitality; a frustrated, sauced Georgia fan rants during the Bulldogs' home loss to South Carolina a month ago. She reminds us very much of Leslie Mann in The 40 Year Old Virgin; she wants to get some FRENCH TOAST. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=306484&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Naked Swimmers Dancing]]> When you're a swimmer at the University of South Carolina, we suspect life can become boring from time to time. Therefore, one must streak! More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=251411&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[There Are Ways To Support Your Brother That Don't Involve Murder]]> I really wish Demetrius M. Pepper was either less devoted to his brother, or better at stealing cars. Pepper shot and killed a 60-year-old woman, and shot a store clerk, in the process of stealing their cars so he could get to South Carolina's spring game and watch his brother Nathan, a junior Gamecock defensive end, play football. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=248747&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA['Sir, Perhaps We Can Resolve Our Differences With A Friendly Game Of Scrabble']]> We've been following the Clemson-South Carolina football bet killing very closely, as only now are telling details being leaked to the press. Instead of going over the original story again, we'll just mention that a 42-year-old guy named Jimmy shot a 43-year-old man named Ricky in the chest because of a $20 bet on the game. Frankly, we don't know how something like this could have happened, especially in light of these excerpts from the Charlotte Observer story: More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=217515&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Yet Another Death You Can Blame On Steve Spurrier]]> In honor of the great Simpsons statement against seven-day waiting periods to buy weapons — "But I'm mad NOW!" — we present a distinct moment in college football history: The time a 42-year-old guy named Jimmy shot a 43-year-old man named Ricky in the chest because of a $20 bet on the Clemson-South Carolina game. Strange thing about it: Jimmy won the bet! More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=217310&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[No Better Reason To Get In A Bar Fight Than This One]]> This pasty fellow, described by Every Day Should Be Saturday as "so aggressively white that bleach is afraid of him," is South Carolina quarterback Blake Mitchell, who was arrested after a bar fight early Wednesday morning. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=200577&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Did Cooked Crack Every REALLY Go Away?]]>
Here's South Carolina tailback Cory Boyd choosing a very expressive way to announce his return. More »
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