West Virginia scored an NCAA postseason-record 70 points against Clemson in the Orange Bowl in Miami on Wednesday night - dealing the Tigers perhaps their most embarrassing setback ever. Thirty years after winning a national championship in Miami, the Clemson football program took a major step backward
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For a website that has consistently railed against the Bowl Championship Series (and bitched and moaned about the bowl system in general), we've certainly been having more fun than usual this season. A big part of that enjoyment stems from the fact that our founding editor's alma mater - the University
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It's "Anybody Can Compete" versus the "Big Least." And yet this isn't some mid-December tilt sponsored by a here-today, gone-tomorrow dot com we're talkin' about - this is the Orange Bowl. A Bowl Championship Series bowl (in name, at least). Seriously ... shouldn't at least one of its participants
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In the days leading up to the 2012 Capital One Bowl, Nebraska columnist Mark Knudson talked plenty of trash about the University of South Carolina football team. According to him, the ninth-ranked Gamecocks (11-2, 6-2 SEC) were overrated because they didn't play Alabama or LSU this season (which is
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If wide receiver Alshon Jeffery never plays another down for the University of South Carolina football team, he certainly put quite the exclamation point on his three-year Gamecock career with a leaping Hail Mary catch against Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl. The 6-foot-4, 233-pound wide receiver
Read story »Enjoy it, Gamecock fans ... for the first time in the 118-year history of the University of South Carolina football program, the Gamecocks are a Top Ten team. With Monday's 30-13 victory over Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl, the Gamecocks also won eleven games for the first time ever. To read our
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The University of South Carolina football team overcame a shaky first half to blow past Nebraska 30-13 in the Capital One Bowl on Monday - giving the school its first 11-win season in 118 years and securing its first-ever Top Ten finish. South Carolina's previous records for most victories (10) and
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By all accounts, University of South Carolina freshman defensive end Jadeveon Clowney has lived up to the tremendous hype that accompanied his arrival on campus this fall. The 6-foot-6, 254-pound defensive end - the most celebrated high school recruit in the entire nation in 2010 - won freshman of
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Rather than hiring a big-name former head coach like Randy Shannon or Mike Stoops to coach his defense, University of South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier decided to promote from within. Spurrier named third-year cornerbacks coach Lorenzo Ward as his new defensive coordinator this week, replacing
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The University of South Carolina football program will have its hands full in 2012 as the Southeastern Conference's expansion has forced a major scheduling realignment - presenting the Gamecocks with perhaps their toughest schedule ever. In addition to games against their five current opponents in
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Several members of the Atlanta Falcons football team are upset that New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees went for the single-season NFL passing record against them on Monday night - even though he had another game remaining to set the mark. Brees led the Saints on a 6-play, 33-yard touchdown
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Remember that Christmas Eve nightclub party that improperly featured University of South Carolina football players Jadeveon Clowney and C.C. Whitlock on its invitation? If not, here's a refresher ... and here's our take on how USC should have handled the situation. Anyway, according to The Rock
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