Gamecocks are Bowl bound. Which Bowl do you prefer Gator Citrus or Reliaquest Bowl
Most fans want the Citrus and the way it is looking Citrus wants South Carolina. other possibilities are Gator, Citrus, and Reliaquest Bowl
Gator Bowl
Citrus Bowl
Reliaquest Bowl
RELIAQUEST BOWL TAMPA, FLA.
This one is an oldie but a goodie. South Carolina has played in this game seemingly a million times under its previous iteration as the Outback Bowl. (Technically, it was five times between 2000 and 2017.) The familiarity here makes the Reliaquest Bowl a possible, if not probable, destination. The Gamecocks have been here. South Carolina fans love traveling to Tampa. It’s a win-win. Brett McMurphy of the Action Network has USC playing Notre Dame in the ReliaQuest Bowl in his latest round of bowl projections released Monday afternoon.
TAXSLAYER GATOR BOWL — JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
The Gator Bowl has little say over which teams it ends up with, but an industry source with direct knowledge of the situation told The State on Wednesday the game would be ecstatic about landing South Carolina.
The source cited proximity to Jacksonville and the fact USC hasn’t played in the Gator Bowl since 1987, when Joe Morrison was still the coach in Columbia, as reasons why the game is hoping to land the Gamecocks. Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach of ESPN both predicted South Carolina to the Gator Bowl for a matchup against No. 21 Notre Dame (8-4). It’s not known how South Carolina would feel about this game, but if there’s a mutual interest, this feels like a logical landing spot should the Citrus Bowl be off the table.
THE CITRUS BOWL — ORLANDO, FLA.
This is probably the high end of the spectrum for where South Carolina could land. The Citrus Bowl also controls its choice of teams in a way that the other bowls lower in the pecking order don’t.
The bowl selection process first goes through picking teams for the College Football Playoff and New Year Six games. The Citrus Bowl then gets first dibs on whichever SEC teams are left. From there, schools are filtered down through to the Pool of Six Liberty, Las Vegas, Gator, Reliaquest, Texas, and Music City Bowls which are largely assigned by the league. Heading into last week, the prevailing thought was Georgia, Tennessee, LSU and Alabama would head to the CFP and New Years' Six. With LSU now 9-3 after dropping a game to Texas A&M and starting a fourth loss in the face against Georgia in the SEC title game this week, there’s a chance they could fall out of New Year Six consideration. Should that happen, the Citrus Bowl would probably have its choice of LSU, South Carolina, Mississippi State (8-4), and Ole Miss (8-4). USC’s emphatic close to the season makes it a likely pick here over the Mississippi schools and a good bet here if LSU were to beat Georgia in the SEC championship game and land in, say, the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
Most fans want the Citrus and the way it is looking Citrus wants South Carolina. other possibilities are Gator, Citrus, and Reliaquest Bowl
Gator Bowl
Citrus Bowl
Reliaquest Bowl
RELIAQUEST BOWL TAMPA, FLA.
This one is an oldie but a goodie. South Carolina has played in this game seemingly a million times under its previous iteration as the Outback Bowl. (Technically, it was five times between 2000 and 2017.) The familiarity here makes the Reliaquest Bowl a possible, if not probable, destination. The Gamecocks have been here. South Carolina fans love traveling to Tampa. It’s a win-win. Brett McMurphy of the Action Network has USC playing Notre Dame in the ReliaQuest Bowl in his latest round of bowl projections released Monday afternoon.
TAXSLAYER GATOR BOWL — JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
The Gator Bowl has little say over which teams it ends up with, but an industry source with direct knowledge of the situation told The State on Wednesday the game would be ecstatic about landing South Carolina.
The source cited proximity to Jacksonville and the fact USC hasn’t played in the Gator Bowl since 1987, when Joe Morrison was still the coach in Columbia, as reasons why the game is hoping to land the Gamecocks. Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach of ESPN both predicted South Carolina to the Gator Bowl for a matchup against No. 21 Notre Dame (8-4). It’s not known how South Carolina would feel about this game, but if there’s a mutual interest, this feels like a logical landing spot should the Citrus Bowl be off the table.
THE CITRUS BOWL — ORLANDO, FLA.
This is probably the high end of the spectrum for where South Carolina could land. The Citrus Bowl also controls its choice of teams in a way that the other bowls lower in the pecking order don’t.
The bowl selection process first goes through picking teams for the College Football Playoff and New Year Six games. The Citrus Bowl then gets first dibs on whichever SEC teams are left. From there, schools are filtered down through to the Pool of Six Liberty, Las Vegas, Gator, Reliaquest, Texas, and Music City Bowls which are largely assigned by the league. Heading into last week, the prevailing thought was Georgia, Tennessee, LSU and Alabama would head to the CFP and New Years' Six. With LSU now 9-3 after dropping a game to Texas A&M and starting a fourth loss in the face against Georgia in the SEC title game this week, there’s a chance they could fall out of New Year Six consideration. Should that happen, the Citrus Bowl would probably have its choice of LSU, South Carolina, Mississippi State (8-4), and Ole Miss (8-4). USC’s emphatic close to the season makes it a likely pick here over the Mississippi schools and a good bet here if LSU were to beat Georgia in the SEC championship game and land in, say, the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
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