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Gamecocks learn its bowl destination today. A look at the final projections

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Gamecocks learn its bowl destination today. A look at the final projections
Dec. 04, 2022


With conference championship games across the country now decided, FBS teams are poised to learn their postseason destinations. No. 19 South Carolina will play a bowl game for the second season under coach Shane Beamer, and they’ll soon find out when and where. In his final projections, Jerry Palm of CBS Sports has the in the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, with Illinois as the opponent. The Reliaquest Bowl formerly the Outback Bowl will air at noon on Jan. 2 on ESPN2. The game is played on a Monday at Raymond James Stadium.

There are no bowl games on New Year’s Day this year, with Jan. 1 falling on a Sunday and featuring the NFL’s Week 17 slate of games. College Football News also put the Gamecocks in the ReliaQuest Bowl against the Fighting Illini.

Brett McMurphy of Action Network also placed Carolina in the ReliaQuest Bowl, with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as the opposing team. South Carolina has played in five Outback Bowls since 2001 winning all five of them. The Gamecocks defeated Michigan 26-19 in the Outback Bowl that followed the 2017 season.

Brad Crawford of 247Sports placed South Carolina against Notre Dame in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, which is played at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida on Dec. 30. The game will be shown on ESPN at 3:30 p.m. that day.

Carolina has not played in the Gator Bowl since 1987. Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller is an outlier, placing Carolina in the early slate of bowl games. That projection has the Gamecocks in the Dec. 17 Las Vegas Bowl against Oregon. The game is played at Allegiant Stadium and starts at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. South Carolina picked up wins against Tennessee and Clemson to close out the season, with both of those opponents being ranked in the Associated Press Top 10 at the time they faced Carolina. The Gamecocks are expected to learn the official bowl news sometime after 2 p.m. Sunday. Head coach Shane Beamer is scheduled to speak with local media at 5 p.m.
 
Jan. 2 ReliaQuest Bowl Illinois (8-4) vs. South Carolina (8-4) that's my take...
 
Just to clarify I will be happy with any of the 3 bowls that are on the table for Carolina. footballcockysmall.gif
 
We finished third in the East behind the Vols, but own the tiebreaker we were somehow tied with UT.

Really want to see us face the Irish for old times' sake. Would be great to get Holtz' take on the game in the pre-game coverage.

Pitting Kelly against his old team might be its own thing. The NFL purposely did stuff like that with their scheduling this year, but the NCAA has always steered away from that kind of stuff.

We'll see.
 
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