Other Stuff
Welcome to the South Carolina stock market. Each week, this Gamecocks blog will take a look at what's trending in the world of Gamecock athletics.
In these we we will look at all Gamecock sports and their activities so some things will be of interest while others may not but the point is to give you a snapshot of the good, bad and so-so occurring within the school's sports program.
Here is our first run at it, we hope you enjoy as we will try to publish these each Friday and we hope you will comment below on what we see trending as we welcome your input...
On this Gamecocks Podcast, we engage in a discussion of the Gamecocks hoops program and some bowl talk. We give our thoughts on Alabama being the BCS No. 2 and if Coach Horn is on the hot seat.
Make sure you listen to this one:
In closing...
Here is a excellent Gamecocks football video breaking down the Clemson game.
The video is called "Clemson Film Study" and has been put together by Justin King.
Check it out:
Here is our 2011 BlogPoll Ballot for week 15. As you will see, there was some movement to close out the year.
Provide comments to our ballot below:
Here is our final ballot for the 2011 Bloguin Heisman.
As it is now known, there are now five finalists for the 2011 Heisman Trophy.
Tyrann Mathieu of LSU, Trent Richardson of Alabama, Andrew Luck of Stanford, Montee Ball of Wisconsin and Robert Griffin III of Baylor will sit together on Dec. 10 when the 2011 Heisman Trophy is announced in New York.
The five names have been synonymous with success all season long and now we must choose who wins.
So the ballot says:
The South Carolina Gamecocks dominated the Clemson Tigers in head-to-head match-ups for 2011. As the chart below indicates, the Gamecocks sports programs took care of business against their rival in 2011 winning 9 out of 13 contests.
This is on top of the Gamecocks winning 11 out of 15 contests against Clemson in 2010.
So in the last two years, the Gamecocks have beaten the Clemson Tigers in head-to-head contests 20 out of 28 times. That my friends is what you would call domination.
Here is the 2011 breakdown:
| SPORT | DATE | WINNER | SCORE |
| W Basketball | 11/17/2011 | USC | 65-48 |
| W Soccer | 9/9/2011 | USC | 2-0 |
| W Swimming & Diving | 10/29/2011 | USC | 191-108 |
| W Tennis | 2/27/2011 | Clemson | 4-3 |
| Volleyball | 9/9/2011 | Clemson | 3-0 |
| M Basketball | 12/4/2011 | USC | 58-55 |
| M Soccer | 9/2/2011 | Clemson | 2-0 |
| M Swimming & Diving | 10/29/2011 | USC | 162-137 |
| M Tennis | 3/23/2011 | USC | 5-2 |
| Baseball | 3/4/2011 | USC | 6-3 |
| Baseball | 3/6/2011 | Clemson | 10-5 |
| Baseball | 3/8/2011 | USC | 5-4 |
| Football | 11/26/2011 | USC | 34-13 |
Some notes to go along with the above, which is showing just sports that the two face head-to-head:
- USC does not sponsor Women's Rowing.
- Clemson does not sponsor Women's Equestrian, Women's Golf, Women's Lacrosse, or Softball.
- Women's Cross Country and Women's Track and Field teams do not compete head-to-head.
- USC does not sponsor Men's Cross Country.
- Men's Golf and Men's Track & Field teams do not compete head-to-head.
So for those keeping count of the head-to-head match-ups, the Gamecocks BEAT the Tigers 9-4 in 2011. (11-4 in 2010)
If knowing that is not enough, think about the fact that the USC football team has won three straight games versus Clemson and the USC men's hoops squad has won two in a row versus Clemson. Not to mention, the Gamecocks baseball team has won back-to-back national championships, which did involve beating Clemson five times in doing so.
So the next time a Clemson fan or one of the coaches brings up the subject of dominating the rivarly, just mention 20 out of 28 in the last two years.
The South Carolina football rivalry with the Clemson Tigers just got even more interesting. Nothing like fuel for the fire.
Dabo Swinney was asked about comments Steve Spurrier supposedly made after the beating his squad handed to the Tigers for the third year in a row.
Here is a video of Swinney’s rebuttal. It gets interesting around the 2:10 mark as the first part is him talking about the VT Hokies which we hope issues Clemson another loss but that is beside the point:
Keep in mind that Spurrier didn’t say “We may not be Alabama or LSU, but we sure ain’t Clemson folks.” That comment was made by Todd Ellis.
Safe to assume all his comments will be material used by all of USC sports teams when facing Clemson.
In the words of my momma...."Bless his heart."
Thoughts on these comments and the sore loser?
This Gamecocks Podcast is centered around beating the Clemson football team, how the South Carolina football team performed, who is going pro and where will the Gamecocks play in the bowl game.
You know you want to listen. Take time to listen to some great garnet & black talk:
Oh and...
I respect our opponents and appreciate the fact that the Clemson rivalry has been one that we have played from an underdog role for the majority of the last century. I also like to hear what our rivals talk about, gloat about and worry about. I will not go all "Sun-Tzu" again, but I do believe "know thy enemy."
Here are some of the better postgame quotes making the rounds at Clemson blog sites. Please do not attempt to read this under the influence of any alcohol as you may wet your pants. Some are quite rational. And again, the greatest respect to our fellow football bloggers.
So here we are, in no particular order....
The following is a interview with the South Carolina Gamecocks newest beat writer, Darryl Slater. He covers USC sports for Charleston's Post & Courier.
Us here at LOHD have enjoyed reading his columns so we felt we need to dive into who this guy really is. He has some big shoes to fill in our pal Travis Haney but as evidenced by his work, he is doing a wonderful job and is a welcomed addition to Gamecock Nation.
Besides the paper, he can also be found on twitter at @DarrylSlater so make sure you go follow him after you read our interview....
