BALTIMORE, MD (CAC) — The 2016 The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm AwardÒ candidates have been reduced to the Top 5 of the country’s top college quarterbacks. Remaining candidates for the prestigious annual award – named after the man many refer to as the greatest quarterback ever to play the game of football – are: Luke Falk, Washington State Patrick Mahomes II,…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC)—Clemson is ranked second in the first College Football Playoff Poll. The 12-person committee released its first rankings of the season on Tuesday evening. Alabama, who defeated Clemson in the National Championship Game last season 45-40, is rated first. Clemson, who enters this weekend’s game with Syracuse with an 8-0 record, is ranked second. Undefeated Michigan is third…
In the inaugural College Football Playoff poll of the 2016 season, Clemson earned the two-seed as the postseason push intensifies. While excitement built to see who was placed where, Dabo Swinney and his Tigers couldn’t care where they’re ranked now. Click the video above from ABC Columbia Sports to hear what Coach, Christian Wilkins, and Jordan Leggett have to say…
After another impressive performance by Jake Bentley in the Gamecocks upset win over Tennessee, USC head coach Will Muschamp assesses his true freshman QB’s abilities and future. Click the video above to hear from coach at his weekly press conference before Carolina hosts Missouri this Saturday. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks Tags: Gamecocks
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – No. 2 South Carolina women’s soccer (17-0-1, 11-0-0 SEC) opens play at the 2016 SEC Tournament Wed., Nov. 2, in the quarterfinals against Texas A&M (11-7-1, 5-5-1 SEC) at Orange Beach Sportsplex. Kickoff between the top-seeded Gamecocks and the No. 8 seed Aggies is slated for 6 p.m. ET, and the match will air on SEC…
It’s been 15 years since Muffet McGraw and Notre Dame were No. 1 in the poll. The Irish earned the top spot in The Associated Press women’s basketball Tuesday, receiving 14 first-place votes from a 33-member national media panel to earn the top ranking in the preseason. Notre Dame last held the No. 1 ranking on March 5, 2001. McGraw…
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – After just one season, Stadium Journey rated the home of the Columbia Fireflies the best ballpark experience in the South Atlantic League. Spirit Communications Park also landed in the top 20 of the publication’s overall annual rankings, coming in at No. 17 out of 160 minor league venues – higher than 22 triple-A, 28 double-A and…
Fort Worth, Tex. (CAC) — Deshaun Watson, the 2015 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award winner from Clemson, has been named the Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week for the second time in the past five weeks, the foundation has announced. Watson led Clemson’s 37-34 late comeback win at No. 12 Florida State by amassing 430 total yards. Trailing 34-29, Watson…
Danburry, Conn. (Newberry) – Senior quarterback Raleigh Yeldell has been named the Eastern College Athletic Conference Player of the Week for his performance in Newberry’s 53-14 win over Lenoir-Rhyne that clinched at least a share of the Wolves’ first SAC championship since 2008. The Edgefield native was 35-for-46 for 428 yards and four touchdowns through the air despite being taken out of the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — University of South Carolina sophomore tight end Hayden Hurst is one of 52 players nominated for the Burlsworth Trophy, the Springdale (Ark.) Rotary Club announced today. The Burlsworth Trophy is given to the most outstanding football player in American who began his career as a walk-on and has shown outstanding performance on the field. Each…
