REPORT: Will Muschamp turns down Texas job
Will Muschamp won’t be returning to the sidelines in Austin, TX according to a report from CBS Sports Monday.
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Reports: South Carolina hiring Justin Stepp to be wide receivers coach
Stepp, a native of Columbia and graduate of Pelion High School, has spent the last three seasons with Arkansas coaching wide receivers.
Heathwood Hall star Ronnie Porter commits to South Carolina
The two-way senior will be a preferred walk-on for the Gamecocks. He rushed for over 1,600 yards and 15 touchdowns last season for the Highlanders.
Simms starts, ends Miami fate sending Clemson past Canes
Simms finished 10-for-14 shooting. Clemson (8-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) now has seven of its eight wins over Power 5 conference affiliates.
Lawson scores 25, South Carolina wins first outing in 28 days
Lawson scored seven points in the first nine minutes after halftime, including a pair of fast-break dunks off of his own steals, but South Carolina was unable to shake the Rattlers. There were five ties and four lead changes in the second half.
Fields’ day: No. 3 Ohio State routs No. 2 Clemson 49-28
Trevor Lawrence was 33 for 48 for 400 yards and three total touchdowns in what is expected to be the junior’s final college game. His final pass was intercepted, but Clemson (10-2) went 34-2 in his starts and won a national title when he was a freshman.
Gamecock women beat Florida 75-59 in SEC opener
In the same fashion they started 2020, the South Carolina women’s basketball team finished the year in victorious fashion.
Sugar Bowl: Unfinished business for Clemson and Ohio State
For Trevor Lawrence and the Tigers, this College Football Playoff semifinal brings them back to the site of last season’s national championship game loss to LSU.
Gamecocks land transfer wide receiver from Georgia Tech
The Gamecocks have a severe need at wide receiver, an already-thin position group from 2020. Top receiver Shi Smith announced earlier this month that he would be forgoing his senior season and entering the NFL Draft.
Coastal Carolina’s Jamey Chadwell is AP coach of the year
Chadwell is the first Sun Belt Conference coach to win the AP award, which was established in 1988, and the third coach to earn it with a team from outside the Power Five leagues.
