Gamecock’s Aldrick Fordham got the first sack of the game forcing Michigan to punt the ball and the Wolverines backup punter kicking the ball right to Ace Sanders who takes the ball 63 yards for the touchdown return.
Damiere Byrd goes with the number change for the Gamecocks today wearing number 10 instead of his normal number 3 and his first catch of the game is a 56-yard touchdown grab from quarterback Connor Shaw to give Carolina an early 7-0 lead.
The Gamecocks play the Michigan Wolverines today at 1 p.m. in the Outback bowl in Tampa, Florida. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN. Here is a look at the Wolverines.
Chandler Catanzaro kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired to give No. 14 Clemson a wild 25-24 win over No. 9 Louisiana State in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Monday night.
Former Gamecock baseball player Whit Merrifield helped raise money to get his friend Josh Rominger a trip to the Outback Bowl. Josh was diagnosed with cancer last year. Click to watch the story from Tampa by ABC Columbia’s Merissa Lynn.
South Carolina’s Mindaugas Kacinas, a 6-foot-7, 210-pound freshman forward from Klaipeda, Lithuania, was named SEC Freshman of the Week after scoring 13 points and gathering three rebounds against Presbyterian last week.
After more than a month off, Clemson is less than 24 hours away from kicking off the Chick-fil-A bowl in Atlanta Monday at 7:30 p.m. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney and LSU coach Les Miles met up at a final pregame press conference Sunday. Click to watch the story from the Sunday ABC Columbia News at 11.
DeAngelo Williams rushed for 210 yards, including touchdown runs of 54 and 12 yards, for Carolina (7-9), which has won four straight. His 65-yard gain set up the first of three 1-yard scoring runs by Mike Tolbert.
Carolina wrapped up its final full Outback Bowl practice Sunday in Tampa. Defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward said the USC players have had good practices and are focused for their 1 p.m. Tuesday kickoff against Michigan.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tiffany Mitchell scored 12 points to lead No. 19 South Carolina to an easy 66-44 victory over Western Carolina on Saturday night.
