Tuesday. Lexington’s Shaq Roland received an honorary jersey for the Under Armour All-America game. Roland, who has verbally committed to play for the Gamecocks in college, will play in the game on Jan. 5th in St. Petersburg, FL.
Monday, the ACC honored Clemson’s Sammy Watkins and Chandler Catanzaro. Watkins is the conference rookie of the week. Catanzaro is the ACC specialist of the week.
University of South Carolina sophomore quarterback Connor Shaw has been named the Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday.
Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd has a slight hip strain that won’t keep him out of the eighth-ranked Tigers game at Maryland next week.
Clemson holds steady at #8 and USC moves up three spots to #15 in the new Associated Press Top 25 Poll. The Tigers are also 8th in the new Coaches’ Poll. The Gamecocks are 13th.
Drew Brees found Pierre Thomas wide open on the right side for a 6-yard touchdown with 50 seconds left, helping the New Orleans Saints rally past the Carolina Panthers 30-27 on Sunday.
Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd passed for a touchdown and ran for another as the Tigers continued their best start in 11 years with a 36-14 victory over Boston College on Saturday. But Boyd had to leave the field in the third quarter with his injury, the severity of which remains unknown — along with Boyd’s status for next week at Maryland.
Gamecock commit Shaq Roland lead Lexington to a thrilling 59-56 win at North Augusta to keep the Wildcats’ record perfect on the season. See those highlights and more in part one of the ABC Columbia high school football show, Friday Night Fever.
Wilson Hall staying undefeated and Hammond rolling at home highlighted a busy night of private school football in the Columbia area. Watch it in part two of the ABC Columbia high school football highlight show, Friday Night Fever.
Monday, the ACC announced kickoff times for October 15th’s games. Clemson at Maryland is set to start at 7 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU.
