Sentences with phrase «many gamecocks»

Frank Martin has coached the Gamecocks for five seasons, and last year, he signed a contract to stay with the university through 2022.

For each year he stays with the team, his compensation rises by $ 50,000, and an extra $ 50,000 is added to his annual salary every time the Gamecocks make the NCAA Tournament, as they did this year, reports The State.

After high school, Kara attended the University of South Carolina (Go Gamecocks!)

Originally known as Sumterville, Sumter was named after General Thomas Sumter, the «Fighting Gamecock» of the American Revolutionary War.

But diehard Gamecock fans will recognize them, and college fans will likely recognize running back Marcus Lattimore, who suffered a season - ending injury that brought everyone in Williams - Brice Stadium to their feet back in October.

(CNN)- Ask Dylan Thompson to name his career highlights, and fans might expect to hear about one of his big moments as South Carolina's backup quarterback - like the time he led the Gamecocks to victory over rival Clemson, or when he threw the game - winning touchdown with 11 seconds left in the Outback Bowl.

Much as we may admire such a robust old gamecock spirit in a valetudinarian, to call it a religious spirit would be odd.

The Gamecocks go home with a loss, but with things to build on for next season.

Reserve defensive back Kaleb Chalmers, who transferred to South Carolina by way of junior college after originally attending Clemson, will be moving on from the Gamecocks.

But the ACC's two surprise teams, North Carolina State and Wake Forest, are now second and fourth behind the Gamecocks and could make life perilous for them.

The LSU Tigers beat the South Carolina Gamecocks 23 - 21 behind a great run game led by Jeremy Hill and forcing a big interception on Connor Shaw to take the lead for good.

With an excellent defense and discombobulated offense, Michigan shares some similarities with the Gamecocks.

Speaking of the Aggies, if the Gamecocks are still as good as we thought they might be (they probably aren't) and A&M is that much better, then there's an argument to be made that they should be higher.

The starting quarterback for the Gamecocks, Jake Bentley, is a tad more established, finishing the regular season with 2,555 passing yards for 16 touchdowns (against 11 interceptions) for a 62.4 completion percentage.

Michigan 19, South Carolina 9, 2:25: The Gamecocks finally scored a touchdown, on a speed option pitch from Jake Bentley to Rico Dowdle.

With the Gamecocks up 28 — 21 and «Bama rallying, he ran a fade route toward the right sideline.

South Carolina 26, Michigan 19, 3:47: The Gamecocks added a 22 - yard Parker White field goal after a Michigan muffed punt, extending their lead to a touchdown and PAT.

And there's the Gamecocks» quiet star, the humble, soft - spoken Alshon Jeffery, a 6» 4», 229 - pound wide receiver who grew up in nearby St. Matthews idolizing Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart and Dwayne Jarrett.

Only a hot second period by Gamecock John Roche, who scored 30 of his 34 points in the final 20 minutes, prevented Temple from pulling off the upset.

Michigan 6, South Carolina 0, 10:21: South Carolina's defense is keeping the Gamecocks on the game, though the Cocks haven't gotten moving at all yet on offense.

The Gamecocks are averaging 3.9 yards per play to Michigan's 2.4, but the Wolverines have held the ball for 20 of the first 30 minutes.

The Gamecocks finished 9 - 4, and the Wolverines finished 8 - 5.

South Carolina 23, Michigan 19, 11:33: The Gamecocks lead for the first time, not even 10 minutes after they trailed 19 - 3.

Destroyed Georgia 35 - 7 in a game that was at no point competitive or even challenging for the Gamecocks.

The Gamecocks were expected to lose, and while their national championship hopes are almost certainly dashed, they were a huge longshot anyhow.

My initial comment was seriously a joke but when the gamecocks guy shit his pants to the comment I kept going.

That never came to pass, however, as the Gamecocks rode a 31 - point second - half run to a 38 - 17 win in Lexington.

The Gamecocks had a difficult time stringing together effective drives, punting three times before halftime and also losing a fumble.

Spurrier and [former QB Stephen] Garcia joked about the fact that Garcia was making on his second spring game appearance with the Gamecocks.

Sorry about being a gamecocks fan too, terrible team.

However, for all of their struggles, the Gamecocks were able to keep the game close.

In his last three years at JSU, the Gamecocks never allowed more than 20 points per game.

South Carolina trails LSU by over 100 yards of offense, have half the first downs and are only 2 - of - 8 on third downs, but the Gamecocks are still leading the Tigers 14 - 10 late in the third quarter.

One that's often overlooked on the list: 2007, when his Gamecocks beat the Dawgs in Athens, 16 - 12.

She swept every Player of the Year award in college basketball this season, and though she came short in this year's run, she won a National Championship for the South Carolina Gamecocks the year before.

In recent history, only the 2002 Iron Bowl (when an eventual 9 - 4 Auburn beat an eventual 10 - 3 Alabama) and 2008 Clemson - South Carolina (when the Tigers, who'd just replaced Tommy Bowden with Dabo Swinney midseason, beat the Gamecocks) stand as truly unexpected results among the two most predictable rivalries on this list.

The Gamecocks don't need that much help.

The Gamecocks shot 44.1 percent for the game while Mississippi State shot 42.9 percent.

Gravett, however, sank back - to - back 3 pointers for the Gamecocks to push the lead back to 32 - 22.

The visiting Gamecocks jumped on Mississippi State early and held an 11 - 2 advantage in the game's opening six minutes.

In 2015, flooding in South Carolina relocated Tigers - Gamecocks to Baton Rouge.

The Gamecocks committed 20 turnovers and allowed 20 fast - break points without managing any.

The Gamecocks were 11 - 0 this year when leading at halftime.

Chris Silva scored 14 points and Hassani Gravett had 11 as the Gamecocks took their first SEC road win.

One historical note: Duke, which refused to play South Carolina in the regular season, may have to meet the third - place Gamecocks after all.

... The Gamecocks made 26 of 35 free throws, helping to compensate for the poor field - goal shooting.

And while a return to the NCAA Tournament isn't likely, Frank Booker and Wesley Myers combined for 48 points to lead the Gamecocks (16 - 14, 7 - 10 Southeastern Conference) to an 83 - 74 overtime win over LSU on Wednesday night.

Gwinnett Gamecock.

The Gamecocks led 62 - 47 with 8:08 to go.

The Gamecocks had consecutive turnovers in the final two minutes and were unable to get closer than three points.