Gamecock Football 2011 Starts Saturday

Excitement is running high in Gamecock Nation with the opening of the South Carolina Gamecocks season this Saturday.  The Gamecocks open against East Carolina in Charlotte at Bank of America Stadium.  The game will be televised on FSN starting at 7:00 p.m.

The Gamecocks return many highly rated players, including Marcus Lattimore and Alshon Jeffrey.  Last year's #1 national high school recruit, Jadeveon Clowney, chose South Carolina and will be playing defense.

The Gamecocks had a very successful 2010 season by winning the SEC East and also beating #1 Alabama on national TV. 

This year, the Gamecocks are getting many pre-season accolades, including:

• The New York Post picking the Gamecocks to win the NCAA national champioship
• AP Preseason #12
• USA Today Preseason #12
• Sports Illustrated Preseason #7
• Numerous Player/Team Picks on 11th Annual Herbie Awards (ESPN)

The Gamecocks play in the toughest football conference, the SEC.  Four SEC schools are picked in the Top Ten of Lenn Robbins pre-season poll.

Gamecock Football Links of Interest:
New York Post - Gamecocks Picked to Win National Championship
The New York Post Top 25 (by Lenn Robbins)
ESPN Herbie Awards
Gamecock Football - GamcocksOnline.com
2011 Gamecock Football Schedule


Mel Coker
Columbia, SC Real Estate

      

South Carolina Rolls Over #1 Alabama

We were there!   South Carolina's Gamecocks beat the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide 35-21 in Williams-Brice Stadium yesterday afternoon.  



End of Game!  Gamecocks Beat #1 Alabama 35-21

 Barbara and I were there for the exciting game.  It was really a dominating performance by the Gamecock football team.   Alabama was the #1 ranked team in the country coming into the game; was the defending national champions; and had won 19 straight games.

Read the story at Gamecocks Online

The University of South Carolina campus was the setting yesterday for ESPN's College Game Day show and the 3:30 game was the CBS national game of the day.  The stadium was really rocking for this game!

This great win was the third time this year, a Gamecock men's sports team beat a #1 ranked team.   Early this year, the men's basketball team beat #1 ranked Kentucky.   Early this summer, the South Carolina baseball team beat #1 ranked Arizona State and went on to win the College World Series and become national college baseball champions.

As a result of the big win, South Carolina has moved from #19 to #10 in the Associated Press college football poll released today.   This win also moved Coach Steve Spurrier to #2 all-time in SEC wins... behind Alabama's legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant.

CLICK HERE: Watch the ESPN Video recap
CLICK HERE:  Stephen Garcia




Gamecock Flag Flys at Lake Murray

 Mel Coker
Columbia Realtor
RE/MAX Metro Associates
(803) 388-8011
Columbia, SC Real Estate