I am sure nobody remembers but for years I hate posted about my hatred for Vandy! Good on MSU
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I sent a request about/ through my account 1 or 2 weeks ago but I have not gotten a response. Is there a direct email address to use to contact you?

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Are you going to stick to never booing players? Do you really care about the GPA of the team? Will you be less tolerant of lackadaisical players not showing up? Will you reduce your financial support?

Or maybe, you will hand out some money, for real marketing or on the fly for autographs? Will you follow certain players just to build their followers on social media?

For me, this is a very different game now. Our team has a lot less to do with getting an education at South Carolina and more to do with what the athlete can maximize for themselves.

I don't begrudge these kids getting paid for their image. I do hate to see the end of "the old college try." And, as some of the gleam wears off of this and we develop the team haves and have nots, teams will become transient groups of the rich and disgruntled. Follow the money.

We may as well pay all of them and make them minor league pros.

So Jordan Burch should still be listed as a freshman in the roster if I'm not mistaken. All players should have the same classification as last year. Maybe I'm wrong.

Who pay them? Schools? Companies like Nike? How will this be monitored to make sure a school like Clemson, Bama and FSU use to paying their players under the table, still pay them under the table while players are getting paid over the table.

Seems like a ton of SEC athletes got deals. Does anyone know if Gamecocks had any deals signed yesterday?

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Yes it is Pfunk 1st assisted by Ludwig MC da da da Grom pitches for the Mets tonight and his appearances on the mound has been a concert 🎶 of sorts as he Hums his fastballs to the limits of physics 💯 MPH without breaking a sweat and then he break off a spinner to buckle the knees if many a batter. The tales have been written, children all over New York want to wear his number and even housewives want to date him. He is a God to the Braves Haters Club and worshipped every five days (except on IL visits). Should the Braves shutter at the thought of facing that wickedness ? I have the utmost respect for the legendary 9th Wonder of the World 🌎 but will not hold him in reverence. The Braves will counter with a young Phenomenon who has no fear. He is calm as a summer breeze on a lazy night. He is the Oasis in the desert and the David to the Mets Goliath. Yes our Young David is carrying a slingshot of an arm and he plans to slay the giant. All Hail Young Ian Anderson 😎😎.

Now that I have adequately wet your whistles let’s get down to business. The Braves will have to keep the score low and the defense tightened. There may not be many opportunities to score and they will need to capitalize on those moments and not wear out the LOB category of the box score.
First Pitch 7:20 est

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Starting Lineup
Adrianza RF
Freeman 1B
Albies 2B
Riley 3B
Swanson ss
Heredia CF
Almonte LF
Smith C
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The last couple of weeks have been like the 12 days of Christmas, 6 months early. Football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, everywhere. Great time to be a Fighting Gamecock.

Four star DL Nick James says he will not announce a decision on Saturday any longer.

I saw another thread on here about Satterfield’s scheme involving quick passes to make pass pro much easier. Can someone explain Satterfield’s scheme to me and how we will utilize Doty? Thanks

Damn. Way too young.
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Del Wilkes, former Gamecocks football star and pro wrestler, dies at 59​

Former pro wrestling star and University of South Carolina football All-American Del Wilkes passed away early July 1 at the age of 59 of a massive heart attack.

One of only four consensus All-American football players in program history (along with George Rogers, Melvin Ingram and Jadeveon Clowney), Wilkes bolstered an offensive line that in 1984 helped set school records for touchdowns (49), points (371) and total offense (5,095 yards).

Heavily recruited as an offensive lineman at Columbia’s Irmo High School, Wilkes was USC’s most decorated player in 1984 when the Gamecocks finished 10-2.


Wilkes broke into the wrestling business in 1988 following a failed attempt in the NFL. The Columbia native found a wrestling school not far from his home.

The facility was run by legendary women’s wrestling star The Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellison), who had been responsible for training the majority of women wrestlers during the ’60s and ’70s.


“It was geared more toward women than it was guys,” said Wilkes. “But we paid our money and went through the school and basically started out at the very bottom level of pro wrestling.”

As The Patriot, he became a top international star, especially in Japan, where fans marked out for his sculpted physique and colorful mask.

Wilkes retired from the wrestling business in the late 1990s due to a triceps injury.

Wilkes had worked for the past 16 years as a car salesman in Columbia.

“Del Wilkes would become a name that those in college football knew quite well. He would make his name familiar in the world of pro wrestling as well. However, regardless of the accolades or fame he may have achieved, to me, he was best known as a friend. Del overcame his struggles in this life and became an inspiration to many. Our loss is Heaven’s gain,” said Clearwater Beach, Fla.-based pastor Andy McDaniel, who hosted a podcast with Wilkes.

Been a great year for Marlin as they crushed their record at Gtown. As an FYI we are picking up dolphin 20 miles off of Murrells. Blue water close inshore. Crazy...Post what ya catch..!!

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How's the peach crop down there this year? It looks like this will be the first year in a while that I'll go the whole summer without any SC peaches. It has happened in most years recently that I was down in SC for peach season or some family from down that way was traveling up here and they were able to buy me some. Doesn't look to be the case this year. I looked into delivery. The only place I can find online that does deliver is McBee Farms in Mcleod. Anyone know anything about this farm? A box of 14 is $48.

There's a bigger company called The Peach Truck that ships peaches, but they are from farms throughout the south. Granted, ANY southern peach will be 1000x better than what I can get in the grocery stores up here, but I'm a peach snob and prefer to stick to SC peaches.