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..!!

Saved the best last for last...

Southeastern Conference College Football Stadiums!

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I'm not talking about a simple little get together - I'm talking a PARTY

Are yall interested?

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.

LAPD were called to a house where someone was storing fireworks and found other explosive devices... they confiscated and put 10 lbs of explosives in their bomb truck that supposedly will handle 18 lbs. It didn"t go well:


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They get 7 runs in one inning of a 3 game series and then get a total of three more in the remaining 26 innings. As a Carolina fan I could only sit and watch and feel their pain and aggravation although I dont like Vandy baseball and was not much sympathy.

see the link to his "50 Number 1's" albumn / DVD / CD that dates back 20 yrs or so.
This covers the ballads, the Texas 2 Steps stuff, the Honkey-Tonk stuff and everything in between.
I am a huge fan but you probably figured that out by now. I think this link will not just be the 1st song but also the other songs on that release.

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If anyone else knows of any that's not posted here, please feel free to add them.

First off, according to online sources, there are two "silent commits" that have planned to make their commitments public this coming Saturday (July 3rd). We'll have to wait to see who they are.

S Nick Emmanwori of Irmo - July 1st 6:00 pm (tomorrow) - Like WR commit Kyric Horton, Emmanwori (6-4, 195) earned his USC offer at the Gamecock Camp in early June. And also like Horton, Emmanwori timed out at 4.4 in the 40, and pulled a broad jump tape measure of 10'-8". Charlotte, Georgia Southern, and Richmond are his other offers.

DT Dominick "Nick" James of Bradenton, FL - July 3rd (Saturday) - 6-2, 278 James has a top 4 of South Carolina, Ohio State, Florida, and Texas A&M.

DB Antonio Kite of Anniston, AL - July 4th (Sunday) - 6-1, 180 DB Kite has a top 5 of South Carolina, Alabama, Florida St., Central Florida, and Tennessee.

DT Felix Hixon of Jackson, GA - July 5th (Monday) - 6-4, 285 DT Hixon has a top 5 of South Carolina, Illinois, Georgia Tech, Wisconsin, and Virginia.

Also, USC WR target Jayden Gibson of Winter Garden, FL will announce his top 7 on July 7th.

What will Shane Beamer decide on Game Day?

“They’re an older group. They’ve been in a hole before. Not many times, but whether it’s during the course of the season or during the course of games, they’ve been able to navigate their way out of these situations.” ~ Tim Corbin

Now, how’d that work out again Timmy?

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My guess would be Bama here from what I've gathered

Just binged all of Sopranos earlier this year, so I’m excited to read about this.

Watched the trailer for the prequel: The Many Saints of Newark. About Tony’s upbringing, played by James Gandolfini’s actual son, Michael, and about his relationships with Junior, Christopher’s dad, Paulie, Sil, etc. Great cast too.

Trailer

Luke Doty, can we get a few words about this big win today. Luke Doty says "Well I tell ya this Love Chevrolet, liberty, liberty, liberty, LIBERTY, Trojan condoms, Quaker State motor oil one tough motor oil Gamecock football team ran like a dream all day long. While holding a Pepsi with the label facing the camera.

Who was the commitment that was to announce today at 6pm? Hope all a Gamecock commitments.

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the members of the ladies basketball team. Check out how many social media (twitter, Insta) followers they have compared to any of the football team members.

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I admit to being a fan of the Marvel movies- grew up reading comics and they just did such a great job with most of them… This guy really did something cool with this video! I was LMAO when George Rogers popped up! 😂😂

Well done Charles Pate Jr

Can the fans take advance of this? Schools and NCAA uses our image in the stands, close ups and far away... Maybe Fans can be paid going to the games... No need to buy a ticket. Just show a picture of your image at the gate and get in free.

Josh Gray- a transfer from LSU- committed yesterday! 6-11, 255- a true big man! Much needed IMO… our inside play has been virtually non-existent at times in recent seasons. He has a build and was one of the top prospects out of NY in 2020… This will help our team get better!