As Spurrier said in the past, this is “talking season.” I stumbled upon this list of underrated coaches per CBS, and thought there are couple of interesting names—judge for yourself.

We have one signee, Cooper Kinney who I expect to sign.

.I expect the following 8 current roster players to get drafted and sign:

Thomas Farr RP JC x
Brannon Jordan RP JC x
Brett Kerry P
Daniel Lloyd P Fr
Wes Clarke 1B- C So
Andrew Eyster OF Jr JC R
Brady Allen RF So
Andrew Peters

I think that Bosnic and Sightler are questionable.

If either one signs I expect them to be replaced by a transfer.

There could be a transfer or two anyway.

I know he’s from the upstate but any WB fans in here? Huge fight tomorrow night. One of the best to ever do it at welterweight and he reps SC hard.

my 2 brothers & I are meeting up Friday for a "Band of Brothers" weekend. We have not been able to get together for what seems like forever. I am hoping y'all can give us some suggestions as far a restaurants. We are most definitely going to the Clock and Cateran Lodge for nostalgia. Neither are all that great but they do have to ability to "melt away" 40+ years of passed time.

Looking for good places that are not "over the top" expensive. 2 of us are retired and have been for a while. One of us will be within the next 5 yrs. I'd love to say we aren't on a budget but that'd be a lie. I will appreciate any suggestions.

We'll be staying at the Crowne Plaza off Roper Mtn Rd. just for a point of reference.

1. "The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets."___ Al McGuire
2. "The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." ___ Andy Rooney
3. "At every party there are two kinds of people --- those who want to go home and those who don't. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other." ___ Ann Landers
4." Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too."____Anton Checkov
5. "The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us." ___ Bill Watterson
6. "As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it." ___ Buddy Hackett
7. "Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night." ___ Dave Barry

The MLB Draft begins next week, and there is a good chance a lot of South Carolina players either hear their names called or sign free agent deals.

Unless things change over the next nine days before the first round of the draft, I would think Brady Allen, Wes Clarke, Thomas Farr, Brannon Jordan, Brett Kerry, Daniel Lloyd and Andrew Peters are either drafted or sign free agent deals.

All of those guys are draft eligible and just finished at least their third or second years in the program (for JUCO guy). Of that group, Farr and Jordan are two of the higher-rated guys from a pitching perspective while Allen is probably the best hitter prospect based on draft boards.

Then there are three guys who are still up in the air, for the most part: Julian Bosnic, Josiah Sightler and Andrew Eyster.

--Bosnic is someone who certainly has the tools and the stuff to be drafted and had a very good year as a starter and reliever this season: 4-2, 2.84 ERA, 0.928 WHIP and 78 strikeouts to 25 walks. At this point, I would project Bosnic being drafted and signing with a professional team. Bosnic is a lefty who can ratchet up his fastball into the mid-to-upper 90s with a really good curveball. He could come back and certainly be one of the team’s starting pitchers next season if he opted to return for his redshirt junior year but right now it seems likely he will be drafted (likely on day two) and the money should be good enough to sign.

--If Bosnic is a professional lean, then I’d say Sightler is a lean to coming back to school. Sightler is coming off his best season where he slashed .268/.352/.437 with seven homers, 31 RBI and 17 walks to 46 strikeouts as the team’s left fielder and cleanup hitter. Sightler was someone who turned down good money out of high school after being drafted by the Reds in the 12th round, and if he gets similar money this year it might hard to turn down but right now it seems that he’ll be back next season for South Carolina.

--Eyster is interesting and, it sounds super obvious, but his status won’t be known until after the draft and free agent signings. He could absolutely be drafted (if he is, probably a day three selection) but he could also sign a free agent deal after the 20-round draft and play professionally that way. I think if Eyster was given a chance to play professionally he’ll take it after being in school now for three years at South Carolina, plus one more at a junior college. The talk right now is if he doesn’t get that chance professionally then he’ll likely be back at South Carolina.

--We’ll have more from a 2021 class perspective next week (including some interviews hopefully with some potential draft guys) but the key guys in the class to watch over the draft are: Cooper Kinney, Michael Parks, Michael Braswell, Thad Ector, Vytas Valincius.

Kinney is someone surging up draft boards and there are projections he could sneak into the compensatory first round or second. I’m very confident Parks will not make it to campus and both Braswell and Ector have been upfront in saying it would take a lot to make them forgo college.

A reminder on the draft schedule:

First round/Competitive Balance A: July 11, 7 p.m.
Rounds 2-10/Competitive Balace B: July 12, 1 p.m.
Rounds 11-20: July 13, Noon

i think i heard somebody say that once on the farm.....dogs love chicken eggs, so if it were yellow it was an egg sucker
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Until the start of the season and I cannot wait to see the new coaching staff, lots of new players, and new culture on display!

Been disappointed in trying to lookup player highlights on YouTube to help get hyped up but there just aren’t many for current players on the team.

Nonetheless I’m very excited for the season to get here and the start of a new era of Gamecock football!

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The last series before the All Star Break as the Braves have traveled to Miami Florida. It is an area still removing debris and finding human remains from the Surfside Tower collapse and also faces the onslaught from Tropical Storm Elsa. A lot of tragedy in a short period of time that quite frankly are far more important and relevant that a baseball series . Baseball and major sports are needed in times like these to help occupy and entertain the human condition as a shield against the tragic events of our lives. With heavy hearts the games continue and the Marlins after losing a heartbreaking series to the Braves in walkoff fashion Sunday night took 3 of 4 games from the Reigning world champion Dodgers and are playing very well. The Braves are coming off a lackluster series loss to the lowly Pirates in this bizarre season that no one would have predicted would have those results this week. The Braves will need to sweekk on the series if they want to have a winning record going into the Break and that will be a difficult task against this scrappy team with an impressive pitching staff. Tonight’s scheduled starter (Thomson) has been a late scratch because of an unspecified illness so The Marlins will start Anthony Bass. I don’t know much about him but he has faced the Braves maybe through a relief appearance as the lineup does not boast many at bats against him. The top 3 hitters have had Earl success against him but not the others. These trends have seem to favor opposing pitchers lately against the struggling Braves lineup but that is why they play the games.

The Braves will throw staff Ace Charlie Morton who is now tied for most wins with Smyly at 7-3 records. Morton has been good but also has a tendency to tire early from an abundance of pitches to get outs. A. Ig key is for him to throw strikes and get early outs . He has given up too many two strikes hits and had too many two out rallies result in crooked numbers . Here is hoping we get a mast full performance to help catapult the team through a successful series .

Starting Lineup
Acuna RF
Freeman 1B
Albies 2B
Riley 3B
Almonte LF
Swanson ss
Heredia CF
Smith C
Morton rhp

First Pitch 7:10 est

Broadcasting
Bally Sports South East

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Oh man…great times. Drinks, Ho dogs, and cute cute girls. No a/c no worries. Smell of 25 year old spilt PBR beer all the time. Glory days 82-86. Miss it. Nothing like game day there too.

In the days of my youtes

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The guy was a dear friend of mine. He had called me a couple of days before that Saturday to invite us over for her birthday party but we already had plans. He was like the brother I never had. Miss him terribly. Never ever thought he was capable of killing someone but I guess everyone has a limit. Probably shouldn't get into any specifics here but the investigations evidence found that he shot her then himself.

The wife and I and friends have went over what if scenarios in our mind to try and understand this and there's just nothing really we can see other than maybe just months of verbal/mental abuse by the woman and he finally snapped. We met her and had outings with them and found her to be very mouthy and just didn't like her. They had no video cameras so we decided we'll just likely never know the truth. We know he had wanted her to leave since the fall but she had nowhere to go, and he wouldn't "kick her to the curb" as his heart was just too big. At some point he even offered her money to leave and she still wouldn't go so he just tolerated her being there.

It's very hard to accept that he did it. He was a kind guy, been knowing him almost 10 years, just loves people, hanging out with friends and laughing, never met a stranger kind of guy, do anything for you, great sense of humor and never knew anyone who didn't like him. Brought him to a game or two in Cola when we had tix.

Had a memorial bike ride to the mountains with a group of friends and family today to honor him. We all rode bikes together for years, around town and out of state trips. So riding back from the mountains in the car (sold our bike a few years back) a friend was with us and mentioned doing a Seance. I had forgotten about her psychic abilities! She told me my GGGF cause of death in a prison during the Civil war which blew me away!!!

Now I'm very intrigued by this as I really need to understand how my friend could do such a thing. She revealed she can see auras, which is fascinating. She opened up a bit and said mine is always blue, meaning I'm grounded. Told the wife she's seen her green, which means she was envious. Said white auras signifys angels, and that some people can foresee a death before it happens, their aura will turn white! Yes this is a bit freaky to me but she's legit. Said she saw a black aura once and that was uncomfortable. Not sure what that means. I just need closure here and I hope we can get something from that.

And I NEED some Gamecock football in my life soon!

Torn ACL. Too bad he’s a great player.

Just suck.. Everyone at SCDOT should be fired.

Power Ratings done by Kenny White magazine are incredibly in depth and highly recommend for you gambling degenerates.
USC projected at 5-7 overall, 2.9 - 5.1 in conf play. 12th in Sec ahead of Vandy and Arkansas. Ranked as 84 out of 130 FBS teams

Of all the letters, emails and phone calls, my wife and myself, have made to local State and Federal elected officials, over the last year and a half Senator Young is the first one acknowledge our concerns. Not with the standard form letter, but called and spoke with my wife bout them. Nice to know there are some elected officials that actually care about their constituents.

to all of you who are getting back into town after vacationing this past week!


You didn't miss anything, in case you were wondering 😏

Bloody wants to open a doughnut shop next door to a medical marijuana dispensary. He’s already in the process of patenting the name “Glazed and Confused”. He wants Chuck to be his business partner.

“Your Holiness, do you realize that you and I are both former Cardinals?” ~ Joe “Ducky” Medwick on meeting Pope Pius XII, 1944.