Are You still gonna' be a Gamecock?
This has been the best five years in our history, and it ain't even close. Last year's disappointment of 7-6 saw only our 8th bowl victory in our 120+ years of playing football. A repeat of last year's disappointment may well be in store for us. Let's assume we manage to go 7-6 or decline to worse.
Are You still gonna' be a Gamecock?
I believe that South Carolina has the smallest population of any East Coast state that is home to a P-5 conference team. We also have a poor high school educational system which results in many potential recruits lacking the necessary academic background to play college football. Unlike Alabama, in a small state, we don't have a long history of excellence at football that makes us appealing to kids and their high school coaches in other states. Unlike Auburn, in that same small state, and others we don't have a history of donors paying out-of-state recruits (and I for one don't want us to engage in such practices.) Based on history and demographics, we have little reasonable expectation of improving our lot. If not,
Are You still gonna' be a Gamecock?
Once upon a time, we were considered the most loyal fanbase in college football. We built and filled a big house during our mediocre years, and even managed to be in the top 20 of cfb attendance during our two years of 1-21. That's loyalty! Spurrier taught us to demand more than good efforts. We quit applauding good efforts and demanded wins. I still appreciate a good effort when we are outgunned (last Saturday didn't qualify as a good effort, but I applauded the second half defensive effort). I heard booing in the stands in the first half. Worse, I saw empty seats in Williams Brice for a 1-0!
Somebody ain't a Gamecock!
We had a good four year run beginning in 2010 with Marcus leading us to nine wins. We gained a bunch of T-shirt fans. I don't think we have a shot at nine wins this year, but we'll see. The T-shirt fans appear to be already abandoning ship.
Are You still gonna' be a Gamecock, or were you just a T-shirt fan along for the fun ride?
Let's assume Spurrier hangs it up at the end of this season. Are we gonna get a coach with better credentials? I don't see how. There are very few out there. What up-and-comer wants to take a chance on our program. Yeah, we've got money. So do a lot of others. Let's assume we hire another coach who takes us to a number of 8 or even 9 win seasons, but never matches the glory of the last 3 seasons. Never an SEC championship or a sniff of the cfb playoffs.
Are You still gonna' be a Gamecock?
I am hoping to see improvement out of this team. I'm hoping for more improvement next year and a return to the glory of double digit wins. Alas I don't expect it.
What if this is as good as it gets?
GO Gamecocks whatever may come!
This has been the best five years in our history, and it ain't even close. Last year's disappointment of 7-6 saw only our 8th bowl victory in our 120+ years of playing football. A repeat of last year's disappointment may well be in store for us. Let's assume we manage to go 7-6 or decline to worse.
Are You still gonna' be a Gamecock?
I believe that South Carolina has the smallest population of any East Coast state that is home to a P-5 conference team. We also have a poor high school educational system which results in many potential recruits lacking the necessary academic background to play college football. Unlike Alabama, in a small state, we don't have a long history of excellence at football that makes us appealing to kids and their high school coaches in other states. Unlike Auburn, in that same small state, and others we don't have a history of donors paying out-of-state recruits (and I for one don't want us to engage in such practices.) Based on history and demographics, we have little reasonable expectation of improving our lot. If not,
Are You still gonna' be a Gamecock?
Once upon a time, we were considered the most loyal fanbase in college football. We built and filled a big house during our mediocre years, and even managed to be in the top 20 of cfb attendance during our two years of 1-21. That's loyalty! Spurrier taught us to demand more than good efforts. We quit applauding good efforts and demanded wins. I still appreciate a good effort when we are outgunned (last Saturday didn't qualify as a good effort, but I applauded the second half defensive effort). I heard booing in the stands in the first half. Worse, I saw empty seats in Williams Brice for a 1-0!
Somebody ain't a Gamecock!
We had a good four year run beginning in 2010 with Marcus leading us to nine wins. We gained a bunch of T-shirt fans. I don't think we have a shot at nine wins this year, but we'll see. The T-shirt fans appear to be already abandoning ship.
Are You still gonna' be a Gamecock, or were you just a T-shirt fan along for the fun ride?
Let's assume Spurrier hangs it up at the end of this season. Are we gonna get a coach with better credentials? I don't see how. There are very few out there. What up-and-comer wants to take a chance on our program. Yeah, we've got money. So do a lot of others. Let's assume we hire another coach who takes us to a number of 8 or even 9 win seasons, but never matches the glory of the last 3 seasons. Never an SEC championship or a sniff of the cfb playoffs.
Are You still gonna' be a Gamecock?
I am hoping to see improvement out of this team. I'm hoping for more improvement next year and a return to the glory of double digit wins. Alas I don't expect it.
What if this is as good as it gets?
GO Gamecocks whatever may come!