Garnet And Black Attack, a South Carolina Gamecocks community

This week USC moves up 4 spots to 14th in the College Baseball RPI. That's good enough for 3rd in the SEC behind Florida (2) and Arkansas (7). Coastal Carolina dropped out of first to 6th. Clemson is somehow right ahead of Carolina at 13th, even though Clemson dropped a game to Florida Gulf Coast over the weekend and has a record of 27-17. Go figure.

For those college baseball fans out there, this link provides a pretty good update on the goings-ons around the nation. Yahoo! may dedicate an entire section to the subject, but it still took me a good bit of digging to find anything substantive. Quickly, what USC fans should know: Alabama won its season opener vs. Southeast Missouri State, but dropped games two and three. Ole Miss (#12) won its season opener vs. Liberty (coached by former Gamecock coach Jim Toman if I'm not mistaken), but lost it's next two vs. Mercer and South Alabama. Florida (#11) won its first two against Louisville and tied the third. Of course USC won its first two against Duquesne with the third scheduled for noon on Monday. Oh yeah, and Clemson (#20) swept it's three game series with Charlotte (barely).

The coaches rank us fourth in the SEC East in baseball, which is probably about right. Everything about these rankings is pretty bland, actually.

South Carolina record average attendance? Check. South Carolina record total attendance? Check. No. 6 in the country for attendance? Check. Good football fans? We've got pretty good baseball fans, too.

Tanner's been good for us. Yeah, some more postseason success would be nice, but South Carolina's still got a national profile in baseball -- unlike any other sport.