The Daily Feed // 10.14.10
by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 14, 2025 5:00 AM EDT
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No.10 South Carolina hits road to take on Kentucky | KansasCity.com
I'm giving #1 billing today to the Kansas City Star because, frankly, I think it is wonderously weird how well they cover the Gamecocks. The State ought to be embarrassed.
Gamecocks Podcast: Talking Crimson Tide and UK Wildcats on Episode 18 | Leftover Hot Dog
Is your job unbelievably monotonous? Do you often make long distance drives? Do you find yourself wishing your iPod played something other than "Final Countdown" while you're working out? Then you, my friend, need to subscribe to LOHD's Gamecocks Podcast. You can thank me later.
Gamecocks Continue Kentucky Preparations | Gamecocks Online
I could listen to Coach Elliot talk about the Gamecocks all day...
Gamecock Memory Lane, Or Why I Can’t Stop Worrying About the Wildcats and Just Enjoy the Bama Win | The Rubber Chickens
Will Kentucky be the snake to our Alabama mongoose? Or is it the mongoose to our Alabama snake? I don't know animals. Either way, it's bad.
Gamecocks Bloggers Roundtable II: Mid-Season Edition | Leftover Hot Dog
Check out LOHD's answers to Gamecock Man's questions.
Don't Bet On It!: Week Seven College Football Forecasts Around the SEC | Dawg Sports
T. Kyle King picks against us. By the way, is it a sign that you watch too much college football when you see a bulldog without a jersey on and think it looks naked?
Gamecocks' Jeffery presents big problem for Kentucky | KentuckySports.com
Is basketball all they really think about up there? Joker Phillips on Alshon Jeffery:
"He's a great rebounder," Phillips said. He is a guy that probably will have a lot of confidence in this game because this is where he really had his breakout game, against us last year. He is a good post player. After he posts you up, he's so strong and physical that he can shove you to the ground and make a huge play. Last year we were in great position; we just did not make the play. We've just got to be more physical with him."
Five Questions with the Enemy | The Daily Gamecock
Yes, it really is.
People certainly know about the big losing streak to South Carolina and it's a little disconcerting, but to be honest, longer losing streaks against the Gators and Tennessee (25 and counting) keep the attention of most UK fans. And while we're being honest, most UK fans still are more shocked that South Carolina beat Kentucky in basketball last year.
Former Football Players at Alabama Game | Spurs Up
Complete with pictures!
Gamecock Nation Takes on New Meaning for USC President | Leftover Hot Dog
LOHD has a copy of the letter USC President Harris Pastides sent out after the Alabama game.
Former SC coach Paul Dietzel to be Honored at Miami University | Spurs Up
The man won our only (to date) conference title back in 1969.
RECRUITING
Jadeveon Clowney: Are Miami and Auburn Serious Contenders for The Star Recruit? | Bleacher Report
Miami? They may be honoring Coach Dietzel, but that won't sell me on them. No chance. Actually, I don't know anything about this kid other than he is a stud recruit, but Miami just does not seem to fit in with the other schools on that list.
USC moves into lead for Townsend
LB Lateek Townsend (6-3 207) of Marlboro County says USC is his leader. "I was at the Alabama game," he said. "That pretty much showed me they have everything to compete for a national championship and SEC championships every year."
Already paying dividends.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Gamecock Soccer TV Time Changes | Gamecocks Online
This Sunday's and next Sunday's games to be televised on ESPNU.
Video Feature on Brooke Jacobs | Gamecocks Online
The Women's Soccer program has had a lot of success in the last year plus. Let's hope it continues with contributions from players like Brooke.
SOFTBALL
Softball to Take on National Pro Fastpitch All-Star Team | Spurs Up
Let's hope new head coach Beverly Smith has made a big impact on the team since last year. I don't want to, but I feel I should remind you folks that we won one (1) SEC game last year. And now we're playing a professional All-Star team... yeah...
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Thanks FW
1. Re: Gamecock Memory Lane
Money quote: “So, if history is any guide (and for the Gamecock faithful, history is more than a guide, it’s a rent-collecting mob boss) then the Kentucky contest will come down to a play or two in the final quarter.” Amen, preacher.
2 Re: Paul Dietzel
You’ve all heard the Old Fight Song, I presume? OK, it might not have been the Notre Dame Victory March, or Michigan’s The Victors but it had a lot of good deep brass. Dietzel, however, dumped it all on his own in 69 to saddle us with a show tune (Step to the Rear) from the emminently forgettable [and so far never revived] 67-68 Broadway musical “How Now, Dow Jones” after hearing the USC band perform it in ’68.
Substituting a show tune for a fight song (and actually writing the lyrics!) is a huge strike against him. And while he delivered an ACC championship in 69, it was Dietzel in his dual role as Head Coach / A.D. who led us out of the ACC in ’71 - strike two. Finally, when we played LSU in 07 on CBS (the first time Les tried the holder-lateral) there was Dietzel all dressed up in Purple and Gold, fondling his 1958 National Championship ring …. the same man who promised to deliver a national championship after we hired him away from Army … as if nearly a decade at USC counted for nothing. Strike four. The program slid in the 70s and he gave up coaching after losing to Duke in 74. Strike five.
I’d go back to the Old Fight Song but I’m just one man. And I’m happy we made it to the SEC, but its been 18 years of pain to get to this point.
That being said, if you began cheering for the Cocks after 2001, then you were mercifully spared the worst musical monstrosity ever perpetrated by a coach (Lou Holtz) on his fans - “Rockin’ with the Gamecocks”. Fittingly, all recordings seem to have been flushed down the memory hole, and only the vaguest, fleeting references can be found with diligent search on the net … but as I recall, Lou detested “Hey, Let’s Give A Cheer” … and commissioned a pair of songwriters from the Beach to pen “Rockin’ with the Gamecocks”, which was a beachy-countryish-pseudo rock pastiche. It was blared at insane volume over the speakers at the 2001 home opener (against Boise State no less) with all the repetition of Rocky Top at Neyland Stadium. Oh the horror! It was never played again. I wish I could make it get out my head a decade later. You could tell Lou was generally disappointed everyone hated it but a 5-0 start soothed him.
What is it with these Ohioans? (No, not you Ryan Brewer! - you are beloved forever)
They wore garnet helmets.
by tryptic67 on Oct 14, 2025 6:42 AM EDT reply actions
Speaking of the 2001 Season ...
We never dropped out of the AP top 25 the whole year. We throttled Boise State 32-13 (yawn).
We beat UGA between the hedges 14-9 by virtue of a Phil Petty to Brian Kelly pass with less than 2 minutes to go (welcome to the SEC, CMR). We played the first football game after the 9/11 attack and ran all-over Jackie Sherrill’s Mississippi State on ESPN (we took the field with the Bulldogs - both squads holding a giant American flag - really amazing). We edged Bama at home 37-36 on a Petty to Trafford pass again with less than two minutes (and tore the goalposts down - I think the last time that was allowed to happen [?]; Tide faithful were mildly flattered that we thought beating them on down year was worth goalposts). We dominated UK 42-6 at home.
We were number 9 in the country! AP top 10 not two years removed from 0-21! I dont think we had been in the AP top 10 in forever (would have to research that). It was the second week in October! The Cocks were legit! We were 4-0 in league play! A showdown with the Gators for all the marbles in the East on the radar! Kudos. Plaudits. National attention. Sound familiar?
We lost to Arkansas the next week 7-10. We had been 9.5 favorites.
Sure, it wasn’t the end of the season, but we finished 2-3 with losses to the Vols, Gators and Tigers. A bit of redemption during the Outback Bowl re-match with Ohio State (though we let Jim Tressel back in the game as the Men of Scarlet and Gray scored 28 unanswered in the 3rd and 4th, and only our interception a very ill-conceived down-field pass by the Buckeyes allowed us to pop a 42 yarder with no time to win 31-28). Finished no. 13.
Its stuff like that that made the “history as the rent collecting mob boss” resonate :~) Peace.
They wore garnet helmets.
by tryptic67 on Oct 14, 2025 8:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Small correction: Carolina beat Clemson in 2001...
I think you’re thinking about 2000 and the push-off.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 14, 2025 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Youre right
Got carried away. Can’t be giving CU more wins than they deserve.
They wore garnet helmets.
by tryptic67 on Oct 14, 2025 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you sure it's not Ball State we beat to open 2001?
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina
by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 14, 2025 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Im pretty sure it was Boise
I was there, but the brain weakens with age. Thanks for reading my prolix prose..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_South_Carolina_Gamecocks
http://home.sprynet.com/~sims03/schedule/sched2001.htm
They wore garnet helmets.
by tryptic67 on Oct 14, 2025 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
The blocks didn't hurt as much as Devan Downey making circus shots without breaking a sweat
/shed’s tear
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
@btcoop71
by btcoop71 on Oct 14, 2025 8:38 AM EDT reply actions
I don't think a bead of sweat ever dropped off of Rondo while he was at UK.
by Skulls and Spurs on Oct 14, 2025 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Only when him and Tubby were screaming at each other
They didn’t get along.
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
@btcoop71
by btcoop71 on Oct 14, 2025 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Interesting.
Just so you’ll really hate me, I played baseball at - wait for it - Duke before transferring to Carolina, so I’m a big bball fan as well; albeit a fan of your archnemesis. I was a freshman during the 2001 national championship. Really excited about what the Blue Devils have this year and seeing Kyrie Irving and Curry. UK should be fielding another solid squad. No doubt last year’s Wildcat team was the most talented in the nation. A good UK friend of mine is heading up for Midnight Madness and the game this weekend.
by Skulls and Spurs on Oct 14, 2025 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
The only thing I can think of is
that the KCstar is covering us so extensively because they drafted Whit Merrifield… that is the only reason I can think of, unless they just like covering all sports teams.
by Gamecockrock on Oct 14, 2025 10:17 AM EDT reply actions
and plus they got a potential pro bowl kicker from us...
a.k.a Ryan Succop
by Gamecockrock on Oct 14, 2025 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Perhaps a J-School grad works in the sports department
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by Gamecock'n'Balls on Oct 14, 2025 11:14 AM EDT reply actions
The Kansas City Star isn't the ones actually writing the articles.
The Sports Network write the articles and then distribute them to smaller markets. TSN is Canada’s version of ESPN. The original article is here (http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot/news/newstest.aspx?id=4348569).
stuff 'bout stuff.
by silver82blade on Oct 15, 2025 12:21 PM EDT reply actions
Ah, thanks.
That makes more sense.
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina
by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 15, 2025 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
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