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Raise your hand if you had money on Akeem Auguste being the first member of the 2012 South Carolina football team to win a Super Bowl ring. Yeah, I didn't think so. Of course, the big caveat here is that Auguste is on the Seahawks' practice squad and, therefore, won't actually be playing in Super Bowl XLVIII. But I mean, come on. They're still going to give him a ring if Seattle wins, right?
Former Gamecock wide receiver Sidney Rice is also an inactive member of Seattle's roster as he recovers from a torn ACL that he suffered last October. It's a shame, too, because if Rice had been healthy, it would have been the first time in recent memory that a player who was a bona fide star at South Carolina would have had a chance to make a high-profile impact in the Super Bowl.
There is one South Carolina alumnus who is expected to participate. Guard/center Lemuel Jeanpierre played in all 16 regular season games for Seattle and started in three of them. You may remember Jeanpierre (2005-2009) as one of those stray sneaky-good offensive lineman that South Carolina had throughout the mid-2000s who has gone on to have a long career in the NFL.
Separate of any rooting interests that might be tied to our loyalties to former Gamecocks, this Super Bowl seems like it's going to be a fun one, even for people like me who aren't nearly as into the pro game as they're into college football. After all, there's a possibility that this thing ends with Richard Sherman telling Erin Andrews that John Fox needs to stop trying to come at him with a mediocre quarterback like Peyton Manning.
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Odds to Win Super Bowl MVP at Bovada
Peyton Manning (DEN) 8/5
Russell Wilson (SEA) 13/4
Marshawn Lynch (SEA) 6/1
Demaryius Thomas (DEN) 16/1
Wes Welker (DEN) 16/1
Richard Sherman (SEA) 16/1
Percy Harvin (SEA) 16/1
Knowshon Moreno (DEN) 18/1
Eric Decker (DEN) 20/1
Julius Thomas (DEN) 25/1
Golden Tate (SEA) 33/1
Earl Thomas (SEA) 33/1
Doug Baldwin (SEA) 40/1
Montee Ball (DEN) 50/1
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (DEN) 50/1
Kam Chancellor (SEA) 66/1
Danny Trevathan (DEN) 66/1
Champ Bailey (DEN) 66/1
Zach Miller (SEA) TE 75/1
Matt Prater (DEN) 100/1
Steven Hauschka (SEA) 100/1
Duke Ihenacho (DEN) 100/1
Michael Bennett (SEA) 100/1
Field (Any Other Player) 20/1
How to watch Super Bowl XLVIII
Teams: Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos
Date: Sunday, February 2, 2014
Kickoff time: 6:25 EST / 5:25 CST
Location: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Super Bowl score by quarter: Live SB Nation scoreboard
Live stream: FOX Sports Go (Sign-in is not required during the Super Bowl TV broadcast)
TV channel: FOX (A full list of international broadcasters is available here)
Radio: NFL on Westwood One (Choose your station here), with Kevin Harlan as the play-by-play announcer
Announcers: Joe Buck and Troy Aikman; Pam Oliver and Erin Andrews are sideline reporters
Officials: Terry McAulay and his crew
Current odds: Broncos by 2-1/2 | O/U: 48
Halftime show performance: Bruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers
National anthem: Renee Fleming
Current ticket prices: TicketMaster.com
