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Miami Herald
28-05-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
South Carolina Football Preview 2025: Are The Gamecocks Big Time?
X CFN, Fiu | CFN Facebook | Bluesky Fiu, CFN South Carolina Offense BreakdownSouth Carolina Defense BreakdownSeason Prediction, Win Total, Keys to SeasonIs South Carolina ready to be a true player?The best era of South Carolina football was 2011 to 2013 under Steve Spurrier. Those were the only three 11-win seasons the program has known, and the Gamecocks are on the verge of possibly being back there again under Shane they have to be nearly perfect. Everyone in the SEC has the same complaint about the schedule, and everyone has that one landmine non-conference game to worry about - it's Clemson for the Gamecocks - but that's the cost of doing business in this need the talent. South Carolina is close. You need the schedule. Ehhhhh, more on that later. And you have to catch the right breaks to make noise in an even nastier SEC, and last year's South Carolina team showed just how close it was. Had it not fumbled away one of the two close losses to Alabama and LSU, it would've been in the College Football Playoff. It had Ole Miss in its own ballpark, and lost 27-3. And when there was a chance to build momentum going into 2025, and with a shot at just the fifth ten-win season in school history, Beamer and South Carolina fell for Bret Bielema's master class troll job in a Citrus Bowl loss to Illinois. In a great 9-4 season - one of the best in the 117 years of Gamecock football - there were too many turnovers, too many plays allowed behind the line, and …Again, that's the difference. The Gamecocks needed to pounce when they didn't have to deal with Georgia, Texas, or Tennessee, and had Ole Miss, Texas A&M, and Missouri at home, and they just year's team doesn't play the Bulldogs, Longhorns, or Vols, either. Beamer has a superstar quarterback in LaNorris Sellers, the staff won the transfer portal, and now it's time to get fired up for more. It needs to make its own breaks this season. It has the talent, the schedule isn't totally brutal - at least for the SEC - and it has to become the CFP-level team others have to worry no, 2024 wasn't quite what it should've been, but it proved that it's all there for South Carolina for the taking to finally become …Big Carolina Offense BreakdownSouth Carolina Defense BreakdownSeason Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season © 2025 The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
Miami Herald
28-05-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
South Carolina Football Offense Preview 2025: LaNorris Sellers Leads Loaded Attack
X CFN, Fiu | CFN Facebook | Bluesky Fiu, CFN2025 South Carolina Preview South Carolina Defense BreakdownSeason Prediction, Win Total, Keys to SeasonIs South Carolina ready to be a true player?The best era of South Carolina football was 2011 to 2013 under Steve Spurrier. Those were the only three 11-win seasons the program has known, and the Gamecocks are on the verge of possibly being back there again under Shane they have to be nearly perfect. Everyone in the SEC has the same complaint about the schedule, and everyone has that one landmine non-conference game to worry about - it's Clemson for the Gamecocks - but that's the cost of doing business in this need the talent. South Carolina is close. You need the schedule. Ehhhhh, more on that later. And you have to catch the right breaks to make noise in an even nastier SEC, and last year's South Carolina team showed just how close it was. Had it not fumbled away one of the two close losses to Alabama and LSU, it would've been in the College Football Playoff. It had Ole Miss in its own ballpark, and lost 27-3. And when there was a chance to build momentum going into 2025, and with a shot at just the fifth ten-win season in school history, Beamer and South Carolina fell for Bret Bielema's master class troll job in a Citrus Bowl loss to Illinois. In a great 9-4 season - one of the best in the 117 years of Gamecock football - there were too many turnovers, too many plays allowed behind the line, and …Again, that's the difference. The Gamecocks needed to pounce when they didn't have to deal with Georgia, Texas, or Tennessee, and had Ole Miss, Texas A&M, and Missouri at home, and they just year's team doesn't play the Bulldogs, Longhorns, or Vols, either. Beamer has a superstar quarterback in LaNorris Sellers, the staff won the transfer portal, and now it's time to get fired up for more. It needs to make its own breaks this season. It has the talent, the schedule isn't totally brutal - at least for the SEC - and it has to become the CFP-level team others have to worry no, 2024 wasn't quite what it should've been, but it proved that it's all there for South Carolina for the taking to finally become …Big Carolina Defense Breakdown 2025 South Carolina Preview Season Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season © 2025 The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
USA Today
15-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Florida's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium among top 10 greatest venues in college football
Florida's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium among top 10 greatest venues in college football College football is a cornerstone tradition in the United States that has lasted for well over a century, and there are few places better to experience the exhilaration of sports than at a university's home stadium. In fact, the largest sports venues in the nation belong to collegiate programs scattered across the map. Eight schools have home fields that can hold over 100,000 screaming fans, while the largest venue outside of the amateur gridiron belongs to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which serves as the home of both the New York Jets and New York Giants and ranks 15th overall with a maximum capacity of 82,500. So we all know that college football stadiums reign supreme. Which one offers the absolute best game day experience? Carter Bahns of 247Sports tackled this topic by ranking college football's 10 greatest stadium atmospheres, including the University of Florida's storied Ben Hill Griffin Stadium — affectionately known as the Swamp since Steve Spurrier's tenure as head coach. He ranks Gainesville's premier landmark at No. 9 in the nation, following the Auburn Tigers' Jordan-Hare Stadium and ahead of the Nebraska Cornhuskers' Memorial Stadium. "The home-field advantage and an improving roster combined to help Florida close last season with a surprisingly potent surge that included a pair of ranked November victories at The Swamp. The Gators' fan support is about as reliable as it comes, and the heat and humidity inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium play an equal role in dragging down opponents," Bahns notes. "From the Gator Chomp to the 'I Won't Back Down' sing-along, Florida fans have some of the best traditions out there. And when visitors line up for crucial plays, there are few stadiums louder than this one." Take a look below at the full standings, including each stadium's overall capacity and ranking among all sports venues in the U.S. 247Sports Top 10 College Football Stadium Rankings TIGER STADIUM, LSU (5th, 102,321) BEAVER STADIUM, PENN STATE (2nd, 106,572) NEYLAND STADIUM, TENNESSEE (6th, 101,915) KYLE FIELD, TEXAS A&M (4th, 102,733) AUTZEN STADIUM, OREGON (81st, 54,000) MEMORIAL STADIUM, CLEMSON (16th, 81,500) HUSKY STADIUM, WASHINGTON (37th, 70,083) JORDAN-HARE STADIUM, AUBURN (13th, 88,043) BEN HILL GRIFFIN STADIUM, FLORIDA (12th, 88,548) MEMORIAL STADIUM, NEBRASKA (14th, 85,458) Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Florida first school in NCAA history with 3 national championships in football, basketball
Florida made history with its 2025 men's NCAA Tournament championship game victory on Monday night. The Gators defeated Houston 65-63, erasing a 12-point deficit at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, to claim their first national championship since 2007. In doing so, Florida picked up its third national championship in basketball, which tied Villanova for the eighth most championships in college basketball history. Advertisement REQUIRED READING: Florida basketball uses defense to beat Houston at its own game, capture national championship With three national titles in basketball (2006, 2007 and 2025), Florida is the only school to have won three NCAA Division I titles in both men's basketball and football (1996, 2006 and 2008). The Gators are also the only school to win a national title in basketball and football in the same academic year (2006-07). According to the NCAA, Michigan State has three national championships in football (1952, 1965 and 1966) and two in college basketball (1979 and 2000), bringing them the closest to Florida for the new NCAA benchmark. With Monday's victory, the Gators snapped a 13-year-drought for the SEC with a national championship in basketball. Kentucky won the national title in 2013 as the last SEC school before Florida. Florida football national championships Florida football has won three national championships in football. Steve Spurrier led the program to its first championship in 1996, while Urban Meyer led the Gators to two championships in three years in 2006 and 2008. Advertisement 1996: Florida 52 , Florida State 20 2006: Florida 41, Ohio State 14 2008: Florida 21, Oklahoma 14 Florida men's basketball national championships In his third season with the program, Florida coach Todd Golden led the Gators to its third national championship in school history in 2025. Billy Donovan led the Gators to back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007, the first two in program history. Donovan also led Florida to a national championship appearance in 2000, a loss to Tom Izzo and Michigan State. 2006: Florida 73, UCLA 57 2007: Florida 84 , Ohio State 75 2025: Florida 65, Houston 63 This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Florida first school with 3 national championships in football, basketball
