University of South Carolina NCAA News

Our fifth opponent of the 2013 season is the Kentucky Wildcats . Last year, the Gamecocks rode a strong second half to beat the 'Cats 38-17 in Lexington.

I entered "Howard's rock" into our photo tool, and this is the only thing that came up.

As noted Sunday on GABA , the Gamecocks received a major commitment from 2015 DE Arden Key, and there was much rejoicing.

The SEC brings back a good crop of quarterbacks this fall, but they're all looking to get better.

Interesting breakdown here of the SEC's out-of-conference schedules. A couple of things jump out at me.

There's only one place in South Carolina where you find the best collection of basketball players at that would be the South Carolina Pro-Am at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School.

Assuming their commitments hold up, South Carolina defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward can look forward to having a pair of highly prized defensive ends on his unit starting in 2015.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents are investigating the death of an elderly man who was found dead inside his Morgan County home.

One of college football's most indelible moments from the 2012 season occurred when South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore crumpled to the field with a gruesome knee injury while playing UT on Oct. 27. The response from both teams has earned the Vols and the Gamecocks the SEC Sportsmanship Award from the 2012-13 academic year.

The University of South Carolina and Tennessee football teams are being honored for their actions in the game where Marcus Lattimore was injured.

For any college football team, regardless of its ultimate aims in a given season, starting a campaign 0-2 is absolutely a "worst case scenario."

Fresh off a visit to Columbia, 4-star 2015 weakside DE Arden Key set a commitment date of July 1st.

A lightly recruited local boy with only a year of field-tested offensive line experience, the gargantuan "Castle Zandi" has broken into the two deep.

Former South Carolina point guard Carey Rich is living a dream. For the second straight season, Rich has been instrumental in bringing the South Carolina Pro-Am Summer Basketball League to the Columbia area.

Former Gamecock and current Houston Texan safety DJ Swearinger made an appearance in Columbia Saturday to meet and sign autographs for fans at Garnet and Black Traditions.

He will look to add depth to the offensive line rotation in 2013 but likely won't be relied upon heavily unless injuries start to pile up.

The event that celebrates the last player selected in the NFL Draft seems to get shorter every year.

A year from now, Mike Matulis could be an above average starter on South Carolina's offensive line or he could be out of football altogether, and neither of those scenarios would be terribly surprising.

Operation Sports released a video displaying the top ten rated players on each team featured in NCAA Football '14, so obviously we have to tell them which players they snubbed or, conversely, think way too much of.

Mark Richt's Georgia Bulldogs will face five teams this fall that finished in the final AP Top 25 in 2012.