This year, they’re gonna have to kind of bring their own juice, because everyone’s telling them how great they are.”

LaNorris Sellers burst onto the scene during his first year as starting quarterback for South Carolina last season. He earned SEC Freshman of the Year and All-SEC third-team honors after tallying over 3,200 total yards and 25 total touchdowns, all while leading his home-state Gamecocks to a 9-4 record.

It has never been done before, but impossibilities rarely enter Shane Beamer's vocabulary. Whatever coach-speak directions South Carolina's head coach planned for SEC Media Days went out the window Monday when Paul Finebaum interrupted a pre-podium discussion and asked if winning a conference championship was "doable" with the Gamecocks.

The South Carolina Gamecocks have learned their projected ranking for their conference following SEC Media Days.

Former Alabama head coach Mike Shula returned to the conference in an on-field capacity as offensive coordinator at South Carolina, replacing former Arkansas reserve quarterback and assistant coach Dowell Loggains, who is in his first year as head coach at Appalachian State.

South Carolina surged in 2024, and with legit star power, the Gamecocks are a threat to storm into the College Football Playoff in 2025.

South Carolina's defense was one of the few surprises around the Southeastern Conference in 2024, to everyone expect those in Columbia. Question for 2025 center

Landon Duckworth gave South Carolina’s 2026 recruiting class a big boost of momentum with his Friday night commitment. According to the 247Sports’ Composite rating, a metric that factors in all network rankings, Duckworth is one of the top high school quarterbacks to choose the Gamecocks in recent memory.

Christy Waddil, a 67-year-old Democratic voter who waited to shake Beshear’s hand Thursday night, said she was “excited” to meet all these potential contenders. But it’s a lot of responsibility to be the first state in the presidential primary calendar, she said: “We have our work cut out for us now.”

After two days of reflection, SEC Media Days in Atlanta went exactly as it should with just one hiccup. The sound booth played Texas A&M's