This place is about to be Deadsville, USA

[18IsTheMan]

Basketball is over.
Basketball is over.
Spring camp is over (not that anyone cared anyway).
Baseball is just aight.
No great recruiting stories.

Even when there are things to talk about, conversation is pretty sparse most days.

Queue up the political discussion! Or maybe something will happen with the ACC/FSU issue. That has generated more interest among our fans than almost anything Gamecock-related.

 

[KingWard]

Aight.

 

[USCEE82]

Basketball is over.
Basketball is over.
Spring camp is over (not that anyone cared anyway).
Baseball is just aight.
No great recruiting stories.

Even when there are things to talk about, conversation is pretty sparse most days.

Queue up the political discussion! Or maybe something will happen with the ACC/FSU issue. That has generated more interest among our fans than almost anything Gamecock-related.

But the political discussions keep getting deleted. Trans athletes, Title IX, etc.

 

[18IsTheMan]

But the political discussions keep getting deleted. Trans athletes, Title IX, etc.

Yeah, just a bit of sarcasm there.

 

[Prestonyte]

Basketball is over.
Basketball is over.
Spring camp is over (not that anyone cared anyway).
Baseball is just aight.
No great recruiting stories.

Even when there are things to talk about, conversation is pretty sparse most days.

Queue up the political discussion! Or maybe something will happen with the ACC/FSU issue. That has generated more interest among our fans than almost anything Gamecock-related.

Queue up the censor happy monitors!
Even for sports related topics like Title IX changes, they are happy to hit the delete button.

 

[will110]

But the political discussions keep getting deleted. Trans athletes, Title IX, etc.

Maybe we can have a thread about cannibals.

 

[1vagamecock]

The Reds are doing ok this year, might win 90 games.
English premier league is winding down and Everton seems to have avoided relegation.
Stanley Cup is rolling now, but the Washington capitals are to old and slow to advance

 

[18IsTheMan]

But the political discussions keep getting deleted. Trans athletes, Title IX, etc.

Old CockyTalk had sub-forums, one of which was a political forum, and that worked really well. Also liked keeping the sports discussion separate with sub-forums for each of the sports and a recruiting forum.

This forum is a basically a general sports forum, with a Gamecock emphasis.

 

[Cockypantherfan]

Basketball is over.
Basketball is over.
Spring camp is over (not that anyone cared anyway).
Baseball is just aight.
No great recruiting stories.

Even when there are things to talk about, conversation is pretty sparse most days.

Queue up the political discussion! Or maybe something will happen with the ACC/FSU issue. That has generated more interest among our fans than almost anything Gamecock-related.

How are there "no recruiting stories" when we just had a big visit weekend with our spring game and OVs are going to begin starting May 31 and going through June?

I think you just like to hear yourself piss and moan.

 

[18IsTheMan]

How are there "no recruiting stories" when we just had a big visit weekend with our spring game and OVs are going to begin starting May 31 and going through June?

I think you just like to hear yourself piss and moan.

I said no "great" recruiting stories. I know we're in the mix for some decent recruits, but nothing that's going to generate a bunch of discussion.

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

Maybe we can have a thread about cannibals.

Here you go.

 

[Cockypantherfan]

I said no "great" recruiting stories. I know we're in the mix for some decent recruits, but nothing that's going to generate a bunch of discussion.

If you say so.

 

[18IsTheMan]

If you say so.

If I'm wrong, and I hope I am, then start the discussion. I'd love to talk recruiting.

 

[Big JC]

By mid July we'll have plenty of "experts" posting how we are going to win 10 games and go to the SEC championship game and be a lock in the playoff and Sellers will be in NYC at the Heisman ceremony.

 

[Sweetwatergolf]

If I'm wrong, and I hope I am, then start the discussion. I'd love to talk recruiting.

Ok, are any of our recruits a risk to jump to another higher paying NIL school?
I don't get fired up on recruiting because of this.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Ok, are any of our recruits a risk to jump to another higher paying NIL school?
I don't get fired up on recruiting because of this.

In this era, nothing is ever guaranteed, even after they are on campus.

 

[Cockypantherfan]

If I'm wrong, and I hope I am, then start the discussion. I'd love to talk recruiting.

I did lay out the below in a different thread last week: Since then we have commitments from Shamari Earls (4* CB out of VA) and Caleb Williams (3* DL out of VA). We have 2 commitments from the top 10 players in the state of VA, and will most likely end up with 4 of the top 10 players from VA.

Throw in Jontae Gilbert (another 4* DB) and that probably rounds out our DB class with 3 4* players and one 3*.

We lead for 4* OL Shed Sarratt and Jaylen Gilchrist

Taking a swing at 4* OL Juan Gaston who is from Georgia and a big time talent; he's been on campus a few times and is coming to the spring game

We are taking big swings at big time 4* / borderline 5* LBs Zayden Walker and Tavion Wallace. Zayden will hopefully be at our spring game and has been on campus close to 10 times.

We are taking a big swing at high 4* DE Jared Smith and he seems to be receptive to us

In decent shape with 3* DE Taeshawn Alston out of North Carolina

Just had Anthony Addison commit this week who is a higher upside DE (3-4*)

Taking a swing at 4* WR Adrian Wilson who is from Texas and plans to be in for the spring game

Battling w/ UNC for 4* WR Malik Clark who is from SC

So you see, we aren't in desperation mode as you seem to paint it out to be.

I will say it's a bit concerning with our interior DL class so we need to turn that around.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I did lay out the below in a different thread last week: Since then we have commitments from Shamari Earls (4* CB out of VA) and Caleb Williams (3* DL out of VA). We have 2 commitments from the top 10 players in the state of VA, and will most likely end up with 4 of the top 10 players from VA.

Throw in Jontae Gilbert (another 4* DB) and that probably rounds out our DB class with 3 4* players and one 3*.

We lead for 4* OL Shed Sarratt and Jaylen Gilchrist

Taking a swing at 4* OL Juan Gaston who is from Georgia and a big time talent; he's been on campus a few times and is coming to the spring game

We are taking big swings at big time 4* / borderline 5* LBs Zayden Walker and Tavion Wallace. Zayden will hopefully be at our spring game and has been on campus close to 10 times.

We are taking a big swing at high 4* DE Jared Smith and he seems to be receptive to us

In decent shape with 3* DE Taeshawn Alston out of North Carolina

Just had Anthony Addison commit this week who is a higher upside DE (3-4*)

Taking a swing at 4* WR Adrian Wilson who is from Texas and plans to be in for the spring game

Battling w/ UNC for 4* WR Malik Clark who is from SC

So you see, we aren't in desperation mode as you seem to paint it out to be.

I will say it's a bit concerning with our interior DL class so we need to turn that around.

I never said desperation mode.

5 of the recruits you mentioned above are ones we are "taking a swing at". Gaston, Walker and Wallace don't seem to be seriously considering us at all. We don't seem to be in play at all for Wilson that I can see any of the recruiting sites.

Smith seems fairly solid with us.

But, again, I'm talking about recruits that will generate discussion. 3* guys and guys for whom we are longshots aren't going to generate discussion.

 

[will110]

By mid July we'll have plenty of "experts" posting how we are going to win 10 games and go to the SEC championship game and be a lock in the playoff and Sellers will be in NYC at the Heisman ceremony.

I've seen it posited by quite a few posters on TIF that Sellers will be the best USC quarterback ever.

 

[Prestonyte]

Let's talk baseball. Not expecting much though.
We lost another SEC series. At Home.
Just don't see us being much more than middling in the SEC unless we make the change we need to make.

 

[Cockypantherfan]

I never said desperation mode.

5 of the recruits you mentioned above are ones we are "taking a swing at". Gaston, Walker and Wallace don't seem to be seriously considering us at all. We don't seem to be in play at all for Wilson that I can see any of the recruiting sites.

Smith seems fairly solid with us.

But, again, I'm talking about recruits that will generate discussion. 3* guys and guys for whom we are longshots aren't going to generate discussion.

Don’t know that you’re on TIF, but an article was just posted that says we now have two predictions for Jared Smith and we are in really good shape and maybe even the team to beat for Zayden Walker.

Jared Smith - Thompson - Edge

Explore Jared Smith's athlete profile at On3.com. Get news and insights into his playing career, statistics, and achievements in sports.

www.on3.com

 

[18IsTheMan]

I've seen it posited by quite a few posters on TIF that Sellers will be the best USC quarterback ever.

I have not seen that sentiment, but I do think it's ok for us to be excited about him. Nothing we've seen so far should cause us to be pessimistic about him.

Pre-portal, it was the norm to get excited about your own young players.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Don’t know that you’re on TIF, but an article was just posted that says we now have two predictions for Jared Smith and we are in really good shape and maybe even the team to beat for Zayden Walker.

Jared Smith - Thompson - Edge

Explore Jared Smith's athlete profile at On3.com. Get news and insights into his playing career, statistics, and achievements in sports.

www.on3.com

That would surely be great about Walker. ON3 and Rivals have him heading to UGA. Maybe that's out of date. Here's hoping.

 

[Sweetwatergolf]

Let's talk baseball. Not expecting much though.
We lost another SEC series. At Home.
Just don't see us being much more than middling in the SEC unless we make the change we need to make.

Accurate statement IMO. Too many inconsistent tendencies it seems to me. It's a different issue each game. I don't understand our HC statement after Arky series how our defense has been good in the SEC when speaking of game 3 let down. Was he speaking of SEC play only?

 

[Cockypantherfan]

That would surely be great about Walker. ON3 and Rivals have him heading to UGA. Maybe that's out of date. Here's hoping.

The report said not to sleep on Carolina and that people who spent time w/ him this weekend believe that SC has the ability to win out.

 

[gamecox4982]

Bring back Small Talk..

 

[Big JC]

The report said not to sleep on Carolina and that people who spent time w/ him this weekend believe that SC has the ability to win out.

247 doesn't name a school in their crystal ball yet on Walker but they do list UGA first, Miami second, Penn State third and USC fourth in their list of schools he is "warm" on. His offer list is pretty much every P5 team. UGA has become an NFL linebacker factory recently so they will be tough to beat for him.

 

[muscleknight]

What about college bass fishing? Who won the CBFWS college bass fishing world series?

 

[Cockypantherfan]

247 doesn't name a school in their crystal ball yet on Walker but they do list UGA first, Miami second, Penn State third and USC fourth in their list of schools he is "warm" on. His offer list is pretty much every P5 team. UGA has become an NFL linebacker factory recently so they will be tough to beat for him.

It's basically down to USC, Miami, UGA and we are in pretty good position. Also helps that his brother is enrolling in the summer as a freshman DB.

 

[USCEDGE]

And there's music. Speaking of which. Did anyone on here attend the Three Dog Night concert at Clemson in '70 or may have been '71? If so, do you recall who the supporting act was? It's been bothering me for a while now.....

 

[Tngamecock]

Basketball is over.
Basketball is over.
Spring camp is over (not that anyone cared anyway).
Baseball is just aight.
No great recruiting stories.

Even when there are things to talk about, conversation is pretty sparse most days.

Queue up the political discussion! Or maybe something will happen with the ACC/FSU issue. That has generated more interest among our fans than almost anything Gamecock-related.

Enjoy your summer

 

[KingWard]

But the political discussions keep getting deleted. Trans athletes, Title IX, etc.

As they should be.

 

[will110]

As they should be.

I don't know that they should be deleted, at least where politics and sports meet and intertwine. That seems like a relevant and reasonable conversation on a sports forum.

Now, conversations about the deficit or immigration or gun control wouldn't be relevant to sports, so I don't have a problem with those being locked.

 

[Thunderstick]

The Reds are doing ok this year, might win 90 games. NO!!
English premier league is winding down and Everton seems to have avoided relegation. NO!!
Stanley Cup is rolling now, but the Washington capitals are to old and slow to advance NO!!

Bad topics!!

 

[Uscg1984]

Basketball is over.
Basketball is over.
Spring camp is over (not that anyone cared anyway).
Baseball is just aight.
No great recruiting stories.

Even when there are things to talk about, conversation is pretty sparse most days.

Queue up the political discussion! Or maybe something will happen with the ACC/FSU issue. That has generated more interest among our fans than almost anything Gamecock-related.

Sweet summertime is almost here. The long Montana winter is (almost) over and I'm excited for another epic summer leading up to the fall hunting season. I've got 6-months of pent-up golfing, and hiking needs to begin unleashing in the next couple of weeks, not to mention some outdoor archery targets to destroy. We are on the doorstep of the most adventurous time of year - go out and grab it by the horns!

 

[18IsTheMan]

I don't know that they should be deleted, at least where politics and sports meet and intertwine. That seems like a relevant and reasonable conversation on a sports forum.

Now, conversations about the deficit or immigration or gun control wouldn't be relevant to sports, so I don't have a problem with those being locked.

I would usually agree they should be deleted except for 2 reasons, one of you reference. First, this forum is not maintained as a Gamecock sports forum, but as a forum for general sports discussion (with an emphasis on Gamecock sports). Given #1, the second reason they should not be deleted is when they are pertinent to sports, as in the Title IX issue, which is quite relevant to sports.

if this forum were maintained as strictly a discussion forum for Gamecock sports, that would be a different issue. But there’s a whole lot of discussion that goes on this forum that’s not at all related to Gamecock sports. Many times not even sports at all.

 

[Thunderstick]

I'm not getting excited, or even mildly interested, until I see both our offensive and defensive huddles break on August 31 in Williams-Brice.

 

[gamecock stock]

Would love to have an investment forum. I know some would like to have a political forum. I like politics too. But from my experience, that topic causes a lot of ill-will. Rather than looking at the opposite opinion as differences of thought, it's looked at as coming from a hated enemy. It makes the verbal back and forths between Carolina and Clemson fans look like a kumbaya lovefest. That's not good. That's why I'm sure political talk gets deleted here. It's the same thing on a paid investment site I'm on. They delete political talk. Politics has more of a relationship with investments than it does with sports. The subject of making money, on the other hand, is unifying (that's why I suggest an investment forum).

 

[gamecock stock]

I'm not getting excited, or even mildly interested, until I see both our offensive and defensive huddles break on August 31 in Williams-Brice.

I'm not getting excited unless we beat Kentucky on the road early in the season. If we beat them, then 7-5 looks doable. If we lose, then it will be "wait till next year", imho.

 

[KingWard]

I don't know that they should be deleted, at least where politics and sports meet and intertwine. That seems like a relevant and reasonable conversation on a sports forum.

Now, conversations about the deficit or immigration or gun control wouldn't be relevant to sports, so I don't have a problem with those being locked.

Actually, we have a Gamecock sports board here. It could be pared back so as to exclude anything not related to Gamecocks and sports BOTH.