Gamecocks announce unis for Florida matchup

South Carolina football will wear its garnet helmets, white jerseys and white pants for the second straight week as the Gamecocks take on the Florida Gators in Gainesville this afternoon.

Today’s game is at 4:00 pm ET on SEC Network.

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The South Carolina Gamecocks (6-3, 3-3 SEC) are on the road for a second week in a row as they travel to Gainesville, Fla. for an SEC Eastern Division showdown with the Florida Gators (5-4, 2-4 SEC). Game time from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548) is set for 4 pm ET.

OVER THE AIRWAVES: This week’s contest will be televised by SEC Network. Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play) and Matt Stinchcomb (analyst) will be in the booth while Alyssa Lang works the sidelines for the network. The Gamecock Radio Network features Todd Ellis as the play-by-play voice with Tommy Suggs providing the color commentary. Jamar Nesbit patrols the sidelines for the radio network.

GAMECOCK REWIND: The Gamecocks opened the season with a non-conference win over Georgia State, then dropped a pair of SEC contests to ranked opponents, first at No. 16 Arkansas, then at home to top-ranked Georgia. The Gamecocks then put together a four-game winning streak, their longest since winning six in a row to end the 2013 season, including back-to-back conference wins at No. 13 Kentucky and at home versus preseason top-10 Texas A&M. After a home loss to Missouri, the Gamecocks bounced back with another road win at Vanderbilt last week, their fifth win in six games, becoming bowl-eligible for the second-straight season under head coach Shane Beamer.

ROAD WARRIORS: The Gamecocks are coming off wins in each of their last two SEC road games, winning at Kentucky and at Vanderbilt. It’s the first time they’ve won back-to-back SEC road games since the 2012 campaign when they won at Vanderbilt and at Kentucky in consecutive road contests. The last time Carolina won three-consecutive SEC road games came in 2011 when it won at Georgia, at Mississippi State and at Tennessee en route to an 11-2 campaign. The Gamecocks have won two road games in 2022, their high mark since 2018. They haven’t won three road games since the 2013 season.

BOWL ELIGIBILITY OBTAINED: With their win over Vanderbilt last week, the Gamecocks posted their sixth win of the season, earning bowl eligibility. The Gamecocks have played in 24 bowl games, posting a 10-14 record in those contests. They dropped their first eight bowl appearances, but are 10-6 since that time, including wins in six of their last eight bowl games. Head coach Shane Beamer is the third Gamecock head coach to take his team to a bowl game in each of his first two seasons, joining Steve Spurrier (2005-06) and Will Muschamp (2016-17). Coach Beamer will have an opportunity to become the first Gamecock head coach to win a bowl game in each of his first two seasons at the helm.

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE: South Carolina safety Nick Emmanwori is one of 14 semifinalists named for the 2022 Shaun Alexander Freshman Player of the Year Award, as presented by the Maxwell Football Club. Emmanwori, who leads the Gamecocks in tackles, was named to the Midseason True Freshman All-America first-team unit as selected by both On3 and by CollegeFootballNews (CFN).

A LITTLE HISTORY: 2022 marks the 129th season of intercollegiate football at the University of South Carolina, dating back to 1892. It is the 116th-consecutive year in which Carolina has competed on the gridiron. The University did not field a team in either 1893 or 1906. Carolina owns an all-time record of 627-604-44, a .509 winning percentage.

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