South Carolina opens as small underdog to the Aggies
South Carolina football was installed as a 4-point underdog in this upcoming weekend’s matchup with Texas A&M, when lines for that contest were released Sunday afternoon.
In what should be a tight game, that line has already started to shrink with all of the major books having the game at Texas A&M -3.5 on Monday afternoon, according to Vegas Insider.
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The over/under on the matchup opened at 44.5 points and has since risen to 46 points.
The Gamecocks (4-2, 1-2 SEC) are set to host the Aggies (3-3, 1-2 SEC) at 7:30 pm Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium with SEC Network handling the broadcast.
Texas A&M was also on its bye this past weekend. Prior to that, the Aggies lost a 24-20 thriller to Alabama that ended with a goal-line stand by the Crimson Tide as time expired.
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South Carolina’s Chance Miller named ‘rising star’ sports administrator
South Carolina senior deputy athletic director Chance Miller is receiving some well-deserved national love.
Miller, who has been at South Carolina since 2013, landed on On3’s 2022 college sports administrators you need to know list on Monday.
According to the article, On3’s Matt Zenitz spent the past few months gathering feedback from around the administrator world in an attempt to identify rising stars in that space who are positioned for continued advancement moving forward.
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Miller, who also serves as sports administrator for football, has become a key figure in the South Carolina athletic department, helping smoothly usher the Gamecocks into the NIL era and playing an important role in South Carolina’s recent hires of football coach Shane Beamer, men’s basketball coach Lamont Paris, men’s soccer coach Tony Annan, and swimming and diving coach Jeff Poppell.
The article listed 50 “rising star” administrators under 50 years old in alphabetical order.
Below is what On3 had to say about Miller:
Chance Miller, South Carolina
Position: Senior deputy athletic director
+ Has been at South Carolina since April 2013 and in current role since July 2019
+ Oversees the day-to-day operations of the athletic department, serves as the senior associate general counsel for the department and is sport administrator for football and men’s and women’s swimming and diving
+ Led the way as South Carolina partnered with a prominent sports marketing agency, Everett Sports Marketing, to create the nation’s first in-house NIL firm, which provides free NIL assistance and guidance for Gamecocks student-athletes
+ Has been involved in several South Carolina coaching searches, including the hires of Shane Beamer (football) and Lamont Paris (men’s basketball)
+ Before being promoted to current role, Miller served in multiple roles in the office of compliance services
+ Before South Carolina, he worked for the NCAA (2009-13) as an assistant and associate director on the enforcement staff. Miller was lead investigator on several NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions cases
+ A Tennessee alum (class of 2004). Has law degree from New York Law School (2008) and practiced law in New York, working as assistant corporation counsel for the New York City Law Department and representing organizations such as the NYPD, FDNY and New York City Teachers Union. Also worked in the NFL’s legal department
