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Marcus Satterfield is out as offensive coordinator at South Carolina after two seasons. The stint is set to end with Satterfield set to take the OC job with Nebraska, according to Pete Thamel.  Sources: Nebraska is close to hiring South Carolina OC Marcus Satterfield as the school’s new offensive coordinator. Satterfield worked with Matt Rhule at Temple, Baylor and the Carolina Panthers. South Carolina’s offense scored 94 points in wins over Tennessee and Clemson. — Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) November 28, 2022 The Satterfield era of offense was mixed to put best. While there were high moments, the highest a 63-38 drubbing of Tennessee and a 31-30 showing the following week against Clemson, there were also bafflingly bad performances. The lowmark being a 38-6 loss to a bad Florida team and a 23-10 loss to an equally average Missouri squad. All this was in the last five games of 2022.  Carolina averaged 31.7 points per game this year, but if you eliminate the two outlier, 50-...

College expansion is back in the news with the news Southern Cal and UCLA are set to join the Big 10 in 2024.  This movie puts every geography buff into a hissy fit with two teams from LA joining a conference comprised almost exclusively with teams from the Great Lakes and RustBelt region of the United States.  In the following days, the quartet of Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and Colorado were in preliminary talks to join the Big 12. Set aside the comedy of Colorado crawling back to the Big 12 after leaving a little over a decade ago, these moves could signal the Pac 12 going the way of the Southwest or Big East conferences.  If these moves all go through, the Pac 12 would be down to the Pac 6 with Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State, Cal and Stanford, and virtually dead in the water. But I postulate a different future than those 6 remaining schools joining a different conference. Let's get this first major domino out of the way - Hawaii is not an option. ...

The University of South Carolina has its next men's basketball coach. Athletics director Ray Tanner named Lamont Paris as the 33rd coach in program history, and first African-American head coach. The hiring comes roughly two weeks after Tanner severed ties with Frank Martin, ending a decade-long tenure where Martin went 171-147, but made just one NCAA tournament appearance. He also failed to win a conference title. He was the second-winningest coach in program history, behind Frank McGuire. LINK: Martin out, who is next in Paris, 47, comes to Columbia after spending the last five years leading Chattanooga. The Mocs went 87-72, peaking with a 27-8 mark this year with an NCAA tournament berth. They also won the regular season and Southern Conference tournament championships. Before becoming a head coach, Paris spent 20 years as an assistant spanning Division III, II and I programs, most recently at Wisconsin from 2010-2017.  And the initial reaction to Paris by fans was...cool to put...

The University of South Carolina is in the market for a new men's basketball coach with the news of Frank Martin's firing. The move ends a decade where Martin went 171-147, but made just one NCAA tournament appearance and did not win a conference title. He finishes as the third-winningest coach in program history. LINK: Martin out as USC coach Last year Martin kept his job due in large part to outside influence and the school having to pay a massive buyout of former football coach Will Muschamp. The Board of Trustees at the time had concerns paying two massive buyouts. You can read a more in-depth look at that below. LINK: Martin saga leaves USC with egg on its face Martin's contract was reworked to be much friendlier for the school, which was reported in April by WLTX. The big takeaway was if he was fired after April 1, 2022, the buyout wouldn't exceed $3 million. That is on top of his $3.3 million salary from the season. Now, athletic director Ray Tanner has another b...

The South Carolina baseball team is not looking good in 2022.  After a sweeping loss to rival Clemson, the Gamecocks were outplayed in a midweek loss to then-two-win Xavier, falling to 7-5 on the year. So how did things get here? For full context, the seeds for the inadequacy were planted a decade ago. After two national titles in three consecutive World Series appearances, Ray Tanner stepped aside to become the schools athletic director, and named assistant coach Chad Holbrook to the head gig. Over the next five years, Holbrook labored under what can now be called unrealistic expectations, going 199-105, while amassing a 91-67 conference record. The time included three trips to the post season, two super regional apperances and three 40-win seasons. But, no CWS appearances, no national titles.  After the 2017 season, Holbrook was gone and Tanner turned the program over to Kingston, who parlayed successful stints at Illinois State and South Florida, going a combined 273-180-1 ...

Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney has made the news after the most recent early signing period, but not for the class of prospects he and his staff signed. During his signing day press conference, Swinney remarked on the current state of Division I football, the transfer portal and name, image, likeness (NIL) deals. "It's chaos right now. Tampering galore," he said. "Adults manipulating young men. Education is like the last thing now." And, he is right.  Division I college football, and the NCAA as a whole, have put a priority on business and making money for its college athletics over education. So you will be happy to hear that Swinney has bucked the trend of college coaches and had his contract filled with incentives tied to his teams academic performances. On top of his $8.3 million salary for 2021, which will increase to $10 million per year in 2027 and 2028, he will get addition money for graduation rates, team GPA and retention. And it also puts a ...

Two years ago the South Carolina football team was in search of an offensive coordinator. Last year, they were in search of an offensive coordinator. This year, the Gamecocks are potentially in the search for an offensive coordinator. Marcus Satterfield wrapped his first year in Columbia leading one of the worst offenses in the country, ranking 116th out of 130 teams.  That equals out to 319.6 yards per game and just 27 touchdowns on the year.  Granted, the drop wasn't much from the previous year under Mike Bobo, which finished 72nd overall, but that unit was able to field a 1,000-yard rusher in Kevin Harris. This year's team, under new head coach Shane Beamer, did not have a 1,000-yard rusher, but the overall yardage was comparable to last year, and was spread across four backs. The top passer Luke Doty didn't eclipse 1,000 yards, but battled injury and missed the latter half of the season. Top receiver Josh Vann, had 679 yards but the rest of the corps was inconsistent to...