CAROLINA NOTEBOOK Gameday Information A South Carolina win over Nebraska would... u Give the Gamecocks a school record 11 wins in a season. The Gamecocks won 10 games in 1984 and Stadium.....................Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium nine games in both 2001 and 2010. The 2011 season is just the 11th season in school history with eight or more wins. Capacity .....................................................65,438 u Give the Gamecocks 20 wins over the past two seasons, extending their school record for wins in back- to-back years. With 19 wins (9 in 2010 and 10 in 2011), they have already surpassed the 2000 (8) and 2001 TV ......................................... ESPN (9) combined total of 17 wins in back-to-back seasons. Play-by-Play .....................................Joe Tessitore u Give the Gamecocks their fifth bowl victory in 17 tries and snap a three-game bowl losing streak. The last Analyst .............................................. Rod Gilmore bowl win came in the 2006 Liberty Bowl over Houston. Sideline ........................................Quint Kessenich SETTING THE STAGE: The No. 10/9 South Carolina GOING BOWLING: The 2012 Capital One Bowl Local Radio ................ Gamecock Radio Gamecocks (10-2, 6-2 SEC) face the No. 21/20 Ne- will mark Carolina’s 17th bowl appearance overall. Play-by-Play ..........................................Todd Ellis braska Cornhuskers (9-3, 5-3 Big Ten) in the Capital The Gamecocks are 4-12 all-time in bowl games. Analysis ..........................................Tommy Suggs One Bowl in Orlando, Fla. on Monday, January 2. Kick- They dropped their first eight bowl games, won three Sideline .............................................Terry Cousin off is set for 1 p.m. ET. straight and now have lost three in a row and four of the last five. Here’s a look at the Gamecocks’ bowl ap- SERIES CAPSULE MEDIA COVERAGE: The 2012 Capital One Bowl pearances: Series History .................................NEB leads 3-0 will be televised nationally on ESPN with Joe Tessitore Year Bowl Opponent Result In Columbia ....................................NEB leads 1-0 providing the play-by-play, Rod Gilmore handling the 1946 Gator Wake Forest L, 14-26 color commentary and Quint Kessenich patrolling the 1969 Peach West Virginia L, 3-14 In Lincoln ........................................NEB leads 2-0 sidelines. A trio of former Gamecock greats handle the 1975 Tangerine Miami (Ohio) L, 7-20 Neutral Site ........................................... Never met radio call for the Gamecock Sports Network. Todd El- 1979 Hall of Fame Missouri L, 14-24 First Meeting (1964 in Lincoln)........NEB 28, SC 6 lis is the play-by-play voice with 2009 SEC Legend 1980 Gator Pittsburgh L, 9-37 Last Meeting (1987 in Lincoln) ......NEB 30, SC 21 Tommy Suggs providing the color commentary, while 1984 Gator Oklahoma State L, 14-21 Last Meeting in Columbia (1986)... NEB 27, SC 24 former NFL standout Terry Cousin works the sidelines. 1987 Gator LSU L, 13-30 Current Streak ..................NEB has won 3 in a row 1988 Liberty Indiana L, 10-34 Spurrier vs. Nebraska .......................................0-1 A LITTLE HISTORY: 2011 marks the 118th season of 1995 Carquest West Virginia W, 24-21 intercollegiate football at the University of South Caro- 2001 Outback Ohio State W, 24-7 SOUTH CAROLINA QUICK FACTS lina, dating back to 1892. It is the 105th-consecutive 2002 Outback Ohio State W, 31-28 Location ........................................Columbia, S.C. year in which South Carolina has competed on the 2005 Independence Missouri L, 31-38 Founded ........................................................1801 gridiron. The University did not field a team in either 2006 Liberty Houston W, 44-36 Enrollment..................................................29,957 1893 or 1906. Carolina owns an all-time record of 2009 Outback Bowl Iowa L, 10-31 Conference ...........Southeastern (Eastern Division) 553-543-44. The 2011 season marked South Caro- 2010 Papajohns.com UConn L, 7-20 Colors .......................Garnet (PMS 202C) & Black lina’s 20th year in the Southeastern Conference. The 2010 Chick-fil-A Florida State L, 17-26 Stadium............................Williams-Brice Stadium Gamecocks earned their first SEC Eastern Division title in the 2010 season. The host Nebraska Capacity .....................................................80,250 THE LAST TIME THEY MET: Cornhuskers, ranked second in the nation, scored 17 Surface .............................................Natural Grass MAKING HISTORY: The Gamecocks won 10 games fourth quarter points to overcome an eight-point deficit in the 2011 regular season, tying the school record for in defeating Carolina by a 30-21 score in Lincoln on SOUTH CAROLINA COACHES wins in a season. Only the 1984 squad previously ac- Oct. 3, 1987. Todd Ellis threw two touchdown passes Head Coach.....................................Steve Spurrier complished the feat. The 2011 season marks only the in the game, including a 35-yard pass to Ryan Bethea Special Teams Coordinator/Spurs .......John Butler fourth time that Carolina has won nine or more games in the second quarter, and an 80-yard strike to Sterling Running Game Coordinator/ in a season. They posted nine wins in both 2001 and Sharpe in the third quarter. Bethea also scored on a 17- Offensive Line ...................................Shawn Elliott again in 2010. The 2010-11 seasons are the first back- yard reverse midway through the third period, giving Running Backs/Tight Ends ..............................TBA to-back nine-win campaigns in school history. Carolina a 21-13 lead. Keith Jones scored two fourth Safeties .............................................. Jeep Hunter quarter TDs for Nebraska, avoiding the upset. Nose Assistant Head Coach/Assistant Coach–Defense/ IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT: The Capital One guard Roy Hart was credited with a career-high 19 total Linebackers ......................................Ellis Johnson Bowl game represents the ninth time in 13 games this tackles in the contest. Ellis finished the day 17-for-36 Defensive Line...................................Brad Lawing season that football fans across the country can watch for 256 yards with two TDs and two interceptions. Quarterbacks ....................................G.A. Mangus the Gamecocks live, including seven appearances on Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers/ either ESPN or ESPN2. CBS carried two contests na- CAROLINA VS. THE BIG TEN: The Gamecocks are Recruiting Coordinator. ..............Steve Spurrier Jr. tionally. Six of Carolina’s eight SEC games were tele- just 3-9 all-time against teams that currently com- vised nationally. prise the Big Ten Conference. However, that number Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks Lorenzo Ward is somewhat skewed in that they are 0-5 combined Director–Football Operations ....... Jamie Speronis CAROLINA VS. NEBRASKA: This is the fourth time against Nebraska (0-3) and Penn State (0-2) when Strength & Conditioning Coach ...Craig Fitzgerald these two schools have met on the gridiron. The Corn- neither of those schools was member of the Big Ten at Head Football Athletic Trainer .........Clint Haggard huskers have won each of the previous three encoun- the time of the game. Carolina is also 2-0 against Ohio ters. Nebraska won by a 28-6 count in Lincoln on Oct. State, 1-1 versus Michigan, and 0-1 when playing 10, 1964, posted a 27-24 win in Columbia on Oct. 4, Iowa, Indiana and Northwestern. The last time Carolina 1986, then came away with a 30-21 victory in Lincoln faced a Big Ten foe was in the 2009 Outback Bowl when on Oct. 3, 1987. it dropped a 31-20 decision to Iowa. 4 2012 South Carolina Capital One Bowl Guide CAROLINA NOTEBOOK South Carolina Post-Season Honors South Carolina–Nebraska By the Numbers Player Organization Honor Antonio Allen Associated Press 2nd team All-SEC SC NEB A.J. Cann SEC Coaches SEC All-Freshman Record 10-2 9-3 Jadeveon Clowney SEC Coaches 2nd team All-SEC Points Scored 361 366 SEC Coaches SEC Freshman of the Year SEC Coaches SEC All-Freshman Points/Game 30.1 30.5 Bruce Ellington SEC Coaches SEC All-Freshman Opp. Points Scored 226 274 Melvin Ingram AFCA 1st team All-American Walter Camp 1st team All-American Opp. Points/Game 18.8 22.8 Associated Press 1st team All-SEC SEC Coaches 1st team All-SEC Alshon Jeffery Associated Press 2nd team All-SEC First Downs 232 248 Marcus Lattimore Associated Press 2nd team All-SEC Opp. First Downs 188 229 SEC Coaches 2nd team All-SEC 3rd Down Conversions 44% 44% Devin Taylor Associated Press Honorable Mention All-SEC Rokevious Watkins Associated Press 1st team All-SEC Opp. 3rd Down Conversions 36% 41% SEC Coaches 2nd team All-SEC 4th Down Conversions 20/28 8/15 Dalton Wilson CoSIDA 2nd Team Academic All-American Opp. 4th Down Conversions 10/18 10/19 THE HEAD BALL COACH: Steve Spurrier is in his OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE: The Gamecocks are 4-0 in seventh season directing the Gamecock football pro- non-conference action this season, staying undefeated gram. He has logged a 54-35 mark (.607) in Columbia. in regular season non-conference play for the third Rushing Attempts 513 565 The Head Ball Coach ranks second on the school’s all- consecutive year. They were 4-1 in non-league games Yards Rushing 2376 2687 time wins list with 54 behind only Rex Enright (64) and in 2010 after losing to Florida State in the bowl game. Yards Rushing/Game 198.0 223.9 third in games coached with 89 behind Enright (140) They are 25-7 in non-conference games under head and Paul Dietzel (96). Spurrier owns a 196-75-2 mark coach Steve Spurrier, including wins in 23 of their last Opp. Rushing Attempts 443 475 (.722) as a collegiate head coach, with stops at Duke 28 non-SEC tilts. The year-by-year breakdown: 2005 Opp. Yards Rushing 1631 1939 and Florida before his stint at South Carolina. (2-2); 2006 (5-0); 2007 (3-1); 2008 (3-2); 2009 (4-1); 2010 (4-1); 2011 (4-0). They have a regular season Opp. Yards Rush/Game 135.9 161.6 SPURRIER VS.