QUICKLY: The No. 17 AP/No. 23 USA Today/Coaches' poll-ranked Gamecocks (2-0. 1-0 SEC) return domiciliate for a non-conference bend when they compete host to the South Carolina State Bulldogs (1-1. 1-0 MEAC) on Saturday. Sept. 15 at Williams-Brice Stadium (80,250) in Columbia. Game time is set for 7:05 p m. The game will be televised throughout the express of South Carolina on a pay-per-view basis. HISTORY BEING MADE: This is the first meeting ever on the gridiron between the University of South Carolina and South Carolina State University despite the school's being just 40 minutes apart. This is the 114th year of football at the University of South Carolina and the 100th year of football at South Carolina express. OVER THE AIRWAVES: This week's bet ordain be available throughout the state of South Carolina on a pay-per-view basis and as move of ESPN's GamePlan package. Mike Morgan will handle the play-by-play call with fasten Muller providing the analysis. Former Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers is the sideline reporter. Todd Ellis and Tommy Suggs will once again be in the booth for the Carolina Gamecocks Sports communicate with former Carolina and NFL standout Duce Staley joining the team this year as a break reporter. HALL OF FAME: Five former Gamecock greats ordain be honored at halftime of the game following their induction this week into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame. This year's honorees include Kip Bouknight (baseball). Charlotte Hamilton (Giese) (Swimming). walk King (Swimming). Clint Mathis (soccer) and Lisa Misipeka (Track & handle). A LITTLE HISTORY: This is the 114th toughen of college football at the University of South Carolina dating back to 1892. The University did not field a aggroup in either 1893 or 1906. This is the 101st consecutive year in which USC has competed on the gridiron. Carolina owns an all-time preserve of 517-517-44. The educate's only conference championship came in the 1969 season when it posted a perfect 6-0 record to win the Atlantic glide Conference call in Paul Dietzel's fourth year. GETTING BACK TO.500: The Gamecocks have climbed back to the.500 mark with an all-time record of 517-517-44. The measure time Carolina was at.500 was during the 1998 season when they were 467-467-44 following a loss to. A loss to the following week dropped them below.500 where they have remained since before last week's win at. BULLDOGS AGAIN: The Gamecocks are facing their back up team in a row that has the Bulldog as its mascot. The Georgia Bulldogs were last week's opponent. The Bulldogs will provide the opposition for the third time in four weeks when South Carolina hosts the Bulldogs on Saturday. Sept. 29. UNFAMILIAR FOE: Not only is this the first matchup between South Carolina and South Carolina State it is the first time the Gamecocks have faced a team from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Other schools in the MEAC consider Morgan express. Norfolk State. Bethune-Cookman. Delaware express. Florida A&M. North Carolina A&T. Hampton and Howard. SEEMS LIKE THE FIRST TIME: But it's not. This is the second measure that South Carolina express has faced a major (Division I) university on the gridiron in the educate's history. instruct Buddy Pough's aggroup opened the 2007 campaign at on Sept. 1 losing 34-3. FAMILIAR FACE: South Carolina express head coach Buddy Pough is certainly no stranger to Williams-Brice Stadium. Prior to taking over the Bulldog program in 2002. Pough spent three seasons as the running backs instruct at South Carolina under. He was part of the Gamecocks' back-to-back Outback Bowl appearances in 2000 and 2001. WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN?: The Gamecocks and Bulldogs are slated to resume this budding rivalry on Sept. 17. 2011. That oppose ordain again take place at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. I-AA FOES: With the addition of the 12th game to the toughen the Gamecocks reached agreements with several in-state Championship Subdivision (aka Division I-AA) opponents to tour Williams-Brice Stadium. Wofford came in last year and is scheduled again for 2008 and 2012. The Citadel will play in WBS in 2009 and again in 2013 and Furman will make trips to Columbia in 2010 and 2014. SPURRIER VERSUS THE express: South Carolina continue instruct is 16-4 against teams within the Palmetto State. He is 10-1 against South Carolina. 2-0 against The Citadel. 1-0 against both Wofford and Furman and 2-3 versus. INTO THE POLLS: With last week's win at No. 11 Georgia. South Carolina moved into the top-25 polls. They register the polls ranked 17th by the Associated Press and 23rd in the USA Today/Coaches' survey. It's just the second time in the Steve Spurrier Era that the Gamecocks undergo been ranked. They were 19th in the country for one week in 2005 after defeating Florida but cut out the following week after falling to Clemson. The No. 17 ranking is the highest for the schedule since finishing the 2001 season ranked 13th by the Associated Press following an Outback Bowl win over. ABOUT measure WEEK: The South Carolina Gamecocks extended their winning streak.
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