Catch up on the day's buzz about the Gamecocks! In today's edition: lots of coverage of the Garnet & Black Spring Game; No. 9 Baseball sweeps Mississippi State and Grayson Greiner earns his first SEC weekly honor; Softball breaks a school record and returns home to host Tennessee; Track & Field makes impressive marks at Spec Towns Invitational and more!
GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM NEWS
Baseball. Grayson Greiner Named SEC Freshman Of The Week
Baseball. South Carolina Baseball Notebook
Baseball. Gamecocks Complete First SEC Sweep With 6-4 Win Over Mississippi State
Baseball. Gamecocks Take Series With 5-3 Win Over Mississippi State
Softball. Gamecocks Break Single-Season Home Run Record in 19-4 Loss at No. 2/2 Alabama
Softball. South Carolina Comes Up Short in 7-5 Loss at No. 2/2 Alabama
Track & Field. Six Wins Push Gamecocks To Strong Day At Spec Towns Invitational
Equestrian. Hunt Seat Team Drops K-State, 7-1, for Fifth Place Finish
Equestrian. Gamecocks Drop Third-Place Meet to Georgia, 5-3, on Saturday
Men's Tennis. No. 10 Gators Top Gamecocks 6-1
Volleyball. Gamecocks Close Spring Season with Thriller vs. Clemson
FOOTBALL SPRING GAME
The Gamecocks held their annual Garnet & Black Spring Game on Saturday in front of 34,513 fans!
Check out the game recap here featuring highlights and comments from Coach Spurrier and Marcus Lattimore
Photos: Kids Day
Photos: Tailgate Competition
Photos: Spring Game & Fan Fest
Photos: In-game action photos
More coverage:
Recapping South Carolina's spring game (ESPN SEC Blog)
USC passing attack shines in spring game (Anderson Independent Mail)
Passing highlights USC's spring game (The Post and Courier)
Hundreds Enjoy Gamecock Fan Fest (WLTX.com)
Being away from football has helped make Marcus Lattimore a better player (Anderson Independent Mail)
GAMECOCKS AROUND THE WEB
Baseball: Gamecocks sweep Mississippi State (The Post and Courier)
Baseball: Gamecocks sweep Bulldogs (GamecockCentral.com)
Baseball: Diamond Extra: Sparkling defense spurs USC (GamecockCentral.com)
Baseball: Look Back, Look Ahead: Road beckons (GamecockCentral.com)
Men's Basketball: Audio: Frank Martin on 107.5 The Game during spring game halftime (107.5 The Game)
Radio: UK's Leach, fellow radio voices, understand impact of championship call (KentuckySports.com)
GAMECOCKS IN THE PROS
Football: Stephon Gilmore Takes ESPN (Bristol Gamecock)
*SC alum Laura Goldman, currently working at ESPN, interviews Gilmore during his visit to ESPN filming segments for several shows last week. Here a few video links:
Video: SportsCenter Draft Special - Stephon on Getting Ready for the Draft
Video: NFL Live Segment - Stephon talks to Mike Hill, Tedy Bruschi, and Marcellus Wiley about preparing for the NFL
Football: Stephon Gilmore could be drafted in top 10 (NFL.com)
Football: Photos - 2012 NFL Draft attendees (NFL.com)
*12 out of 26 are from SEC, including two Gamecocks - Melvin Ingram and Stephon Gilmore.
COCK-A-DOODLE-TWEET
The Gamecocks put on an impressive show during last weekend's Garnet & Black Spring Game with the Black team outscoring Garnet 38-24.
Follow @GamecocksOnline and @SpursUpBlog on Twitter!
SPURS UP BLOG HIGHLIGHTS
This Week's Home Events: Softball Hosts Tennessee, Student Night Friday
"Carolina Calls" Tonight with Ray Tanner
Jordan Montgomery Q&A
Partnership with Quantz Photo Producing New Style of Images
Underwood Discusses Joining Frank Martin's Staff at Carolina
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Check out the Sight's and Sounds from Saturday's Garnet & Black Spring Game!
ROOSTER CROWS
During this weekend's match up against No. 2 Alabama, sophomore Chelsea Hawkins broke Gamecock Softball's single-season home run record when she hit the 39th home run of the season.
Gamecock Track & Field posted six wins and season best marks across the board to conclude the final day of competition at the Spec Towns Invitational at the University of Georgia on Saturday.
FAN PHOTO OF THE DAY
Today's fan photo is going to "The Ultimate Tailgaters", the winners of our tailgate competition at the Garnet & Black Spring Game on Saturday. Here they are with our special judges, Dawn Staley, Frank Martin and Jay Philips. Have a fan photo from Saturday? Send it on in to gamecockathletics@gmail.com.
We've got a lot of great submissions so keep them coming! Feel free to send in your photos (any sport/season, either of you or taken by you!) with your name to GamecockAthletics@gmail.com! A lot of the best photos include some Gamecock gear and 'showing your spurs'! We'd love to share with the rest of Gamecock Nation!
Previous fan photos may be seen here:
Fan Photo of the Day series - 2012
Fan Photo of the Day series - 2011
GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM NEWS
Baseball. Grayson Greiner Named SEC Freshman Of The WeekBaseball. South Carolina Baseball Notebook
Baseball. Gamecocks Complete First SEC Sweep With 6-4 Win Over Mississippi State
Baseball. Gamecocks Take Series With 5-3 Win Over Mississippi State
Softball. Gamecocks Break Single-Season Home Run Record in 19-4 Loss at No. 2/2 Alabama
Softball. South Carolina Comes Up Short in 7-5 Loss at No. 2/2 Alabama
Track & Field. Six Wins Push Gamecocks To Strong Day At Spec Towns Invitational
Equestrian. Hunt Seat Team Drops K-State, 7-1, for Fifth Place Finish
Equestrian. Gamecocks Drop Third-Place Meet to Georgia, 5-3, on Saturday
Men's Tennis. No. 10 Gators Top Gamecocks 6-1
Volleyball. Gamecocks Close Spring Season with Thriller vs. Clemson
FOOTBALL SPRING GAME
The Gamecocks held their annual Garnet & Black Spring Game on Saturday in front of 34,513 fans!
Check out the game recap here featuring highlights and comments from Coach Spurrier and Marcus Lattimore
Photos: Kids Day
Photos: Tailgate Competition
Photos: Spring Game & Fan Fest
Photos: In-game action photos
More coverage:
Recapping South Carolina's spring game (ESPN SEC Blog)
USC passing attack shines in spring game (Anderson Independent Mail)
Passing highlights USC's spring game (The Post and Courier)
Hundreds Enjoy Gamecock Fan Fest (WLTX.com)
Being away from football has helped make Marcus Lattimore a better player (Anderson Independent Mail)
GAMECOCKS AROUND THE WEB
Baseball: Gamecocks sweep Mississippi State (The Post and Courier)
Baseball: Gamecocks sweep Bulldogs (GamecockCentral.com)
Baseball: Diamond Extra: Sparkling defense spurs USC (GamecockCentral.com)
Baseball: Look Back, Look Ahead: Road beckons (GamecockCentral.com)
Men's Basketball: Audio: Frank Martin on 107.5 The Game during spring game halftime (107.5 The Game)
Radio: UK's Leach, fellow radio voices, understand impact of championship call (KentuckySports.com)
"When South Carolina baseball recorded a national title repeat. [Andy] Demetra's winning words were succinct: 'They've done it again. Back-to-back for the Garnet and Black!'"
GAMECOCKS IN THE PROS
Football: Stephon Gilmore Takes ESPN (Bristol Gamecock)*SC alum Laura Goldman, currently working at ESPN, interviews Gilmore during his visit to ESPN filming segments for several shows last week. Here a few video links:
Video: SportsCenter Draft Special - Stephon on Getting Ready for the Draft
Video: NFL Live Segment - Stephon talks to Mike Hill, Tedy Bruschi, and Marcellus Wiley about preparing for the NFL
Football: Stephon Gilmore could be drafted in top 10 (NFL.com)
Football: Photos - 2012 NFL Draft attendees (NFL.com)
*12 out of 26 are from SEC, including two Gamecocks - Melvin Ingram and Stephon Gilmore.
COCK-A-DOODLE-TWEET
The Gamecocks put on an impressive show during last weekend's Garnet & Black Spring Game with the Black team outscoring Garnet 38-24.
If there's one thing to take away from this weekend...lookout for the Gamecocks in 2012
-- Jacob Harris (@KingHarris_9) April 16, 2012
Follow @GamecocksOnline and @SpursUpBlog on Twitter!
SPURS UP BLOG HIGHLIGHTS
This Week's Home Events: Softball Hosts Tennessee, Student Night Friday
"Carolina Calls" Tonight with Ray Tanner
Jordan Montgomery Q&A
Partnership with Quantz Photo Producing New Style of Images
Underwood Discusses Joining Frank Martin's Staff at Carolina
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Check out the Sight's and Sounds from Saturday's Garnet & Black Spring Game!
ROOSTER CROWS
During this weekend's match up against No. 2 Alabama, sophomore Chelsea Hawkins broke Gamecock Softball's single-season home run record when she hit the 39th home run of the season.
Gamecock Track & Field posted six wins and season best marks across the board to conclude the final day of competition at the Spec Towns Invitational at the University of Georgia on Saturday.
FAN PHOTO OF THE DAY
Today's fan photo is going to "The Ultimate Tailgaters", the winners of our tailgate competition at the Garnet & Black Spring Game on Saturday. Here they are with our special judges, Dawn Staley, Frank Martin and Jay Philips. Have a fan photo from Saturday? Send it on in to gamecockathletics@gmail.com.
We've got a lot of great submissions so keep them coming! Feel free to send in your photos (any sport/season, either of you or taken by you!) with your name to GamecockAthletics@gmail.com! A lot of the best photos include some Gamecock gear and 'showing your spurs'! We'd love to share with the rest of Gamecock Nation!
Previous fan photos may be seen here:
Fan Photo of the Day series - 2012
Fan Photo of the Day series - 2011
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