TAMPA, Florida – Despite the 2-8 record, South Carolina will play bowling in 2020.
Today, the SEC announced that 12 teams had accepted the bowl game invitation for the postseason, and South Carolina will play on December 26 against the University of Alabama-Birmingham at the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl.
This bowling game takes place during a period of transition to South Carolina. New coach Shane Beamer has just arrived in Columbia today to take over as a full-time coach after finishing the season with Oklahoma in the 12th championship game. yesterday.
Beamer has not announced who will bring the team with him for the next season, and it is unclear which current members of the South Carolina coaching staff will remain with the team in this bowling game.
The Gamecocks will face a UAB Blazers team that finished 6-3 and beat Marshall to win the Conference USA championship, their second in the last three seasons.
This will be the fourth time that these two programs have faced each other in the field, with the last occurring in 2015, when South Carolina won UAB 49-6.
Second year running back Kevin harris can add to its 1,138 running yards, which is the fifth in the school’s history in a single season. Harris led the SEC in yard racing during the regular season.
South Carolina, one of 12 SEC teams making a bowl game this season, is making its 24º appearance in a bowl and its 14º at a bowling game in the state of Florida. This will be the Gamecocks’ first appearance at the Gasparilla Bowl.
The Gamecocks and the Blazers will start at noon on December 26, the game will be broadcast on ABC Columbia.