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Note: The last 50 seconds of The Morning Show was cut off because of a technical failure. John Whittle of TheBigSpur.com is in to discuss all things including South Carolina baseball's top-ranked transfer portal class. Mike Morgan co-hosts with Jamie Bradford.

It was another great official visit weekend at South Carolina. Two four-star prospects committed during the visit and the Gamecocks made serious headway with every other visitor on campus, including several priority targets at quarterback and defensive tackle. There also could be another commit today. JC Shurburtt breaks it all down.

South Carolina received huge recruiting news on Saturday night as blue chip brothers Aiden and Andrew Harris committed to the Gamecocks on their official visit. On this ITG special, JC Shurburtt gives you instant analysis of the breaking Carolina recruiting news.

The Late Night Gamecock Matt Anderson is in for the entire show with JC Shurburtt and Phil Mad Dog Mullinax. South Carolina got a hoops commit from Isaac Ellis, Eli's brother, and Anderson has some thoughts. The Gamecocks football defense is discussed. We talk e-mail solicitation and cannot let go of the Carl Winslow/Ghostbusters/Die Hard conspiracy theory. Also.. parking tickets. Happy Friday!

In addition to football official visit weekends, the Shane Beamer camps are going on on the Proving Grounds and in the Steve and Jeri Spurrier Indoor Practice facility. New scholarship offers have been issued from tiny Crescent, S.C., to across the pond in Scandinavia. Alex Jones pops in live from over that way. Raphael Esparza stops by to give tips on betting the NCAA Super Regionals in college b...

South Carolina certainly has a shot at making the College Football Playoff in 2025. ESPN's FPI, whch leaves a lot to be desired but is worth a mention, has the Gamecocks' chances at 20.3 percent, which is high for South Carolina in the preseason. But is it playoff or bust even if quarterback LaNorris Sellers has a great year and this is his last one? JC Shurburtt dives into the topic.

We get started by railing on the NCAA. The Nana's Porch Chat Box is alive with a ton of good Gamecock football and recruiting questions... and some off topic. Who is the top defensive coordinator at South Carolina since 2000? We break down a Gen X movie list and break into a conspiracy theory about Carl Winslow from Family Matters. Also, the truth about Crystal Ball predictions and a shoutout to G...

Ben Portnoy of the Sports Business Journal joins Jamie Bradford to dive into the various aspects of the House Settlement, which we are all waiting on. Rob Williams of SEC Sunday Night is also in to talk a little SEC... football and some other sports. JB is live from Maggie Valley, N.C.

On this episode of Coffee, JC Shurburtt dives in to the forthcoming full-season debut of Mike Shula as South Carolina's offensive coordinator. How much of Dowell Loggains' offense will he run? Can the Gamecocks continue to put up numbers running the ball? What happened in the Citrus Bowl? What happened previously when Shula called plays in the NFL and in the 2000s at Alabama? What can we expect at...

Crystal Balls are a running. Wide open Wednesday features a ton of recruiting questions from the Chat Box. Alex Jones of TheBigSpur.com is in to break down recruiting, camps, visits and football and baseball on Gamecock Smorgasbord.

Mike Morgan and Jamie Bradford discuss a lot of topics including the South Carolina Gamecocks, fans being angry around the SEC and why Mike does not eat cheese.

A look at this coming weekend's official visitors schedule at South Carolina. Unlike how last weekend set up for the Gamecocks, with most of the visitors being a bit wide open and Carolina needing to shoot its shot and establish momentum, there are more leans and commits heading to town for the second visit weekend. JC Shurburtt breaks that down and also gives some insight into some forthcoming po...

South Carolina's 34-30 win against Missouri last season was scary. We have a pretty in-depth discussion on the Gamecocks offensive line woes and potential. Liam Neeson meets Huey Lewis and The News. Loads of recruiting chatter. It's recruiting season.

It's full-throttle on the recruiting trail for the Gamecocks and there is nobody better to jump in and chat it up about the official visits and other happenings than Hale McGranahan of TheBigSpur.com. Former Carolina captain John Strickland is in for his normal Tuesday talking ball segment and has some things to say about the 2025 Carolina offensive line.

South Carolina once again has multiple blue chip prospects from the states of Maryland and Virginia, along with the District of Columbia, in its crosshairs for the Class of 2026. So far under head coach Shane Beamer, the region has been a blessing in recruiting as Carolina has not only landed quantity but quality (at least out of high school as far as rankings go) from Beamer's old recruiting stom...

It's recruiting season. It's JC Shurburtt. It's Mad Dog Mullinax. It's time to talk Crystal Ball predictions, Landon Duckworth, the Harris twins, official visits, recruiting rankings, recruiting trends, the blue chip ratio and everything else under the June recruiting sun you can think of... and a little bit about USC's response to a bombshell baseball article on TheBigSpur.com last week.

The transfer portal opened for college baseball officially today. South Carolina will have a lot of inbound and outbound activity in the coming months. John Whittle of TheBigSpur.com is in to discuss all things but mostly baseball roster movement. Mike Morgan is today's co-host with Jamie Bradford. What happened to the SEC in the NCAA Baseball Tournament? Lots to discuss there including Florida's...

JC Shurburtt brings you the latest recruiting buzz from South Carolina football after the Gamecocks hosted their first batch of official visitors this past weekend. Also, there is big news to discuss on two players that did not visit during the weekend... and what is up with the SEC Baseball hate all of a sudden? It was a brutal weekend, but that's one weekend...haters gonna hate.

As summer workouts, camps and official visits get going for South Carolina football, we continue to look back at spring and review each room. On this episode of Coffee, JC Shurburtt dives into the position formerly known as defensive end- EDGE. Dylan Stewart and the others will work to be up to the task of replacing Kyle Kennard and others from a production standpoint in 2025 and the room collecti...

Mike Morgan heads east and joins JC and Mad Dog to chat it up about the playoff formats being bantered about at SEC meetings. Alex Jones of TheBigSpur.com is in to have a conversation about the Gamecocks first three games (two night games at home!), plus the forthcoming recruiting weekend in Columbia. At the end, the NCAA lays a poop on the Big Dance and we will get into all that tomorrow.

South Carolina head softball coach Ashley Chastain Woodard is in to review a magical season. Mike Morgan is back from the west and co-hosts with Jamie Bradford- loads of SEC football future discussion.

South Carolina obviously lost a lot of football talent off of its 2024 roster- really good to elite talent as the defense featured three second round NFL Draft picks and had a total of five drafted. The Gamecocks lost Rocket Sanders and Josh Simon and three interior offensive line starters on that side of the ball, too. But there is precedent for South Carolina losing elite players and keeping on....

The Late Night Gamecock Matt Anderson is in with JC Shurburtt and Phil "Mad Dog" Mullinax for the entire two hours. It's a big conversation about future football formats, the 2025-26 Gamecock Basketball roster, the forthcoming recruiting weekend in football, media boys and girls floating garbage and a whole lot more.

Hale McGranahan of TheBigSpur.com sets the table for this weekend's first big official visit group at South Carolina. Rob Williams, the host of SEC Sunday Night, joins to talk about the new show. Show favorite Brad Crawford of 247Sports/CBS jumps in to discuss SEC meetings, future playoff formats, Rahsul Faison and then some. It's a guest-packed journey on The Morning Show.

In two of Shane Beamer's four seasons as the head football coach at South Carolina, the Gamecocks have been close to a breakthrough in some ways. JC Shurburtt breaks this down and explains how in college football, it takes time to get to where you want to be. Also, SEC meetings, the playoff and more and how it impacts South Carolina.