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The countdown to Opening Day for Carolina Baseball is on. Wil Crowe, Jamie Bradford and JC Shurburtt spend the first hour chopping it up about the pitching staff and the coaching change. Carolina legend and North Greenville head coach Landon Powell joins in the second hour.

Two four star players from the states of Virginia and Maryland and a big defensive tackle from DLine Heaven in North Carolina are the three scheduled South Carolina official visitors for the weekend of May 30. JC Shurburtt breaks down the players and talks about where things stand right now with the Gamecocks.

What style of offense do you want to see from new Gamecocks offensive coordinator Mike Shula? Also, a discussion on needed modifications to the Colonial Life Arena for men's basketball. As always, Club Chief members ask great questions and get answers from the Nana's Porch Chat Box

South Carolina Baseball is a big focus this week as Opening Day is Friday. Alex Jones of TheBigSpur.com is in his normal Tuesday spot to break it down and more. John Strickland is in to talk some ball.

You have to look at transfer portal players different because of the variety of situations that each player has. For South Carolina Football in 2025, there are currently 13 portal additions getting ready for spring practice. JC Shurburtt talks about which ones are projected to start, which ones should be in the two-deep and which ones "could" be in the two-deep when the season kicks off Aug. 31 ag...

The Super Bowl came and went and now there is no more football until August. Sad. What is up with that Seal Mountain Dew commercial? Mad Dog and JC take a look at way early SEC Football Championship Odds- specifically how good will Ole Miss be next year? The guys take a look at the Rebels roster and contemplate if the Gamecocks are due to beat a Lane Kiffin-led team in 2025. There is a little foot...

Debbie Antonelli of ESPN is the featured guest today and brings the knowledge on the state of college basketball on both the men's and women's side. It's a good time to check in with her as Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks dropped their second game of the season and had their 57-game SEC win streak snapped by the Texas Longhorns Sunday. John Whittle of TheBigSpur.com gets you ready for...

South Carolina has a chance to have another big recruiting class during the 2026 cycle as the in-state talent base is cycling up and the Gamecocks staff has a good story to tell after being on the cusp of a College Football Playoff berth this past season. There are five current commits already for the Gamecocks. JC Shurburtt breaks down each one on Coffee.

From the Late Night Gamecock Show with Matt Anderson and Alex Jones of TheBigSpur.com: Former Gamecock Aaron Lucas joins to discuss what is happening with the men's basketball program and to look back on another time the program fell dramatically in one year after making the NCAA Tournament when Lucas was a Gamecock player.

South Carolina has 39 inbound players from high school, JUCO and the transfer portal and is barely in the top half of the Southeastern Conference as far as incoming players go (Mississippi State has 51). There is another transfer portal window coming up, too. What is this going to do to the yearly results on the field? JC Shurburtt and Mad Dog Mullinax make this the primary topic of the day and as...

Sterling Sharpe is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and will be the first Gamecock in Canton. JC Shurburtt on what that means. Derek Scott, the voice of the Gamecocks, drops by with baseball and basketball intel. Raphael Esparza of Docs Sports is live from the Super Bowl in New Orleans and is here to make you money. Have a great weekend.

Is it important to have a "WR1" that is head and shoulders better than the others on a football roster? No. Is it important to have playmakers at receiver? Absolutely. JC Shurburtt breaks down what the South Carolina receiver room looks like as things stand today for 2025. It's a young group overall but it's a talented one. Also, shout out to Gamecock and Packers legend Sterling Sharpe for his ele...

The Morning Show continues to count it down until the first pitch of the 2025 South Carolina Baseball season next Friday. Stuart Lake joins Jamie Bradford. Hale McGranahan of TheBigSpur.com pops in to discuss the offseason building of a football roster.

No. 2 South Carolina is rolling on the court. Also, a look at a big day for a Gamecocks athletics icon.

South Carolina has to rebuild its defensive tackle room this offseason and picked up five newcomers at the position on the recruiting trail, including Zavion Hardy (JUCO), Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy and Davonte Miles (Transfer Portal) and Christian Ingram and Caleb Williams from the high school ranks. JC Shurburtt breaks down the task at hand for defensive line coach Travian Robertson this offseason a...

For the first time since The Show returned to its original format, Mike Morgan of ESPN and the SEC Network joins JC Shurburtt and Phil Mullinax for the entire two hours of power. Most of the men's basketball programs around the SEC are spending how much in NIL? Morgs has an answer. What is the philosophy with quarterback recruiting that Mike likes best. Plus, a lot of fun as we weave in and out of...

With South Carolina baseball starting next weekend, it's a good time to have first-year Gamecocks head baseball coach Paul Mainieri in to talk shop about the season. Mainieri gives his honest take on the team and even breaks a little news about Ethan Petry and the starting pitching rotation with Jamie Bradford and co-host Wil Crowe. JC Shurburtt also pops in and out to talk a little football at th...

Quarterback is the most important position on the field in football so programs have to recruit great talent at that position cycle after cycle from the high school ranks and through the transfer portal. For the 2026 recruiting class, South Carolina has three of the top 10 prospects at the all-important position interested. JC Shurburtt breaks them down by request on this episode of Coffee.

South Carolina had several transfer portal recruits finish inside the top 300 portal prospect rankings according to 247Sports. What does it really mean? Also, The Show starts with breaking news as the latest intel from the Williams-Brice Stadium project rolls in. JC made the mistake of reading the comments section on YouTube. Loads of questions and answers from our friends in the Nana's Porch Chat...

Jamie Bradford and The Morning Show continue to get fans ready for the start of Gamecock baseball. Former Carolina great Grayson Greiner joins to chop it up. Former South Carolina football captain John Strickland is back. Also, Alex Jones of TheBigSpur.com is in for his usual Tuesday engagement.

Will it be Oscar Adaway? Rahsul Faison? Jawarn Howell? Matthew Fuller? One of the most competitive position battles at South Carolina this offseason will be the one to replace Rocket Sanders as the starting running back. JC Shurburtt breaks down the options in this episode of Coffee.

JC Shurburtt and Phil Mad Dog Mullinax, along with the loyal chat boxers, have a broad discussion about the South Carolina offensive line. Where will Big Tree play? Will the portal addition starts? What is the word on Lonnie Teasley? Who needs to get better? What are the standards. All of this and more plus of the 12 teams on the Gamecocks' 2025 schedule, Mad Dog and JC both give their opinions on...

Baseball season gets started at South Carolina soon and is a focus of John Whittle's Monday conversation with JB. Mike Morgan co-hosts. Lots of basketball talk big picture and otherwise.

Kyle Kennard and his double digit sack total are off to the NFL. Dylan Stewart is back and could be an All-American in 2025, but what about the other side of the defensive line of scrimmage. On this episode of Coffee, JC Shurburtt breaks down five candidates to snag the job in the spring and summer and discusses if Sterling Lucas and Clayton White will be able to rotate six players like they had t...

The Late Night Gamecock Matt Anderson and the pride of Hampton County Alex Jones of TheBigSpur.com discuss the importance of the 2026 football recruiting cycle for Shane Beamer's program. Another loss for men's basketball. The women's team is rolling and more.