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The guys are in With Brad Crawford of 247 Sports to get his takes from preseason camp. Brad offers his thoughts on some position battles and projected starters before the guys get his thoughts on SEC from what he has heard around the league. JC, JB, and Phil keep the conversation moving looking at players, and talk about how tiresome this offseason has been.

Mike opens the Hour with our Love Chevy Drive Around the SEC for the week. They talk Olympics, and some of the highlights. Some acknowledgments are handed out for medal winners throughout the conference landscape. they take a look as some SEC players in MLB before hopping out of the ride to talk some more Gamecocks. The player availability is creating some stir, and they get into some fun chat abo...

Mike Morgan joins the guys for the second installment of Power Hour for the week. It's time to look at the schedule within two weeks of Week Zero kicking things off in Dublin. Mike fills us in on the value for everyone involved in the official start of FBS for the year. They take a look at the week one matchups, as well, with the release of the AP Top-25 to open the year. Stadium experiences, and...

JC is back after wrapping up JC & Morgan, and they welcome in Alex Jones of the The Big Spur to The Show for his weekly appearance. Alex gives his thoughts coming out of the scrimmage and practice over the weekend They talk some Michael Smith, and the guys get another batch of three receivers from him who he thinks could be starters for the opener. The two preseason Butkus Award watchlist cont...

The guys continue the conversation with Mike Morgan off of the Ellis Johnson interview. They talk about the current regime, and what it will take to get back to where the program wants to be before getting into the preseason AP Top-25 Poll.

Former Gamecocks DC, Ellis Johnson is in for the full hour for a fun conversation looking back on the best days of Gamecocks football, and the seemingly perfect storm that set up the run under the Head Ball Coach. Coach Johnson talks the impact players from the state in those years, and how the staff was able to recruit at such a high level. They get into some of the staff from that time, and talk...

Mike Morgan joins JB and Phil while JC is traveling home for a wall-to-wall Power Hour to kick off the week. They welcome n John Whittle of The Big Spur to talk about the scrimmage and practice over the weekend. They run through the access media has these days and high level of competition inside the program as a result of talented depth. JB picks John's brain about Mike Shula, and they get into s...

John Strickland is in for some fun on Friday. the guys pick his brain about the first scrimmage, and what his experience was like. John gets into some of his expectations and who he feels are players to keep and eye on. The Chat Box has some questions for John about who is DUDE and what does it really mean when linemen are said to have "bad feet". The running back spot is discussed with Rocket San...

Before our favorite odds-maker, Raphael Esparza, joins, Friday fun continues with Matt Anderson from the Late Night Gamecocks Show joins the guys to talk some events, and get into how many subscriptions you need these days. They look at some Gamecocks competing for jobs in the NFL. Doc's Sports Service's Raphael Esparza joins for his more frequent visits through the football season to keep us up o...

It's Friday, and the guys are ready to have some fun with Matt Anderson to get ready for the weekend and the first scrimmage of the preseason. They dig into the storylines and competition going on both sides of the ball as well as some discussion on which team gets the better of the other tomorrow and any greater meaning for the season could be found therein. With some talk on which players they a...

JB, Phil, and Chad wrap The Show with some fun talk on the latest episode of Chin Music with a sit down in studio with Coach Shawn Elliott. They have some fun talking about the interview, and what a interesting figure Shawn is. They play some Phil in the Blank with Coach Holbrook to finish off the SEC topics from earlier in the week, and he turns the tables on the guys with one of his own. Lots of...

Director of Facilities at Carolina, Clark Cox makes his second appearance on The Show. He and Coach Holbrook know each other from years past, and they all have a great time talking about the successful international soccer match, and the unique challenges that presented by, essentially, moving the stadium readiness date up an entire month. They talk fields and and unsung folks that we don't see wh...

The guys open The Show with some discussion on some individual football players before welcoming in Coach Chad Holbrook back from some family time over the summer. They have some fun walking down memory lane with some of the old city/municipal stadiums they remember as kids before getting Chad's thoughts on Deion Sanders in the eyes of head coach.

The guys wrap The show with JC and JB taking on the chat box questions to put a bow on some things that popped up while they were entertaining guests. They talk redshirts, in-state prospects, and even sneak in a story about Steve Spurrier. They handle some internet BS, and JB fills us in on the way the Maryland folks really feel.

247's own Brian Dohn is in for the hour. He and the guys take a look at recruiting the current times, some thoughts on the recent acquisitions and near misses, and stories from around the recruiting trail today and in times past. They dig into some individual palyers as we enter the new season with Dylan Stewart, Nyck Harbor, and plaenty of other names being tossed out there for some evals.

The guys open things up with the news that broke about Stephen Garcia and Pat DiMarco joining forces to do a weekly show together. Pat and Stephen join The Show to keep the conversation going, and fill us in on how this all came about in a partnership between them, Gamecocks Plus, and Chief Sports Network. They get into some of the first interviews that were done, and the thoughts on when they wil...

Mike and the guys continue the discussion on defense to open the final hour. They talk some transfers, and the actual impact of those gains and losses as opposed to the perceived value when filtered by the lens of "your" team. Mike and the guys wrap the hour with some fun Phil in the Blank with a broad reach of the entire conference.

A fun open with movies and music at the top of mind, and then JC gets into the chat box for a couple of football questions regarding coordinator expectations, and a misconception about NIL. Mike dives into the Harbor talk with his outside viewpoint. They talk some defense and how stars aren't the end all be all of predictors. Mike tells us what he feels is the main thing a defense needs for succes...

Alex Jones is in with the guys to start things off, and they dig into some recruiting news, and turn their attention to the scrimmage coming up this weekend. They touch on Harbor and the new faces at receiver as well as O-Line. They turn their attention to the defense after the break after a little dalliance with the kicker spot. The corners are discussed, and they get into who might fill that fin...

The guys open the hour with Mike Morgan to talk some of the unknowns around the SEC as teams enter their camp season to figure things out. They key in on Kentucky with them being the week two opponent in an early conference tilt. They dig into all the moving parts that will comprise the second game of the year in a real test of two blue-collar teams trying to take a step. They get into some of the...

Mike Morgan joins the guys for Power Hour, and the Coaches Poll just dropped. They give their immediate thoughts on the release, and have a few questions. They dig into the schedules, and how that might be influencing the poll. Carolina's schedule is also discussed as the new look SEC kicks off it's first season. The poll is discussed, and they get into the latest from Ann Arbor and the NCAA viola...

The guys open things up with some discussion on the big soccer match over the weekend. Everything points to a major success with the international exhibition coming off almost without a hitch. The greater discussion on how traffic management needs to be addressed. John Whittle joins and offers his thoughts on how things looked from the house for the match, and they dive into football closer to hom...

John Strickland joins The Show. He offers some insight into the Uscher interview, and a player's perspective on day one of camp. Kendall Daniels makes his commitment to Carolina, and JC gives us a breakdown on the latest commit. They talk camp stuff, and how the team looks on their first excursion onto a practice field since spring. They get on lineman's thoughts on the true freshman, Josiah Thomp...

New Director of Player Personnel and Recruiting, Darren Uscher, is in. The guys continue to dig into the culture conversation with Darren offering some comparison in places he has been before arriving at Carolina. A full hour of insight and info ensues with some behind the scenes looks at the internal workings of recruiting in today's environment.

Camp has officially opened, and the guys are excited to have something of substance to speak on. They get into some of the narratives and players to keep an eye on. Coach Elliott comes up in a fun conversation about intensity and drive. The culture and varying styles on the staff are discussed in a fun look at the staff and what we know about their styles. Darren Uscher arrived early, and we get t...