South Carolina's Future Schedules:
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Clemson (H) | Clemson (A) | Clemson (H) | Clemson (A) | Clemson (H) |
| UNC (A) | NC State (H) | NC State (A) | UNC (H) | |
| UL-L (H) | UAB (H) | Troy (H) | ECU (Charlotte) | |
| SC State (H) | Wofford (H) | Citadel (H) | Furman (H) | SC State (H) |
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Clemson (A) | Clemson (H) | Clemson (A) | Clemson(H) | Clemson (A) |
| ECU (Char.) | ||||
| ECU (H) | Troy (H) | ECU (A) | ECU (H) | |
| Wofford (H) | Citadel (H) | Furman (H) |
I've said numerous times that booking games with non-conference schools in border states is the best way for Spurrier to off set the limited in state talent pool and expand his recruiting footprint. Thus, the UNC and NC State series are a great fit for the Gamecocks.
I also like the unique 2-2-1 series with East Carolina that has 2 games at home, 2 in the fertile recruiting area of Charlotte and 1 at ECU. I think that it's a smart move by their AD. I'd crap a brick if Damon pulled this move at Georgia, but it does make sense for the Coots given their where they are as a program. Obviously...not all SC fans agree with me. Others just don't like dealing with Skip Holtz, ECU's head coach (as if he'll be there in five years).
I also can't poke fun at their Div I-AA games as it looks like UGA and many of our neighbors are going to book one Div I-AA game per year from now on. But you do have to hope they'll continue to step up and schedule aggressively post 2010. If their future schedules look more like the 2014 and less like 2010 (see chart above), they're not exactly reaching for the stars.
A great fit for them scheduling wise would be Georgia Tech. The two schools played each other eight times in the 70s while both were wandering the wilderness as independents, and they played four more times in the late 80s-early 90s before SEC expansion.
It'll be interesting to see how the schedules unfold for our SEC brethren.
See Also:
-- Gamecock Schedules = Boring - FanHouse
-- Gamecocks to wrestle with peasants - Leftover Hot Dogs
-- Clemson backs out of series with Pitt - FanBlogs.com
-- Football Scheduling Complexities - GSB
PWD
