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JB and Phil have a big show lined up with Alex Jones of TheBigSpur.com up first. They look at the men's basketball team ahead of them hitting the road for Missouri. Alex and the guys look at CMB, and how his role has evolved over the season as well as who can step up to help support his efforts as the season draws to a close. They look at the baseball series with Alex before he gives way to Mike Morgan. Mike offers his thoughts on the men's team, and what the future needs to look like heading into next season. bradford's Baseball Bulletin drops, as Jonn Strickland makes his way onto the show for the week. John, Mike, and JB talk some NFL Draft projections. Mike takes us on our Love Chevy Drive Around the SEC. Grayson Greiner is in to preview baseball, and talk the big rivalry series. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

JB and Phil open things up with a recap of the sports weekend. Baseball and Softball score another sweep, the Women's Basketball team roll Vandy, and the Men's hoops team notch their first SEC win against Texas. John Whittle joins the conversation, and he and JB talk some baseball as rivalry week is upon us. They talk the pitching staff, and what can be gained and learned from the upcoming series against Clemson. Mike Morgan called a ton of them, and he joins the conversation as they reminisce about some memorable rivalry games past. They dig into some hoops talks before Whittle hits the road. Mike and JB continue on some baseball talk, and then theytake a look at the football team and returning production for the upcoming season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Through the years one of the excuses, and it is now definitely an excuse, for South Carolina not achieving athletics excellence across the board, particularly in football, has been location. JC Shurburtt takes a machete to that argument. Plus, a winning weekend of Gamecock sports and the 2026 quarterback recruiting board shrinks by one. Don't forget to support NIL by buying coffee (or popcorn) www.gamecockcoffee.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nine SEC games are on the way. The seeding for the college football playoff is weird and will probably be weird in 2025 over money. JC Shurburtt expands on his thoughts from Coffee about how college baseball recruiting back in the day is similar to other sports now (nobody is thinking about the money part of it as baseball has had to divide up 11.7 scholarships). Lots of fun as always on a Friday. Oh, and www.gamecockcoffee.com to support NIL! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Raphael Esparrza is live from Las Vegas and gets you set with some great plays for the weekend. Stuart Lake pops in with Jamie Bradford to go in-depth on the 5-0 Gamecock Baseball team that has a home series with Milwaukee this weekend. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A glance back nearly 25 years to what a certain baseball coach and his loyal talent-finding assistant did to build South Carolina into the most consistent program in the country that annually competed for championships and you can see some similarities as to how Gamecock football coach Shane Beamer and his staff are doing things in football during the early years of the NIL and Transfer Portal era. It's a smart blend that helps to navigate the complex waters of modern college football, says JC Shurburtt. Plus, a quarterback recruiting update! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the rare double guest day on Inside the Gamecocks The Show as South Carolina football Director of Player Personnel Darren Uscher talks Gamecock Football Recruiting for 50 plus minutes. Mike Morgan of ESPN and the SEC Network chops it up with JC Shurburtt and Mad Dog in the second hour. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jamie Bradford has Chad Holbrook in to co-host early. In the second hour, undefeated South Carolina softball coach Ashley Chastain Woodard joins the show to talk about her team's fast start to the 2025 season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe Macheca is joined by Tyler Head of 107.5-FM to discuss UCONN's shellacking of the South Carolina women's basketball team, 87-58, at the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia. Was it just not Carolina's day and UCONN was read hot? Or is there more to it than that. Joe and Tyler have you covered. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

JC Shurburtt dives into "The Big Weekend" for the Class of 2026. As of today, four months before it begins, South Carolina has nine outstanding football prospects set to make their official visits to Columbia that weekend, including one of the top quarterbacks in the country, two elite corners and many more. Plus, some housekeeping notes on Inside the Gamecocks, some baseball chatter specifically about Nathan Hall and some big picture recruiting talk. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

JC Shurburtt and Phil Mad Dog Mullinax have a candid discussion in this episode of Inside the Gamecocks The Show. First, South Carolina has big expectations in multiple sports. Not every school does. That's a good thing but the key is for Gamecock athletics to figure out what works to meet those expectations. Then, our thoughts turn toward New Orleans where the Big Ten and the SEC are meeting to figure out the future of college football. There are some good ideas being floated and some very bad ones, including one that would make the schedule ridiculous at Carolina. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Wednesday and that means Wil Crowe is in to co-host. Hale McGranahan of TheBigSpur.com joins JB to break down the latest from the recruiting trail and the Gamecock football program. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Under head coach Shane Beamer, South Carolina has had great success with transfer portal additions from non-Power 4 levels of college football. Will this continue in 2025? JC Shurburtt breaks down the five players coming from that level and has a big question that needs to be answered about each. Plus, go to gamecockcoffee.com and purchase some Rise N Shine New Orleans Roast to support Garnet Trust and Coffee and a recap of another men's hoops loss and a baseball win against a revamped Winthrop squad. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former South Carolina football captain John Strickland joins The Morning Show to talk football and other sports. Alex Jones of TheBigSpur.com is in with the Gamecock Smorgasbord where he touches on everything. Can the Gamecocks get their first SEC win in men's basketball tonight? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

JB welcomes Mike Morgan of ESPN to The Morning Show, and dive into the weekend around Ray Tanner and Gamecocks Baseball. John Whittle joins, and he gives his thoughts on the baseball team sweeping the Sacred Heart Pioneers to open their new season. They get into the women's and men's basketball losses, and end on a high note talking some Softball. JB and Mike give their thoughts on the latest new coming from Ross Dellenger at Yahoo regarding the changes being put forth for the College Football Playoffs. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As part of "DLine Heaven", the state of South Carolina is known for producing players in the trenches and on the edges on that side of the ball. What it has not historically been known for is producing top offensive line talent. JC Shurburtt explains how the state is on a heater when it comes to producing in the trenches on offense and how that is good for the Gamecocks. Plus, a review of the weekend's action and news on Coffee. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The second half of the Inside the Gamecocks South Carolina Baseball Opening Day special leads off with an hour-long interview with the legend- former head coach and AD Ray Tanner. Justin Smoak, Grayson Greiner, Blake Cooper and more Jim Toman also round out the episode. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the annual Inside the Gamecocks South Carolina Baseball Opening Day Special, originating live from Founders Park with Jamie Bradford, Mad Dog Mullinax and JC Shurburtt. Part One Guests: South Carolina head baseball coach Paul Mainieri, associate head coach Monte Lee, Gamecock great Drew Meyer, color analyst and coach Stuart Lake, TheBigSpur.com's John Whittle and former Gamecock assistant Jim "Storm" Toman. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With eight players off of South Carolina's defense being invited to the NFL Scouting Combine and two more long-time veterans in Boogie Huntley and Debo Williams also departing the program, there will be a lot of new faces on that side of the football for the Gamecocks in 2025. JC Shurburtt breaks down the possibilities for a reload. Also, Ray Tanner and women's basketball polls on Coffee. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To get you ready for South Carolina Baseball Opening Day 2025, the Late Night Gamecock Matt Anderson and the Pride of Hampton County Alex Jones of TheBigSpur.com welcome Gamecock Baseball Guru John Whittle of TheBigSpur.com to give a final all-encompassing preview of the 2025 season, the first under new head coach Paul Mainieri. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new U.S. administration has rescinded the outgoing administrations "Title IX" guidance that stated colleges should split revenue share and NIL between men's and women's sports. Thankfully common sense prevailed given the reality of what revenue share and NIL actually are. JC and Phil talk about it. Also, what is up with college coaches wanting to cancel spring games? JC made a delicious pot roast. ...and how about the South Carolina Gamecocks sending a RECORD 11 players to the NFL Scouting Combine. Note: The Show and The Morning Show will be one and the same on Friday for our annual Carolina Baseball Opening Day Special. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Carolina Baseball Opening Day Eve 2025 and associate AD for grounds Clark Cox joins Jamie Bradford to discuss all things related to playing surfaces and facilities. It's always a great conversation. It would not be baseball season if College of Charleston head coach and Chin Music host Chad Holbrook were not around. He co-hosts in the second hour today. Join us from 10-2 tomorrow live for the South Carolina Baseball Opening Day special! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some of the best players in South Carolina football history have come from the state of Georgia, including Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers, the program's only Pro Football Hall of Famer Sterling Sharpe and the greatest quarterback of all time Connor Shaw. It's as important of a state to recruit well from as there is for the Gamecocks, but it's only been recently that during this post-2000 era of South Carolina football that the program has fine-tuned its approach and it is paying off. Plus, we lead with men's basketball. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

South Carolina lost its second game of the season on Monday, 66-62, to Texas in Austin. The Gamecocks have Florida Thursday night and then their annual showdown with UCONN at Colonial Life Arena on Sunday. Joe Macheca of TheBigSpur.com hosts and breaks down the latest from Dawn Staley and her program and more on The Walk Through. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Friday is going to be a special day for South Carolina Gamecock athletics for multiple reasons. JC Shurburtt and Phil Mad Dog Mullinax discuss Ray Tanner who will be honored. Also, this and that on multiple sports including football running back recruiting, To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 against the Virginia Tech Hokies in Atlanta in the aflac Kickoff. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 football recruiting talk and some great off topic banter with the Nana's Porch chat box as always. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Carolina Baseball as Opening Day is Friday. Mike Morgan of ESPN and the SEC Network is today's co-host with JB. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 always the discussion branches out from there. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No. 2 South Carolina is rolling on the court. Also, a look at a big day for a Gamecocks athletics icon. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 as the Gamecocks lose their top four defensive tackles from 2024, including two locks for the NFL Draft, a captain and a one-year portal player with a load of talent. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 a number of topics including a little Gamecock Baseball. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 the start and finish. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Box. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 which ones will be better than in 2024 and which ones will be worse? Is Alabama going to be worse??? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 the luxury of doing in 2024. Plus, the good and bad from a weekend of both basketball teams in action and a reminder that baseball season starts soon. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices