Ron Cooper, a former collage head coach who has guided the South Carolina defense for the past five years, has been hired as LSU’s new secondary coach.

Devan Downey scored 17 points to lead South Carolina in a 78-61 win against Wofford on Monday night.

University of South Carolina junior linebacker Eric Norwood has decided to return to the Gamecock football program for his senior season, he announced today.

According to an article posted on ESPN.com, Eric Norwood has changed his mind about declaring for the NFL draft and will return to the University of South Carolina.

The University of South Carolina football squad arrived safely in Tampa on Friday afternoon. The Gamecocks (7-5) will face the Iowa Hawkeyes (8-4) in the 23rd annual Outback Bowl on January 1.

After hiking some costs for season-ticket buyers, the University of South Carolina now doesn’t want its Gamecock Club members to pay even more.

New South Carolina coach Darrin Horn likes
the way his Gamecocks have started his initial season.

South Carolina beats Furman 72-48

Devan Downey had 22 points, seven steals
and six assists as South Carolina beat Princeton 84-58 Tuesday
night to bounce back from its first loss.

Now that Clemson and South Carolina have completed their rivalry game, they have to sit and sweat out an uncertain postseason. Both teams are bowl eligible, but they have yet to know exactly where they will be going, or if they’re going anywhere at all.

Stephen Garcia will be the starting quarterback for South Carolina in its upcoming bowl game.

John Hunt has been fired as offensive line coach at South Carolina, while quarterbacks coach David Reaves has resigned amid reports he will join the new staff at Tennessee. The school announced the moves in a statement released Sunday night.

The University of South Carolina football team worked out for a little over two hours at the Bluff Road practice fields Wednesday afternoon as they continued preparations for Saturday’s regular season finale against the Clemson Tigers.

More than 90 percent of South Carolina football fans with season tickets paid a new fee of up to $395 to keep their seats for the 2009 season.

Since South Carolina isn’t playing for the Southeastern Conference title, coach Steve Spurrier says Saturday’s game against Clemson is the biggest game of the year.