Rick Catlett and South Carolina athletics director Ray Tanner met several years ago, and they are becoming faster and faster friends this week, Catlett said.
“We have talked a number of times this week, and we’ll continue to talk,” said Catlett, the president of the TaxSlayer Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla.
The TaxSlayer Bowl is a possible landing spot for the Gamecocks (8-4) this postseason, and Catlett hopes his conversations with Tanner can help pave the way to making the partnership happen. The TaxSlayer Bowl is played Dec. 30 and matches an SEC team against a team from the Big Ten or ACC.