South Carolina’s football team already has exceeded expectations for its 2016 football season.
Now, the Gamecocks have moved on to worrying about history. South Carolina can win its ninth game of the season on Monday against Michigan in the Outback Bowl. At some places, there’s no real significance to that number. At South Carolina, there is plenty.
The Gamecocks have won more than eight games in a season just six times in 123 years worth of football. Four of those times have come since the 2010 season, so in its first 115 years of competitive football, South Carolina won more than eight games twice.