One of the last things South Carolina head football coach Will Muschamp said to his team before it left Raymond James Stadium following a dramatic, come-from-behind 26-19 victory over Michigan in the Outback Bowl was this: “We’re going to win a championship, so get ready.”
Then Muschamp and the Gamecocks awoke Tuesday to see that two fellow SEC members – Alabama and Georgia -- will be playing for the sport’s national title next week. It was a stark reminder of just how daunting Muschamp’s decree to his team – made in the postgame locker room and shared by the team’s social media team – is going to be to achieve.