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Unlike two years ago, South Carolina will not be left home for the holidays this year come bowl season.
Winthrop is in the College Cup for the fourth time in eight seasons and looking for its first win. The Eagles take on Duke at 7 p.m. trying for that elusive first victory.
For a South Carolina team that struggled with its kickoff coverage for much of the season, kicking it to Clemson's C.J. Spiller next week would seem to be the perfect storm.
Dabo Swinney has this championship thing figured out. Minutes after it became apparent this past Saturday that Clemson needed to beat Virginia to clinch the division title, Swinney put everything in perspective.
The highlight tape for Winthrop's victory over Limestone on Saturday in the season basketball opener could consist of just this.
The camera pans to the scoreboard and shows: Winthrop 57, Limestone 55.
For the second day in a row, Winthrop advanced in the Big South Conference men's soccer tournament on a penalty shootout, this time using a 4-3 advantage on penalty kicks to defeat top-seeded Coastal Carolina on Saturday and earn a spot in the tournament final.
As he watched South Carolina inch closer to a go-ahead score early in the fourth quarter, Florida coach Urban Meyer knew it was time for one of his Gators to make a play.
The Clemson team buses stayed their course en route to campus Saturday night.
The Winthrop men's soccer team advanced to the Big South tournament semifinals after defeating Gardner-Webb 4-3 in a penalty-kick shootout Friday at Gardner-Webb.