Good morning. What does it feel like to step up to the free throw stripe in a tied game with less than a second to go and a perfect season on the line?

What else is stirred into today’s Brew? ⤵️

🥂 Cheers!
🏈 Here comes the Sandstorm
🤙 And much, much more

🎥 GAMECOCKS+

Cheers. It’s CockTale time! Join us live tonight at 8 p.m. ET for the latest all-new episode of The CockTale Hour with Jay Philips and Bill Gunter. The show will stream on GamecocksPlus.com and the live edition is free for subscribers and non-subscribers alike! Gamecocks+ members can catch the show streaming on-demand anytime.

Don’t forget your cocktails! We’ll see you tonight.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Here Comes The Sandstorm. The best tradition in all of college football will come to you live when Sandstorm creator Darude comes to Columbia! In partnership with Ariat and Harrison’s, Darude will perform a one-hour set in Gamecock Village presented by Farm Bureau Insurance on November 18 before the Gamecocks take on Kentucky. More details here.

🔼 School Bells Ringing. The Gamecocks are heading back in class and to celebrate back to school, South Carolina Athletics is offering a great promo for two upcoming games. You can secure tickets to South Carolina’s home opener against Furman and its November 4 battle with Jacksonville State for $23. Discounted tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET.

🔼 Hang Time. Kai Kroeger was named an Associated Press preseason second-team All-American this week after he finished last year with a 46.1 yards per punt average with 18 punts that went at least 50 yards.

Meanwhile, seven Gamecocks landed on the Preseason Coaches All-SEC teams. Juice Wells, Kai Kroeger, and Mitch Jeter earned first-team recognition, while Trey Knox, Dakereon Joyner, Tonka Hemingway, and Marcellas Dial were all named to the third team.

🔼 Deebo Time. Former South Carolina superstar Deebo Samuel is ready to take the NFL by storm once again. Deebo spent the offseason focused on building up his stamina and has an extra pep in his step as a new season is just a few weeks away.

“I think it’s like a little more to my step. Like a little more speed, so it’s a little bit more power. But overall, it felt good to get out there. I was usually going one, two plays, and then [had to] come out. But the durability and the capacity that I’ve built [will help me] keep going,” he said.

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

Countdown: 10! Today’s question takes a look at South Carolina Athletics as a whole. Since 2010, how many of the university’s 21 programs have had at least one Top 20 national finish?

Think you know? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the right answer!

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📬 THE WEEK AHEAD

Thursday 8/24

⚽ Women’s Soccer @ Boston College @ 7:00pm ET

⚽ Men’s Soccer @ Campbell @ 7:00pm ET

Friday 8/25

🏐 Volleyball vs Towson @ 6:00pm ET

Saturday 8/26

🏐 Volleyball vs Towson @ 2:00pm ET

Sunday 8/27

⚽ Women’s Soccer @ UMass-Lowell @ 1:00pm ET

⚽ Men’s Soccer vs. Gardner-Webb @ 7:00pm ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 19 of the 21 programs have at least one Top 20 national finish since 2010! Last season, the Gamecocks tallied nine Top 25 finishes.

🤙 Have a great Wednesday, y’all.