Good morning. Todd. Tommy. A can’t-miss scene from the radio booth on Saturday night.

What else is mixed in today’s Brew? ⤵️

👑 Rookie of the Year
🏈 SEC Rumble
🤙 And much, much more

🎥 GAMECOCKS+

CockTales And Gamecocks. It’s Wednesday so you know what that means! We’ve got an all-new episode of The CockTale Hour with Jay Philips and Bill Gunter dropping tonight at 8 p.m. ET on GamecocksPlus.com!

Tune in for your recap of South Carolina’s dominating home opener and stick around for an in-depth breakdown of the Gamecocks’ upcoming marquee clash against Georgia on Saturday afternoon.

Fill your glass, get comfy, and join us at 8 p.m. tonight! It’s free for everyone to tune in live; Gamecocks+ members can watch on-demand anytime.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Rookie Of The Year. There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it: Aliyah Boston had the best rookie season in the WNBA! The Associated Press crowned Boston the WNBA Rookie of the Year yesterday! Our girl averaged 14.5 points and 8.4 rebounds while shooting 57.8% from the field in her first season in the pros. She’s just the eighth player in WNBA history to win the Rookie of the Month award at least three times.

🔼 Gamecocks In The NFL. The NFL’s Week 1 is in the books so let’s take a look at how some of our Gamecocks fared in the pros. Among those who stood out? Hayden Hurst hauled in five catches for 41 yards and a TD for the Panthers, while Stephon Gilmore’s Dallas debut couldn’t have gone better as the defensive back registered four tackles, three pass break ups, and an interception.

Keisean Nixon picked up where he left off last season, tallying eight tackles for the Packers and adding two kickoff returns for 55 yards. Ernest Jones led the Rams with nine tackles, including four solo stops and three tackles for a loss, and 49ers superstar Deebo Samuel finished his first week with five catches for 55 yards and two runs for eight yards.

🔼 SEC Rumble. The Gamecocks are ready to take on Georgia! When asked about facing the defending national champs, QB1 said he’s most excited “to go up there and just give it your all. That’s all we can do, go out there, play clean, execute at a high level, and play our best ball, and see where it falls from there.”

Meanwhile, Dakereon Joyner called it a “mentality game,” noting: “With this team we approach everything as nameless and faceless opponents. It’s a mentality game, man. It’s football. We can’t be caught up in the atmosphere or caught up with the logo on their helmet. We have to go down there and be us. Go play ball.”

🔼 Still On Top. No. 7 South Carolina women’s golf is still in control at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. The Gamecocks are -21 under par across the first two rounds with one more to play today. South Carolina’s Maylis Lamoure is tied for first at -7, while Louise Rydqvist is tied for third at -6. The squad will close out the tournament today; live scoring here.

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

Scoreboard! South Carolina women’s golf’s season-opening round at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate came in at a score of 273. That tied the second lowest 18-hole round in program history. Do you know the lowest all-time round ever shot by Gamecock women’s golf?

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

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📬 THE WEEK AHEAD

Wednesday 9/13

⛳ Women’s Golf @ ANNIKA Intercollegiate

Friday 9/15 - Sunday 9/17

🎾 Men’s Tennis @ the Gamecock Ranked + Tournament

Friday 9/15

🎾 Women’s Tennis @ the Debbie Southern Furman Fall Classic

🏃‍♀️ Women’s Cross Country @ the Gamecock Challenge

🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. VCU (neutral site) @ 2:00 pm ET

⚽ Women’s Soccer vs. Vanderbilt @ 7:00pm ET

⚽ Men’s Soccer @ Kentucky @ 7:30pm ET

Saturday 9/16

🏈 Football @ Georgia @ 3:30pm ET

 🏐 Women’s Volleyball @ Winthrop @ 6:00pm ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: South Carolina shot 272 in the first round of the SEC Championship in 2021.

🤙 Have a good Wednesday, y’all.