Good Morning Gamecocks! It’s a Watch List party and we got more people joining!

We’ve got the insight and much more in today’s Brew! Check it out below!

🏈 Eyez On Us
⛳️ Welcome Home
🎥 Gamecocks+: Tonight’s The Night!
🤙 And much, much more

🎥 GAMECOCKS+: TAILGATE TALKS

Pull up a chair and join Gamecock Football legends Patrick DiMarco and Stephen Garcia as they reflect on their time in Columbia and share stories with fans in a new weekly show, Tailgate Talks. 

Get ready for laughs, behind-the-scenes insights, and the kind of unfiltered access you can only get from DiMarco and Garcia plus special guests from USC past and present – including a certain visor-wearing HBC in Episode 2.

Tailgate Talks is LIVE on Gamecocks+ with new episodes streaming weekly.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Eyez On Us. Yesterday, it was Tonka, today, two more Gamecocks joined the Watch List Party.

Linebackers Demetrius Knight Jr. and Debo Williams were among the 51 players named to the 40th annual collegiate Butkus Award watch list. The Butkus Award identifies the top linebacker in the nation.

🏈: More On The Duo’s Recognition

🔺 Bride-al Party. Former Gamecock Jonah Bride is getting his chance to shine and boy is he taking advantage of it.

Bride, who is now playing in his third MLB season, has become a regular in the lineup for the Miami Marlins and has now hit four HRs in the past two weeks for his squad.

Prior to this year, Bride had one career MLB HR and has skyrocketed that total with his recent power surge.

⚾️: Looking at Bride’s 2024 Season

🔺 Welcome Home. This time of year, the links are filled with wannabe golfers.

Pretty soon, the real ones will step on the course as South Carolina golf squads prepare for the fall season ahead.

Joining the Gamecocks men’s golf squad this fall will be a trio of newcomers as Brock Blais (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.), Marek Fleming (Tomball, Texas) and Andre Zhu (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada) all officially signed on to join the program this week.

⛳️: More On The Newcomers

🎥 GAMECOCKS+: THE COCKTALE HOUR

The CockTale Hour. Fall means football in more ways than one! The Gamecocks played host to two of the biggest organizations in the sports world when Manchester United and Liverpool matched up under the lights in Williams-Brice.

Gamecock Women's Soccer Head Coach Shelley Smith joins the show to talk about the historic friendly in Columbia, and look ahead to her club's 2024 season. We'll also continue our position breakdown on the gridiron as we look at the linemen on both sides of the ball as fall practice continues.

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

Today’s trivia question…

Which former Gamecock QB holds the program record for most career passing yards?

Think you’ve got it?

Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the right answer!

🎥 GAMECOCKS+: THE STORY

The Story: A Renewed Purpose. A longer-than-hoped offseason for South Carolina is coming to an end, with every Gamecock in the building itching to put the pads back on.

While plenty of new faces headline a revamped staff and new-look offense, there's a familiar name rejoining the coaching staff, and a whole lot of veterans returning on defense.

Don't let the relatively quiet offseason fool you-- as Shane Beamer rolls into year four, the Gamecocks are determined to show a renewed sense of energy, pride, and purpose this fall.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Thursday 8/15
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. College of Charleston (Exhibition) @ 7:00 p.m.

Saturday 8/17
🏐 Volleyball’s Garnet and Black Scrimmage @ 5:00 p.m.
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Mercer (Exhibition) @ 7:00 p.m.

Sunday 8/18
⚽️ No. 21 Women’s Soccer vs. Furman @ 7:00 p.m.

📆 COMING SOON

🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF — 17 DAYS
🤙 South Carolina vs. Old Dominion
📅 August 31, 2024
🏟️ Williams-Brice Stadium — Columbia, South Carolina

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Todd Ellis

🤙 Have a great Wednesday, y’all