Shrine Bowl

[scfan2001]

Just curious if anyone was planning on going? I went last year and enjoyed it.

[foezopen]

Just curious if anyone was planning on going? I went last year and enjoyed it.


Probably gonna go again this year but will be getting there alot earlier than last year......had to stand in ticket line until after kickoff and there was absolutely no place to sit except that dusty ass hill!!! Thay might wanna consider moving this game to a bigger venue in the near future!!!!

[scfan2001]

I was on the hill too. I was also late getting in. You didn't have another guy with you wearing a Carolina jacket did you? I just remembered seeing two guys to the side of me with Carolina clothes on.

[foezopen]

I was on the hill too. I was also late getting in. You didn't have another guy with you wearing a Carolina jacket did you? I just remembered seeing two guys to the side of me with Carolina clothes on.


Nah ....actually had my wife and son with me but we all had our USC gear on!!...although my son is just 10 and weighs 175 lbs-guess he could be mistaken as a man!!! lol


I see ur from Duncan tho....you werent the Byrnes fans getting harrassed by the Gaffney fans were ya???

When exactly is the game next year?????

[CaptainCrunch]

I'll be there

[CarolinaSpur12]

Go Lee Butler! Westside!

[jaytda4th]

i think the game just started?.. anyone know of anyway to listen to it?

[duckhuntersc]

South Carolina is up 10-0 in the 1st quarter

Audio Link: http://www.teamline.cc/free_listen?teamcode=9244&eventcode=20&status=FFU

[duckhuntersc]

Live Stats: http://www.goupstate.net/stats/shrine/xlive.htm

[COCKDIESEL]

South Carolina is up 10-0 in the 1st quarter

Audio Link: http://www.teamline.cc/free_listen?teamcode=9244&eventcode=20&status=FFU
It isn't on tv this ?

[scfan2001]

thanks for the link.

[duckhuntersc]

It isn't on tv this ?nope, it hasnt been for a few years, they said they werent selling enough tickets.

[COCKDIESEL]

nope, it hasnt been for a few years, they said they werent selling enough tickets.
I thought it was on ETV last year.

[duckhuntersc]

I thought it was on ETV last year.That was the North-South game, and even that wasnt televised this year for the same reasons.

[COCKDIESEL]

That was the North-South game, and even that wasnt televised this year for the same reasons.
okay thanks

[duckhuntersc]

Reid McCollum threw an interception on is first series.

[jaytda4th]

alright.. i'm on audio now.. who scored for SC.. and anyone know who has been "sounding' good lol

[jaytda4th]

3rd goal NC on the 2.. Sterling Lucas with the INT

[jaytda4th]

Mccl. runs for 8 yards.. 1st half about over (i'll update what's going on so when people get home they can see what happened)

nevermidn just noticed live stats above..

[jaytda4th]

reid intercepted again by abrams-ward

[COCKROCK]

Not a very good showing thus far from Reid..... 7 passes in which 2 have been picked off.

[MEGA]

SC 24
NC 17
In the 4th

[cockyguitarist]

WHITLOCK JUST INTERCEPTED IT AND RETURNED IT FOR A TOUCHDOWN! But it was returned due to pass interference from someone.

Final Score: SC-31 NC-24

[MEGA]

Way to go SC !!!!! :clap:

[Cocklover]

Well the shrine bowl is over, south carolina beats the tarheels yet again (hehe) 31-24. Richard Mounce seemed to play great, he did the punts also, not sure the story on that. I heard Reid McCollum playing a few times, he threw an interception once i believe. It seemed to be a pretty good game considering the weather, it was windy and rainy. I could pick up the game on the radio so i was listening on and off. Any other input others know would be nice to hear.

[PyroPepper]

Actually, Reid threw 2 picks. Not a great showing for him. A kid from my local 1A high school, here in N.C. had 3 catches. His name is Derrick Overholt. Great kid.

[papasmurf]

Good to have things back to normal.Congrats SC
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[hardcock2]

Great job Sandlappers!! I don't really see McCollum gettin' a whole lotta playin' time here.

[willy]

Would like to have a complete resume. Does anybody have one ?

[Will4144]

We won 31-24.

Gamecock Prospects:
Offense:
Reid McCollum was 4 for 8 with 2 interceptions so far. [threw 1 INT in first quarter and threw 1 INT (to Abrams-Ward) for second Sandlappers play of the third quarter]
McCollum had 2 rushes for 2 yards.
Jaron Brown had caught 2 passes for 64 yards and 1 TD.

Defense:
Kevin Reddick: 7 tackles, 1 sack, 4.5 TFL (best defensive player)
Jay Spearman: 4 tackles
Kenny Davis: 3 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 quarterback hurry
Reggie Bowens: 2 tackles, 1 sack, 0.5 TFL
Devin Taylor: 2 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 QB H
EJ Abrams-Ward: 2 tackles, 1 Interception
Charles Whitlock: 1 tackle
Reid McCollum (yep, the QB): 1 tackle

Special teams:
Charles Whitlock: 1 kick return, -3 yards

[CaptainCrunch]

just got back, reid looked horrible

[PyroPepper]

just got back, reid looked horrible

Yeah, but i hear he can tackle?

[gamecockfinatic2007]

just curious? does anyone know how stephen lewis of sumter high ran today?

[usc1]

I'm starting to think we got Mccollum just so we could increase our chances with Green.

[USCbaseballguy]

Wish we would get Green.. Hes a beast and Gracia to Green has a great ring to it. Wish I would be yelling it all next season.

[#1SECFAN]

You shouldn't be so fast to bash McCollum. I've seen him play several times and the kid can sling the ball.

[morgan n' 7]

Emotional finish to Shrine Bowl
Booker dedicates decisive TD to late coach Farnham

By Bob Castello
STAFF WRITER
bcastell@greenvillenews.com (bcastell@greenvillenews.com)


SPARTANBURG -- It was third-and-1 at the North Carolina 31-yard line. J.J. Booker looked over the Tar Heels’ defense but only briefly. Soon enough, all defenders were behind him.

Booker’s touchdown run proved to be the decisive score in South Carolina’s 31-24 victory in the 71st Shrine Bowl on a cold, rainy Saturday at Gibbs Stadium on the campus of Wofford College.

Booker, Blue Ridge High School’s star running back, said his 31-yard scoring run with 7:41 remaining -- which gave the Sandlappers a 31-17 lead -- was for his late coach, David Farnham.
Farnham, who had been scheduled to coach the South Carolina team, died of cancer Nov. 28.

“He was watching over me right there,” said Booker, who burst through a hole on the right side and ran to the end zone untouched.

Booker was the game’s leading rusher, with 12 carries for 61 yards, but it was an even bigger day for Blythewood quarterback Richard Mounce and the South Carolina receivers.

Mounce, who has committed to Clemson University for baseball, completed 9 of 18 passes for 249 yards and a touchdown. Summerville’s A.J. Green had four catches for 108 yards, but Mounce got plenty of help from all his wideouts.

“The quarterback just threw it up, and they went up and got it,” said Blue Ridge’s George Harrelson, the Sandlappers’ receivers coach. “You don’t coach that a whole lot. You just make sure you throw it high enough to do it. They made some great catches on the outside, and Richard Mounce did a great job of getting them the ball.”

Mounce completed a 42-yard pass to Green on the Sandlappers’ first play from scrimmage. South Carolina wound up with a 1-yard touchdown run by Myrtle Beach’s Bruce Taylor and a 7-0 lead.

The Sandlappers also scored the next time they had the ball, on a 31-yard field goal by Eastside’s Ryan Fowler that made it 10-0. South Carolina had a 10-7 halftime advantage.

“It got slick in the second quarter, so it was pretty tough, but both teams had to fight through it, so there was no excuse,” said Mounce, the state’s Mr. Football and the offensive MVP for the Sandlappers.

“We pretty much wanted to throw the ball today,” said Orangeburg-Wilkinson‘s Reggie Kennedy, the Sandlappers‘ acting head coach. “It broke off in the third quarter a little, and it kind of worked to our advantage.”

South Carolina scored twice in the third quarter for a 24-14 lead. Mounce hit Cheraw’s Jaron Brown for a 42-yard touchdown, and Summerville teammates Reid McCollum and Green hooked up for a 17-yard score.

North Carolina closed to within three points early in the fourth quarter, but Booker’s run gave South Carolina a cushion.

“It was a great game and a great week,” Harrelson said, “and to win the game and have J.J. score a touchdown, that made it even better.”

http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071216/PREPSPORTS/71215012/1028/YOURUPSTATESPORTS02

[morgan n' 7]

Eastside's Fowler a hit with Sandlappers

By Bob Castello
STAFF WRITER
bcastell@greenvillenews.com (bcastell@greenvillenews.com)


SPARTANBURG -- Eastside kicker Ryan Fowler contributed seven points in South Carolina's 31-24 Shrine Bowl victory Saturday at Gibbs Stadium.

Fowler also made the first tackle of the game, bringing down Tobias Palmer after his 38-yard return on the opening kickoff.

"I saw him break through the middle, and there were a couple guys around him," Fowler said. "Then he just broke outside, and I was like, I'm gonna go make the tackle, I guess."
Fowler, who has committed to Vanderbilt University, made all four of his point-after kicks and also nailed his only field-goal attempt, from 31 yards.


"At the beginning, when I kicked he field goal, it wasn't that bad," he said, "but that wind and rain started kicking up pretty bad."

• Rebels help the defense -- Everett Dawkins and Cartier Rice, two members of Byrnes' "Strike Force" defense, came up with big plays for the Sandlappers.
Rice, a cornerback committed to the University of Kentucky, had two tackles and made a diving interception in the second quarter. Dawkins, a defensive end bound for Florida State, had three tackles, including a sack.
"They beat us the last two years," Dawkins said. "We just went out there and attacked those guys. Everybody was on fire."

• Lucas helps himself -- Orangeburg-Wilkinson linebacker Sterling Lucas was the defensive MVP for the Sandlappers.
Lucas had five tackles, two fumble recoveries and an interception on which he tipped the ball to himself when the Tar Heels had a third-and-goal at the 3-yard line late in the first half.
"I feel like it's really boosted my stock," said Lucas, who has offers from Michigan State and North Carolina State. "A lot of schools have contacted me this week."

• Tar Heels get MVP efforts -- North Carolina's offensive MVP was running back Bobby Morrison Jr. of West Iredell High School in Statesville.
Morrison, who carried eight times for 51 yards and a touchdown, has offers from Appalachian State, East Carolina, Michigan State and North Carolina.
The Tar Heels' defensive MVP was Justin Venable, a defensive back from Greensboro's Southeast Guilford. Venable, an East Carolina recruit, had five tackles.

• Sandlappers end streak -- South Carolina had lost the last two Shrine Bowls and four of the previous five. The Sandlappers have a 39-28-4 lead in the series. Saturday's game was played before an announced crowd of 10,000.

http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071216/PREPSPORTS/712160314/1028/YOURUPSTATESPORTS02

[CockNBlythewood]

Go Richard Mounce and the SC team!

[atrain3067]

One of our OL commits, TJ Johnson from Aynor, broke his foot in this game also. Word has it he was really impressing a lot of coaches at practice and in the game this week.

[Click]

Man, a kid (Reid McCollum) has one bad game and people on this thread are already writing him off!

:-x

[Cntrybrd4]

You shouldn't be so fast to bash McCollum. I've seen him play several times and the kid can sling the ball.

I have too, but he's either on or off. There's no in between. Great arm strength but mediocre accuracy.