Eric Norwood News

Beaufort High School linebacker Justin Parker has emerged as one of the nation's top recruiting prospects, earning more than a dozen scholarship offers from Division I schools and cracking Sporting News Today's list of top 100 football recruits for the 2010 class.

If the Outback Bowl and Cotton Bowl want the same team, The Outback has preference if it is an Eastern Division team, and the Cotton Bowl has preference if it is a Western Division team.

South Carolina's name did not come up last week when the Music City Bowl's selection committee discussed possible SEC teams.

USC fans celebrate the 34-17 victory over Clemson with Moe Brown. South Carolina players hoped a victory against Clemson would send them to a warm-weather bowl destination.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier still has a few of those Heisman Trophy moves.

Skinny: The Gamecocks have only beaten Clemson twice in the past 12 years . Clemson will be looking ahead to its first ACC championship game appearance but not so much it will overlook a hated in-state rival.

The coaching staffs at Clemson and South Carolina know each other well - on and off the field.

COLUMBIA - Senior linebacker Eric Norwood will play his last game in Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday.

COLUMBIA - The Clemson University football team did not get off to a great start with Kyle Parker at quarterback.

South Carolina senior wide receiver No. 9 Moe Brown is corralled by a group of Florida players after a first quarter catch during the Gamecocks game against the Gators at Williams-Brice Stadium, Saturday, November 14, 2009.

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 9:36 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 9:36 p.m. Ballots for the 75th Heisman Trophy were mailed Monday.

Ten games through his senior season, Florida quarterback Tim Tebow might be more of an enigmatic NFL prospect than a year ago.

In this case, there is some rest for the weary. The South Carolina Gamecocks have lost three straight, but offensive guard T.J. Johnson and Co.

For a week, freshman offensive lineman Xavier Nixon kept a secret. He kept it from his friends and his family, but Saturday, his secret was revealed.

USC's Darian Stewart upends Florida quarterback Tim Tebow during the first quarter.

Line: Florida by 15. Series Record: Florida leads 22-4-3. Last meeting: 2008, Florida 56-6. For Florida, a place in history as it tries to go undefeated in the Southeastern Conference regular season for the first time since the Gators did it under Steve Spurrier in the 1996 national championship season.

COLUMBIA - South Carolina linebacker Eric Norwood is among eight semifinalists selected for an honor awarded to the nation's best defensive player.

Florida Gators legend Steve Spurrier will try to strike a blow against his former school when the South Carolina Gamecocks entertain the top-ranked Gators on Saturday afternoon in Columbia.

Steve Spurrier has faced his share of good quarterbacks over the years. When he was at Florida, even Peyton Manning couldn't keep up with his Gators.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The frustration of the University of South Carolina football team continued to rise after Saturday's 33-16 loss to the University of Arkansas.