Video: South Carolina headed to Sunshine State for bowl season

After winning eight games in the regular season for just the 13th time in program history, South Carolina is going bowling for a second straight year.

But unlike last season when they played up in Charlotte, this year, the Gamecocks are headed up to the Sunshine State.

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South Carolina will play Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl on Friday, Dec. 30th in Jacksonville, FL, per Brett McMurphy. This will be the fifth time that the Gamecocks have ever played in this bowl game and first time since 1987.

While South Carolina is 0-4 all-time in the Gator Bowl, this bowl game does have some history with the program. In 1946, it was the Gator Bowl that USC appeared in marking the first time in program history that they played in a bowl game.

And speaking of history, their opponents have plenty of it. The Fighting Irish are sixth on the all-time wins list in college football and roll into this game also at (8-4) under first year coach marcus freeman and have won eight of their last ten.

Win a football autographed by Rattler, Bell, Wells, Gwyn, Kroeger

This will be the fifth time that the gamecocks and Notre Dame have ever played against each other with their last meeting coming in 1984 when Mike Hold and USC knocked off the Fighting Irish in south bend to improve to 6-0 on the year. A year that many recall as the ‘Black Magic’ season.

ND is however 3-1 in this series. Kickoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. on ESPN

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In addition to the Gamecocks knowing their bowl destination they also know who’ll be their quarterback for their bowl game. Spencer Rattler confirmed to Gamecock Central’s Chris Clark on Saturday during a Garnet Trust event that while he’s still weighing out his options about his future, he will play in the bowl game.

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