Huh, it’s not just the Boneyard

[HuskyNan]

The State might be overreacting a tad

https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-womens-basketball/article300427284.html

 

[jeff30189]

Nooo, there's never any wild over-reaction here on the BY. It would be interesting in retrospect to keep track of all of the insane comments made each season and have a year-end vote on the Top Ten for the year.

Mandatory inclusions:

• Geno forgot how to coach (after every game in which UConn wins by less than 20)
• <insert name of incoming freshman> is going to be one of the best ever (based on a 25 second IG video in an exhibition game vs. a team of 8th graders)
• <insert name of non-starter who has 1 good game after 6 stinkers> is unstoppable!
• Bold proclamations that include words such as "always" and "never" to remind us that this game is so predictable that it's rarely worth going thru the motions of actually playing

And my Hall of Fame inclusion: Nika shouldn't start.

 

[NoSpamHere]

It looks like they may be experiencing something similar to our "post Stewie" year emotions.

 

[maple]

Nooo, there's never any wild over-reaction here on the BY.

I have never, never overreacted to a game. Ever. In my life.

 

[JoePgh]

• Geno forgot how to coach (after every game in which UConn wins by less than 20)
• <insert name of incoming freshman> is going to be one of the best ever (based on a 25 second IG video in an exhibition game vs. a team of 8th graders)
• <insert name of non-starter who has 1 good game after 6 stinkers> is unstoppable!
• Bold proclamations that include words such as "always" and "never" to remind us that this game is so predictable that it's rarely worth going thru the motions of actually playing.

Jana is unstoppable!!

 

[donalddoowop]

Jana is unstoppable!!

It said non-starter.

 

[Charliebball]

There are no truly great teams this year..........just a bunch of very good teams (UCLA, USC, Notre Dame, LSU, Texas, South Carolina and UConn) that have the players to play great in certain games......South Carolina is learning what UConn has dealt with for decades "Heavy is the head that wears the crown"........

 

[Kat]

I think it was very cute for The State to refer to the Gamecocks as USC, and later calling the real USC, Southern California. It's the other way around.

 

[cellocgg]

There is a South Carolina fan on r/NCAAW that is acting like the sky is falling and other fans, including UConn, are reassuring them that they're still great. Another SC fan said that because their Football and MBB have been kind of mediocre for a while they treat WBB like Alabama does Football and now I get the overreactions

 

[oldude]

On some of the SC fan pages I was shocked to see some Gamecock fans call for a HC change. I get the disappointment in Columbia over the bad loss to UConn. But the idea of getting rid of Dawn Staley, who turned SC’s WBB program into a national powerhouse while winning 3 national championships is absolute crazy talk.

 

[DennieEddy]

I think it was very cute for The State to refer to the Gamecocks as USC, and later calling the real USC, Southern California. It's the other way around.

Why is there "a" real USC? Aren't they both USC?

 

[cellocgg]

On some of the SC fan pages I was shocked to see some Gamecock fans call for a HC change. I get the disappointment in Columbia over the bad loss to UConn. But the idea of getting rid of Dawn Staley, who turned SC’s WBB program into a national powerhouse while winning 3 national championships is absolute crazy talk.

That definitely sounds like BY on Dan Hurley at the moment

 

[oldude]

That definitely sounds like BY on Dan Hurley at the moment

Fortunately, I don’t spend a lot of time on the MBB for.

 

[ec33]

Why is there "a" real USC? Aren't they both USC?

For the same reason that OSU is Ohio State and not Oregon State or Oklahoma State.

 

[Kat]

Why is there "a" real USC? Aren't they both USC?

No

 

[HuskyNan]

It’s trademarked by Southern Cal

The Bar-On Brief: We are the rightful owners of the abbreviation 'USC' - Daily Trojan

For those who believe the University of South Carolina is the rightful owner of the abbreviated title “USC,” I’m sorry to say they are simply wrong.

dailytrojan.com

 

[Rowdy831]

There is a South Carolina fan on r/NCAAW that is acting like the sky is falling and other fans, including UConn, are reassuring them that they're still great. Another SC fan said that because their Football and MBB have been kind of mediocre for a while they treat WBB like Alabama does Football and now I get the overreactions

If I was a fan of SC and watched the complete dismantling of their team yesterday I would think the sky was falling too. Watching them play I just didn't see the star power that many other teams have and nobody has three #1 overall recruits on the floor except UConn.

 

[meyers7]

Why is there "a" real USC? Aren't they both USC?

Because we are talking about sports. In sports, USC is Southern Cal.

 

[azfan]

For the same reason that OSU is Ohio State and not Oregon State or Oklahoma State.

tOSU......lol

 

[Hedge]

Around four years ago the University tried to re brand itself as the UofSC but it seems to have disappeared from its marketing

 

[HuskyNan]

tOSU......lol

Speaking of trademarks

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/23/us/ohio-state-university-trademarks-the/index.html

 

[and one]

Having lived in NC for a bunch of years there are two things I know. Unless you were born and raised in SC, USC refers to Southern Cal. And unless you were born and raised in SC, Carolina refers to the Tarheels. Doesn't seem fair but that's just the way it is.

 

[DennieEddy]

It’s trademarked by Southern Cal

The Bar-On Brief: We are the rightful owners of the abbreviation 'USC' - Daily Trojan

For those who believe the University of South Carolina is the rightful owner of the abbreviated title “USC,” I’m sorry to say they are simply wrong.

dailytrojan.com

 

[DennieEddy]

I guess they are both trademarked USC?

 

[boontonbomber]

Debating USC ? Talk about people having too much time on their hands.