USC Gamecocks 2024-25 Season: Part Two

[Zanzman]

Its only water.

Tell that to the 130 + people that have died so far

 

[visitingcock]

Its only water.

And snakes, and fallen trees and downed power lines, and no air conditioning and no refrigeration and no drinkable water if your treatment plant flooded. Oh, and if sewer treatment plant flooded / yuck. No cash because the banks are closed. If the convenience stores are even open, they don’t take cards because no electricity - even if gas has been delivered . Lowes and Home Depot are out of tarps to cover your roof oh and plywood?

But it’s just water,

 

[visitingcock]

 

[GamecockFam]

Well, life is starting to return to normal for me but I can't say the same for the people around me. My Internet was just restored today but there is a lot of damage to the surrounding infrastructure and lots of destroyed houses from fallen trees that will take years to get construction crews to fix it all. About 40% of the people in my area still do not have power and I'm hearing it could be another week for the Augusta/North Augusta area. My sister lives in North Augusta and her kids are staying with me since I am the only person in the family with electricity. It's still hard to find gas, and waiting for gas could take hours as most gas stations have 100 car lines, so I'm just not leaving my house. Thankfully I have running water but that isn't the case for everyone.

I feel like everyone around here has a story. For me, my house didn't get hit bad but we couldn't leave the neighborhood for almost 36 hours because multiple trees were blocking all exiting roads. It was also a nightmare trying to support my neighbor who lives alone with cancer and requires an oxygen tank to live. Ambulances couldn't get to the neighborhood to bring her to the hospital so I was running around the neighborhood looking for someone to spare their generator. Someone actually told me no because they had $1500 worth of meat in their freezer that they didn't want to spoil, but someone else finally found a person who could help her and they ended up taking her in and hooking her oxygen machine up to their generator.

 

[cancontent]

Well, life is starting to return to normal for me but I can't say the same for the people around me. My Internet was just restored today but there is a lot of damage to the surrounding infrastructure and lots of destroyed houses from fallen trees that will take years to get construction crews to fix it all. About 40% of the people in my area still do not have power and I'm hearing it could be another week for the Augusta/North Augusta area. My sister lives in North Augusta and her kids are staying with me since I am the only person in the family with electricity. It's still hard to find gas, and waiting for gas could take hours as most gas stations have 100 car lines, so I'm just not leaving my house. Thankfully I have running water but that isn't the case for everyone.

I feel like everyone around here has a story. For me, my house didn't get hit bad but we couldn't leave the neighborhood for almost 36 hours because multiple trees were blocking all exiting roads. It was also a nightmare trying to support my neighbor who lives alone with cancer and requires an oxygen tank to live. Ambulances couldn't get to the neighborhood to bring her to the hospital so I was running around the neighborhood looking for someone to spare their generator. Someone actually told me no because they had $1500 worth of meat in their freezer that they didn't want to spoil, but someone else finally found a person who could help her and they ended up taking her in and hooking her oxygen machine up to their generator.

This breaks my heart. So glad someone was able to help out. I don't know how I'd react if I were in your shoes.

 

[triaddukefan]

Its only water.

Every year I take a few trips up to the NC mountains for the beauty and charming small towns. Last year on the way back home I decided to take a detour through one of my favorite places (Chimney Rock and Lake Lure) to show my friend the area. She sent me a message a few days ago thanking me for taking her to Chimney Rock before it was destroyed.

Only water indeed.

 

[SCspur]

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Not much talk from anyone about the summer Feagin had and how she’s prepped to have a huge year for SC. She just won Gold and MVP at 3x3 and Coach recently spoke about how she’s been playing to not only win now but make it to the next level. I think she will have a big year and possibly be drafted first round. Thoughts?

 

[Bone Dog]

[Not much talk from anyone about the summer Feagin had and how she’s prepped to have a huge year for SC. She just won Gold and MVP at 3x3 and Coach recently spoke about how she’s been playing to not only win now but make it to the next level. I think she will have a big year and possibly be drafted first round. Thoughts?

Saniah looked really good this summer. I’d expect to see incremental improvement this season. She also looks like a good draft prospect at her size and quickness. The W looks for players like her. I hope Dawn’s encouragement works its magic on her.

 

[GamecockFam]

Saniah looked really good this summer. I’d expect to see incremental improvement this season. She also looks like a good draft prospect at her size and quickness. The W looks for players like her. I hope Dawn’s encouragement works its magic on her.

She has the body and foundational skills to have a Nneka Ogwumike-like blossoming. She just needs more experience, more time in the film room and to be a better split-second decision maker. I'm hoping her 3x3 experience will help her speed up her decision making process.

 

[Ozimoto]

Every year I take a few trips up to the NC mountains for the beauty and charming small towns. Last year on the way back home I decided to take a detour through one of my favorite places (Chimney Rock and Lake Lure) to show my friend the area. She sent me a message a few days ago thanking me for taking her to Chimney Rock before it was destroyed.

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Only water indeed.

Unless you've seen it first hand, it's hard to understand just how much power water has, especially with flash flooding in mountainous terrain where narrow valleys constrict the flow of water so that it moves very rapidly (now wide flood plains for rivers and streams to spread out in once they leave their banks). The Maryland FEMA USAR task force has a 45 member team working in the area of Asheville. I was not on the rotation for deployment for this mission, but I am seeing their daily reports. They worked for several days in Georgia doing large area searches and documenting damage before they were relocated to North Carolina to continue that mission and to utilize their swift water rescue resources. Just getting them to the area so they could go to work was quite a challenge with the destroyed roads in the area.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

She has the body and foundational skills to have a Nneka Ogwumike-like blossoming. She just needs more experience, more time in the film room and to be a better split-second decision maker. I'm hoping her 3x3 experience will help her speed up her decision making process.

She played really well in the NCAA tournament.

 

[JDuro]

 

[GamecockFam]

Is UNCOMMON this year's theme?

 

[cancontent]

Is UNCOMMON this year's theme?

Think so. The team is definitely not ordinary. Neither is Coach Staley. I like it, especially for its simplicity.

 

[GamecockFam]

Think so. The team is definitely not ordinary. Neither is Coach Staley. I like it, especially for its simplicity.

I think it has multiple meanings. Coach Staley has a quote from the on-court interview after the national championship where she stated they had been given "uncommon favor" from God. So I think it is a reference to that as well.

 

[cancontent]

I think it has multiple meanings. Coach Staley has a quote from the on-court interview after the national championship where she stated they had been given "uncommon favor" from God. So I think it is a reference to that as well.

I can see that. I'm not overly religious but I respect the her dedication to her faith.

 

[triaddukefan]

We need to hand out a UNCCOMMON tail whipping on Dec 5

 

[GamecockFam]

We need to hand out a UNCCOMMON tail whipping on Dec 5

Dang. You want Duke to get blown out?

 

[GamecockFam]

@triaddukefan how are you faring in NC? Were you in the path of the storm? I just read there are 200 confirmed deaths with hundreds of people still missing and unaccounted for in the Western North Carolina region. As bad as we have had it here, it looks like your state got it 10x worse.

 

[cancontent]

I know this isn't related to the season, but thought it was best to include it here versus a seperate thread or the WNBA ones.

The person who did this edit did an awesome job. Can never go wrong with the Luther Vandross track either. And for a certain poster who thinks A'ja can't do things in transition like Stewart, these highlights show differently.

 

[Creature]

S.Carolina has an official visitor in today. 6ft2 #20 ESPNw Ayla Mcdowell. From TX but is a brazillian citizen.

https://www.instagram.com/aylawyla/?hl=en

 

[Creature]

#4 Agot Makeer to visit October 11th

 

[Creature]

Its no big mystery that South Carolina’s 2025 WBB recruiting is off to a really really slow start .

This week they had an official visitor. 6 foot 2 Ayla McDowell from Texas. She is a Brazilian citizen so there is a Kamilla Cardosa connection ; as well as A’ja Wilson is her favorite player. She brought her mom on her official visit & will be deciding by early Novemberthis .Her game reminds me of Bree Hall’s Yeah in high school. (See link)



Also #4 overall player Agot Makeer is official visiting this weekend Oct. 11th. Comparison - none come to mind with previous players- but she can really shoot.

#18 Kaelynn Carroll is suppose to visit in November. I compare her game to Kiki Herbert-Harrigan.

If Dawn and her staff landed these three, it would definitely save 2025s recruiting. It would be a top 10 class..

 

[visitingcock]

Its no big mystery that South Carolina’s 2025 WBB recruiting is off to a really really slow start .

This week they had an official visitor. 6 foot 2 Ayla McDowell from Texas. She is a Brazilian citizen so there is a Kamilla Cardosa connection ; as well as A’ja Wilson is her favorite player. She brought her mom on her official visit & will be deciding by early Novemberthis .Her game reminds me of Bree Hall’s Yeah in high school. (See link)



Also #4 overall player Agot Makeer is official visiting this weekend Oct. 11th. Comparison - none come to mind with previous players- but she can really shoot.

#18 Kaelynn Carroll is suppose to visit in November. I compare her game to Kiki Herbert-Harrigan.

If Dawn and her staff landed these three, it would definitely save 2025s recruiting. It would be a top 10 class..

Any word on Jaida Civil?

Makeer. from what little I've seen looks like Saniya Rivers.

Hopefully, Raven picked up enough Brazilian (at least customs and traditions) from Kamilla through the years to have helped Ayla feel comfortable on her visit.

Carroll? I worry a little about her toughness - but then, I worried about Chloe's too and was REALLY proven wrong

 

[Cockygirl]

Don’t remember Civils finalists but she recently cut USC.

Only ‘25 recruits left that have not publicly taken us off their finalists lists are: (correct me if I’m wrong)
Z Johnson
A Chavez
Both of these seem very unlikely
D Prawl (will she visit?)
A Makeer
J Davis (will she visit?)
A Mcdowell
K Carroll