South Carolina made one of the biggest turnarounds in college football history, going from a winless season in 1999 to an eight-win campaign in 2000. Their first win of the season, against New Mexico State, came two years to the day after their previous win, against Ball State on September 2, 1998. South Carolina's turnaround in conference play was also one of the biggest in SEC history, going from 0–8 in 1999, to 5–3 in 2000 including a victory against a heavily favored Georgia team that ended the Gamecocks' SEC losing streak. South Carolina fans tore down the goalposts at Williams-Brice Stadium on both occasions in celebration. On New Year's Day 2001, the Gamecocks defeated Ohio State in the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida. South Carolina finished the season ranked #19 in the AP Poll and #21 in the Coaches Poll.
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The 2000 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference SEC during the 2000 NCAA Division I A football season The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his second season as head coach and played their home games at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia South Carolina 2000 South Carolina Gamecocks footballOutback Bowl championOutback Bowl W 24 7 vs Ohio StateConferenceSoutheastern ConferenceDivisionEastern DivisionRankingCoachesNo 21APNo 19Record8 4 5 3 SEC Head coachLou Holtz 2nd season Offensive coordinatorSkip Holtz 2nd season Offensive schemeSpreadDefensive coordinatorCharlie Strong 2nd season Home stadiumWilliams Brice StadiumSeasons 19992001 2000 Southeastern Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Eastern DivisionNo 10 Florida x 7 1 10 3 No 19 South Carolina 5 3 8 4 No 20 Georgia 5 3 8 4 Tennessee 5 3 8 4 Vanderbilt 1 7 3 8 Kentucky 0 8 2 9 Western DivisionNo 18 Auburn x 6 2 9 4 No 22 LSU 5 3 8 4 Ole Miss 4 4 7 5 No 24 Mississippi State 4 4 8 4 Arkansas 3 5 6 6 Alabama 3 5 3 8 Championship Florida 28 Auburn 6 BCS representative as conference championx Division champion co championsRankings from AP PollSouth Carolina made one of the biggest turnarounds in college football history going from a winless season in 1999 to an eight win campaign in 2000 Their first win of the season against New Mexico State came two years to the day after their previous win against Ball State on September 2 1998 South Carolina s turnaround in conference play was also one of the biggest in SEC history going from 0 8 in 1999 to 5 3 in 2000 including a victory against a heavily favored Georgia team that ended the Gamecocks SEC losing streak South Carolina fans tore down the goalposts at Williams Brice Stadium on both occasions in celebration On New Year s Day 2001 the Gamecocks defeated Ohio State in the Outback Bowl in Tampa Florida South Carolina finished the season ranked 19 in the AP Poll and 21 in the Coaches Poll Contents 1 Schedule 2 Roster 3 Coaching staff 4 Rankings 5 ReferencesSchedule editDateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 27 00 pmNew Mexico State Williams Brice StadiumColumbia South CarolinaPPVW 31 080 814September 93 30 pmNo 10 GeorgiaWilliams Brice StadiumColumbia South Carolina rivalry ESPN2W 21 1083 605September 167 00 pmEastern Michigan Williams Brice StadiumColumbia South CarolinaPPVW 41 680 922September 2312 30 pmNo 25 Mississippi StateWilliams Brice StadiumColumbia South CarolinaJPS CSSW 23 1979 949September 303 00 pmat AlabamaNo 23Bryant Denny StadiumTuscaloosa AlabamaPPVL 17 2783 818October 77 00 pmat KentuckyCommonwealth StadiumLexington KentuckyESPN2W 20 1769 334October 1412 30 pmArkansas nbsp No 24Williams Brice StadiumColumbia South CarolinaJPSW 27 781 935October 212 00 pmat VanderbiltNo 18Vanderbilt StadiumNashville TennesseePPVW 30 1433 369October 2812 30 pmTennesseeNo 17Williams Brice StadiumColumbia South Carolina rivalry JPSL 14 1784 200November 113 30 pmat No 4 FloridaNo 21Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville FloridaCBSL 21 4185 718November 183 30 pmat No 14 Clemson No 25Memorial StadiumClemson South Carolina Palmetto Bowl ABCL 14 1685 187January 111 00 amvs No 18 Ohio State Raymond James StadiumTampa Florida Outback Bowl ESPNW 24 765 229 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time 1 Roster edit2000 South Carolina Gamecocks football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassRB 4 Andrew Pinnock SoQB 5 Dondrial Pinkins FrRB 6 Trevin Smith FrWR 7 Michael Ages SoWR 8 Ted Crawford nbsp FrQB 14 Phil Petty JrWR 15 Kevin Sides SrRB 16 Jamaica Jackson FrQB 17 Mikal Goodman SoQB 18 Josh Rogers JrRB 19 Andrea Gause FrQB Erik Kimrey Jr Defense Pos Name ClassCB 24 Sheldon Brown JrDB 32 Dunta Robinson FrLB 33 Jeremiah Garrison FrLB 34 Rod Thomas SoCB 35 Andre Goodman nbsp JrDE 55 Kalimba Edwards JrNT 57 Langston Moore SoDB 30 O Rondai Cox Jr Special teams Pos Name Class Head coachLou HoltzCoordinators assistant coachesLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible nbsp Injured nbsp RedshirtRoster Last update 2000 11 09Coaching staff editLou Holtz head coach Skip Holtz offensive coordinator quarterbacks Charlie Strong defensive coordinator defensive line Dave DeGuglielmo offensive line John Gutekunst defensive backs Oliver Pough running backs Dave Roberts tight ends Chris Cosh linebackers Todd Fitch wide receivers Paul Lounsberry offensive lineRankings editSee also 2000 NCAA Division I A football rankings Ranking movementsLegend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not rankedWeekPollPre123456789101112131415FinalAP 23 241817222125 19Coaches Poll 23 2419182425 21BCSNot released Not releasedReferences edit College Football Data Warehouse Archived from the original on April 22 2008 Retrieved March 20 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2000 South Carolina Gamecocks football team amp oldid 1195738767, wikipedia, 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