GP1 Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 Well, well, well…. This game actually makes it worth the Great GP1’s time to post again. In the spirit of being a good Zip and in the spirit of southern hospitality, I’m here to help the rest of you have a good time, or at least in the case of Columbia, SC, avoid disaster. Let’s get started. I’m not going to paint Columbia as anything other than what it is, “The Screen Door to Hell”. Easily the hottest city in the country in the summer. The good news is it will not be unbearably hot like it normally is in Columbia. There are things to do in Columbia, but not much. This is why you need an expert like the Great GP1 to guide you through all your travel plans. First, sightseeing in Columbia consists of…well, not many sights and mostly things you would rather not see. You could go look at campus. The advantage of this activity is you can see the entire campus from your car as it is an urban campus much like UofA. The capital is nice, but you can basically drive by it too and see everything you would want to see. This concludes sightseeing activities in Columbia. If I still lived in Akron and wanted to make this trip (I know, it’s the weekend after Thanksgiving.), I would take Friday and Monday off work, leave Thursday and drive most of the way there. Golfing is always fun for people who like to travel. There is a nice public golf course in Tega Cay, SC just across the state line from Charlotte that is public and well maintained. Great people live in this town. It has 27 holes and make sure you DO NOT play the old 9 hold course. I would play golf on Friday and then go to Columbia Friday night. If I stayed in Columbia on Friday and/or Saturday, I would look for hotels in The Vista or generally downtown. Be careful of two night minimums for Gamecock games. Book one now and see if you can beat the chains putting on this restriction. Three places I recommend for dinner in Columbia are: Ristorante Divina (The Vista), Terra (close by but you must cross the river in to West Columbia) and my personal favorite The Blue Marlin. The Vista has a ton of other places though if these are not attractive choices. Sports bars at The Vista include: Wild Wing Café, Twin Peaks and Carolina Ale House. Wild Wing will have the best TV set up, CAH will have the second best and a rooftop bar and Twin Peaks will still have a good TV set up and hot girls working at it. Tickets should be easily available for this game as well as parking passes. Noon games are not very popular for Gamecock fans because the rich ones who drive from the ocean communities have difficulty waking up on Saturday mornings because of hangovers. This is my favorite type of game to go to. I love mostly empty stadiums and being able to park close to stadiums. I guess I am at the point in my life I like to have as little people around me as possible. Most definitely I will be attending this game. The best place to park is across the street from the stadium at Gamecock Park. Public restrooms and electricity make it a great place. https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/2018/6/21/ot-game-day-parking-information-html.aspx If you can surf the internet and find someone who has a condo in Carolina Walk and is willing to sell their tickets and parking pass, it is next to this parking area and is a good place. Near the top of Carolina Walk on game days, there is normally a band playing the residence hire and a bar. It’s a private party, but the residents often sell their wristband to attend along with their tickets and parking pass. The state fairground is a huge parking area and you should be able to buy a pass in it off the internet. Don’t park in some of the private business selling parking. The game will be over at 3:30 and you will still be waiting to get out at midnight. Be prepared, you must drive to the stadium from wherever you decide to stay. The stadium is away from campus and the general downtown area. Tickets? There should be plenty of them. Don’t buy tickets too low. The stands go right down to the field and it’s extremely hard to see the game from down there. Mostly, it’s hard to see over the players. Upper deck tickets are too high. If you want to stay out of the sun, get tickets on the Zips side. Plenty of tickets between the end zones will be available. If you are going to take my brilliant recommendation and stay until Monday, I have some Sunday advice for you if you can take a break from watching Baker Mayfield lead the Browns to the Super Bowl this year (cough…snicker). Either after the game or Sunday morning, get up and go to Charleston. It is beautiful there at Christmas time. If you are with your family, there are a ton of things to do in Charleston. If you are with a group of guys, go golfing again. However, if I wanted to take advantage of golf on Sunday, I would probably go to Myrtle Beach for that. If you take the family to Charleston and want to play golf also, Wild Dunes at IOP is the best place to stay. Rooms will be dirt cheap. You could get up Sunday, take a nice walk on the beach with the temperatures in the 50s or 60s (best time of the year to go to the beach here) and then play some golf. Drive safe on the way home. Too many people from Ohio get in to wrecks on their way home from Hilton Head in the summer in Charlotte and it clogs up traffic on Saturdays. It makes it hard for me and the luckiest woman in the world, Mrs. GP1, to get uptown for dinner on Saturday nights. Cheers! 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre22era Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 They are nervous down there. I have hope Just saw the news about South Carolina scheduling Akron for December 1st to make up for the Marshall game that got cancelled. That's funny since Terry Bowden is Akron's coach. It will be his first time back in Columbia since 1997 when #8 Auburn beat the Gamecocks 23-6.— Tim Bliss (@bigtbliss) November 3, 2018 Interesting note about South Carolina scheduling Terry Bowden’s Akron team for the 12th game. The Bowden family (Bobby, Tommy, and Terry) are 20-3 vs SCar all time— matt (@MattFG53) November 3, 2018 @MrOrr24 Oh No the lamecocks did not schedule the brother of the winningest coach against them. The coach That said “I love that song we win every time I hear that song” in reference to lamecock entrance song 2001. Terry Bowden and Zips will zip right by the dirtpeckers.— Skip Werts (@skipwerts) November 2, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 The game will be televised on the SEC Network Alternate channel and can be streamed on SEC Network+ and the ESPN App on connected devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 Crisis mode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 http://amp.heraldsun.com/sports/college/article221772820.html $1.3 million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cykron Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 I still think it is a crock that the Fuskers didn't pay you. Just another reason to despise them. Now go down to USC and take care of business. Make them regret they agreed to this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvillezip Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 The Zips have the talent to compete with South Carolina. Time for the players to take control of their final game. I hope they come out and play like they did against Northwestern in the second half. If not, then it could get ugly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Zip Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 32 minutes ago, zvillezip said: The Zips have the talent to compete with South Carolina. Time for the players to take control of their final game. I hope they come out and play like they did against Northwestern in the second half. If not, then it could get ugly. Looks like the players are already making Christmas plans and not worried about USC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Zip Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 Attendance could be historically low and the Gamecocks have sold almost 30,000 tickets as of Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsoutsider Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 21 hours ago, Sergeant Zip said: Looks like the players are already making Christmas plans and not worried about USC. Seems like a likely inaccurate read...Bowden gave Muschamp his first coaching job. Muschamp probably agreed to the game as a solid for Bowden. It amazes me that so many, here fail to realize the perks the Bowden name gets the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 hour ago, zipsoutsider said: It amazes me that so many, here fail to realize the perks the Bowden name gets the team. 4-7 tends to mask those innumerable perks. Merry Christmas. 1 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 As does a 35-51 record through 7 years 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 16 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: As does a 35-51 record through 7 years I even went back through to see if part of this was due to a couple 1-11/3-9 or so records in his first couple of years. Nope. 1-11 year 1. 5-7 the next two years including wins against Pitt, Toledo, a promising showing against Michigan, etc. 8-5 in year 4. Then 5-7, 7-7, and 4-7 (currently; most likely 4-8). Call it what you want - plateauing at best, regression at worst - but this program certainly has a cloudy future as it currently stands. Side note: when looking at the scores from Bowden's first couple of years, this offense was a lot more fun to watch back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 I'm Thankful this week to have snuck a peek at the football forum and caught a sighting from the Great GP1. Only a visit by the ZIPMAN would make this thread better. Go Zips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Great GT article today- https://www.ohio.com/sports/20181127/university-of-akron-football-zips-still-have-plenty-of-motivation-for-season-finale To save you all the time, I will summarize the article- the season has sucked; beating SC would make it suck less; most likely, it will still really suck. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipsVoice Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Side note: when looking at the scores from Bowden's first couple of years, this offense was a lot more fun to watch back then. You're right, it was "funner" to watch back then. The first few years Bowden played a wide open game, with nothing to lose. I remember his first interviews he always threw in "we're gonna chuck it down the field" and he repeated it ad naseum, and he actually did it. It was fun football to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 19 hours ago, Zip Watcher said: I'm Thankful this week to have snuck a peek at the football forum and caught a sighting from the Great GP1. Only a visit by the ZIPMAN would make this thread better. Go Zips. DA ZIPMAN ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94zipgrad Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 Is there a game today? It appears Zipnation has moved on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 13 minutes ago, 94zipgrad said: Is there a game today? It appears Zipnation has moved on Buffalo's loss last night is the only satisfaction I will take from this season 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Adams Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 On 11/16/2018 at 6:01 PM, NWAkron said: http://amp.heraldsun.com/sports/college/article221772820.html $1.3 million 'SHOW ME THE MONEY'!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Adams Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, NWAkron said: Buffalo's loss last night is the only satisfaction I will take from this season Would you take 6-2 in the MAC right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94zipgrad Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) Just Lets see what we do after today Edited December 1, 2018 by 94zipgrad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) I hope we see a heavy dosage of our younger players today. Young RBs, Wolfley, etc. The season is over and its time to look towards the future. Also, over/under 10 pts for the Zips today? Edited December 1, 2018 by LZIp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 -8 yards on the first offensive series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre22era Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 Weird I can't find the game on my tv even on my bootleg iptv cable. All my SEC Network Channels have the Bama/Georgia reply game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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