South Carolina Gamecocks Football Countdown: 58 Days
By Chris Carey
Credit: Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports
Our countdown to the 2014 college football season continues as just 58 days separate us from kickoff between the South Carolina Gamecocks and Texas A&M Aggies at Williams-Brice Stadium on August 28.
Who wears #58: Ryland Culbertson
The redshirt senior from Laurens Academy is the short snapper on field goals and extra points. Culbertson joined the Gamecock squad in 2010 as a walk-on offensive lineman and deep snapper and is listed at 6’4″ and 278 pounds. He was in on all extra points and field goals in the 2013 season, and was also named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
What 58 days left means:
There are still a few season tickets left, which may be the only way to purchase tickets for the games against Texas A&M and Georgia.
Gamecock football in 1958
Record: 7-3
Conference: ACC (5-2 in the conference)
Coach: Warren Giese was the coach this year, in his 3rd of five seasons at Carolina. The team was not ranked for much of the season, but finished 15th overall after finishing up with four straight wins. The Gamecocks beat 10th ranked Clemson with a decisive victory halfway through the year. The team was led by Johnny Saunders on the ground that year.
Also in 1958:
- NASA was formed
- 14 year old Bobby Fischer won the US Chess Championship
- Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of Soviet Union
- Brazil wins the World Cup in Sweden
- Pope John XXIII crowned pontiff of Roman Catholic Church
- Top movies were “Gigi”, “Bridge On the River Kwai”, “South Pacific”, and “Vertigo”