South Carolina running back Jarvis Giles has been suspended and won’t make the trip to play No. 2 Alabama on Saturday night. South Carolina athletic spokesman Steve Fink also said offensive line starter Heath Batchelor would also not make the trip. Multiple media outlets reported that the junior had left the team this week. Fink could not comment on those reports.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier expects injured tight end Weslye Saunders to play this weekend against No. 2 Alabama.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier says starting tight end Weslye Saunders will miss Saturday’s game against Kentucky because of an ankle injury.

No. 25 South Carolina wasn’t sure how well its kicking game would hold up with all-Southeastern Conference kicker-punter Ryan Succop off to the NFL. So far, Spencer Lanning has barely missed a beat, or a kick, for the Gamecocks.

The University of South Carolina is getting a nearly $5 million grant to set up an Internet network to notify seriously ill people about clinical trials.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier says he expects a knockdown, drag out down-to-the-wire game this weekend with South Carolina State.

Neither of South Carolina’s top two quarterbacks practiced much Monday, but coach Steve Spurrier expects them both to be available by this weekend’s game with South Carolina State.

South Carolina’s makeshift defense will face its toughest test of the year against No. 4 Mississippi. The teams meet Thursday night in Columbia.

Dr. O’Bryan has donated his collection of magazines and books on World War II and Winston Churchill to the University of South Carolina. It will be on display in the Thomas Cooper library through October 26.

South Carolina has heard from two Heisman Trophy winners from Florida. Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier says his former Gators quarterback, Danny Wuerffel, spoke to the team before practice Wednesday. Spurrier won the Heisman Trophy in 1966. Three decades later, Wuerffel earned the honor as Spurrier’s quarterback during Florida’s national championship season.

South Carolina kicker Spencer Lanning, who tied a school record with five field goals against Georgia, has been named a star of the week by the Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker Award.

South Carolina has yet to play a home football game, yet plans are shaping up for its future schedules. The school announced Wednesday that the Gamecocks would open the 2010 season against Southern Miss on Sept. 2, a Thursday night game to be telecast by ESPN.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier says he wants to look at a lot of different players but hasn’t had an opportunity because the Gamecocks’ two games this year have been so close.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier doesn’t want to see his team play too conservatively Saturday against Georgia, but he’s not ready to just chunk the ball downfield either.

Former Nevada starter Malik Cooke has joined the South Carolina men’s basketball team as a walk-on transfer.