MORNING HEADLINES | The Clemson Tigers are bound for Texas to kick off the first round of College Football Playoffs (CFP) on Dec. 21 at 4 p.m. Meanwhile, the USC Gamecocks are heading to Orlando, Fla., on Dec. 31 to play against Illinois in the Citrus Bowl.
Despite losses to Georgia, Louisville and South Carolina, the Tigers’ ACC win title landed them in the CFP, but with some pushback and criticism.
“Nobody wants to see Clemson on top,” Tigers tight end Jake Briningstool said, recalling a comment on ESPN’s College GameDay about the “chaos” a Clemson win in the ACC title game would create. “That was our thing coming into this game: to create that Clemson chaos.”
Though the Gamecocks won six straight games and beat four Top-25 teams during it, including ACC champion and CFP participant Clemson, the team wasn’t invited to the CFP this year. Instead, the team will be at the SEC’s best bowl slot for non-CFP teams: the Citrus Bowl.
“Outside the playoff, this is the best bowl there is in the SEC, really the best bowl in the country, in my opinion,” USC coach Shane Beamer said. “For us to be a part of it is really cool.”
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CP WEEK IN REVIEW: Future is bright for S.C. solar power, report finds. The sun is rising on a new era for solar power in South Carolina with the once-disparaged industry poised to create $19 billion in economic activity and more than 3,000 new Palmetto State jobs by 2035, according to a new report.
Gibbes Museum hosts new exhibition to celebrate 15 years of prize for Southern artists. The Gibbes Museum of Art has awarded the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art to 15 artists since its inaugural award in 2008. In celebration of the prize reaching its 15th anniversary, the museum is holding an exhibition titled “Celebrating the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art,” on view now until Jan. 12.
Lowcountry veterinarians focus on keeping animals safe this winter. With temperatures in the Lowcountry and beyond starting to drop, veterinarians at the Charleston Animal Society want to make sure pets are well accommodated.
Charleston’s newest wine bar opens on Line Street. Not long after the Cannonborough-Elliotborough neighborhood bid farewell to the beloved coffee shop, Sightsee, a new business took over the 429-square-foot space on the corner of Rose Lane and Line Street: Roseline.
School leaders press for flood mitigation near Meeting Street Academy. During high tides or inclement weather, passerby recall trudging and wading through ankle, knee or hip-high floodwaters at the intersection at Cool Blow Street and North Nassau Street.
Mount Pleasant plans state’s highest sales tax. Mount Pleasant officials surprised residents by voting to start a process that would make the town’s sales tax rate the highest in South Carolina with a 1% ”local option tourism” sales tax, which was presented as a tourism development fee.
Small earthquake recorded near Summerville. The United States Geological Survey confirmed a 2.09 magnitude earthquake struck in the Centerville area (close to Ladson and Summerville) at 5:24 a.m. early Sunday morning. Two previous earthquakes were recorded in the same area within the span of three weeks.
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