South-Carolina
Predict the outcome of Kentucky vs. South Carolina
The Kentucky Wildcats opened up the 2024 season with a dominating win over the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, but it certainly wasn’t in typical fashion.
The Cats’ first game of the regular season was set to start at 7:55 p.m. on Saturday night, but after scattered storms throughout the day, lightning delayed the start until 10:05 p.m.
Despite an uneven start, Kentucky got into a rhythm in the second quarter and carried that over into the second half, but once again, the game was delayed due to lightning just before midnight. Ultimately, the two teams decided to call it quits with 10 minutes remaining in the third quarter and Kentucky holding a 31-0 lead over USM.
The shutout was only the second in Stoops’ 12 seasons in Lexington—the other coming by the same score (31-0) against Youngstown State in 2022. It was the first shutout in a season opener for Kentucky since 2009 and the first in a home opener since 1993.
Kentucky’s upcoming opponent, the South Carolina Gamecocks, didn’t perform quite as well in Week 1. The Gamecocks narrowly defeated the Old Dominion Monarchs in Columbia by a score of 23-19. 14 of those 23 points came from touchdowns scored after the Monarchs turned the ball over twice inside their own five-yard line. It was an ugly game for Shane Beamer’s squad, who now has much more to prove in Week 2.
Regardless of the Week 1 outcomes, Stoops is certain to have his team ready to play in Week 2. After beating South Carolina seven times in an eight-year span covering 2014-2021, Stoops’ Kentucky teams have lost two in a row since Beamer took over in Columbia in 2022. The 2022 game was without star quarterback Will Levis, who was injured, but last year’s loss was a tough pill to swallow for the Big Blue Nation.
The Cats have won five of their last seven SEC openers, including three in a row. They’ve opened up as early 10-point favorites via DraftKings, so the expectation is surely a win in this one. However, Stoops will need to prove he can take Beamer down in order to secure this crucial, must-win game.
Can the Cats regain their edge over Beamer’s Gamecocks?
Let us know in the poll below and in the comments section!
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Predict the outcome of Kentucky (-10) vs. South Carolina
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63%
Kentucky wins and covers
(7 votes)
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27%
Kentucky wins, but doesn’t cover
(3 votes)
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9%
South Carolina wins
(1 vote)
11 votes total
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South-Carolina
Federal court revives NAACP lawsuit challenging SC education law limiting how schools can teach race
A legislative effort to put a similar ban in regular state law — minus the “discomfort” item — failed in 2024 after the House and Senate couldn’t agree on how it would be enforced.
A second part of the lawsuit and appeal concerned the Lexington Three school district’s decision to remove the book “Stamped,” by noted anti-racist author Ibram X. Kendi from its libraries.
Kendi alleges in the lawsuit that the removal of his book constitutes unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination, linked to the budget provision because at least one member of the district review committee pointed to the law as a reason for the removal.
Lydon had also tossed that claim on standing grounds, which the appeals court similarly reversed, finding that the lawsuit “plausibly alleges” that Kendi’s book was pulled from shelves because of the budget provision.
As with the AP course part of the lawsuit, Agee’s opinion doesn’t rule on the larger legal question of whether an author has a First Amendment right to keep their book in a school library, just that it’s not reason to deny the author standing.
The Budget Provision
The Budget Provision
The following proviso has been included in South Carolina’s annual budgets since 2021.
For the current fiscal year, of the funds allocated by the Department of Education to school districts, no monies shall be used by any school district or school to provide instruction in, to teach, instruct, or train any administrator, teacher, staff member, or employee to adopt or believe, or to approve for use, make use of, or carry out standards, curricula, lesson plans, textbooks, instructional materials, or instructional practices that serve to inculcate any of the following concepts:
(1) one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex;
(2) an individual, by virtue of his race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously;
(3) an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his race or sex;
(4) an individual’s moral standing or worth is necessarily determined by his race or sex;
(5) an individual, by virtue of his race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex;
(6) an individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his race or sex;
(7) meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by members of a particular race to oppress members of another race; and
(8) fault, blame, or bias should be assigned to a race or sex, or to members of a race or sex because of their race or sex.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting any professional development training for teachers related to issues of addressing unconscious bias within the context of teaching certain literary or historical concepts or issues related to the impacts of historical or past discriminatory policies.
Just a day after four-star PA wide receiver Khalil Taylor spurned Penn State for Nebraska, the Nittany Lions got more fantastic news as four-star South Carolina running back Aiden Gibson announced his decommitment from Penn State and flipped to Rutgers with the intention to enroll for the 2026 season.
Not really much to say here other than this sucks and there have just been too many losses for Penn State this cycle. No one is going to bat 1.000, but after a strong March and April that had the Nittany Lions positioned to sign a Top 15 class, they have managed to lose Jamir Dean to Georgia, Zach Gleason to West Virginia, DeShawn Hall to Auburn, Khalil Taylor to Nebraska, and now Aiden Gibson to Rutgers. The class is now ranked No. 22, behind the likes of Cal, Kentucky, and…Virginia Tech.
Gross. The 2028 class needs to be better.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – As students across South Carolina get ready to head back to school, the state’s tax free weekend is coming up to help with extra savings.
WHAT AND WHEN IS SC’S TAX-FREE WEEKEND?
According to the South Carolina Department of Revenue, this year’s tax free weekend will be between Aug. 7-9. During that time, eligible items will be exempt from the state or local sales tax.
DO I HAVE TO BUY THINGS IN PERSON?
Purchases can be made in person at a store or online. SCDOR recommends checking with retailers to see if they offer online shopping options.
WHAT ITEMS ARE ELIGIBLE?
SCDOR has sorted eligible items into four categories:
- School supplies used in the classroom or at home for school assignments, including musical instruments, calculators, and headphones.
- Computers and technology, including printers and software. (Computer parts and accessories, including monitors and keyboards, are only tax-exempt when sold as a package with a computer.)
- Clothing and footwear, including athletic uniforms, dance shoes, all types of coats and rainwear, and diapers.
- Certain bed and bath items, including sheets, pillows, bedspreads, towels, and shower curtains.
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