DALLAS — For the first time in the history of SEC Media Days, a Texas-sized stage greeted the coaches and selected players.
The Omni Dallas Hotel in Big D is the site for this week's annual preseason media gathering which will run through Thursday with all 16 teams represented.
Head coach Shane Beamer is taking part in his fourth SEC Media Days and for the first time since he took over the South Carolina program, the Gamecocks are coming off a season where a bowl game was not on the schedule.
Beamer is confident the pieces are in place for his team to not only return to the post-season but when the final tally is taken, he expects his team will have surpassed preseason expectations. The SEC media poll will be released Thursday.