(Photo: Ryan Bethea, 247Sports)

For the second weekend in a row, the South Carolina football team took one on the chin on Saturday night with its disappointing loss Missouri on the road. The Gamecocks host Kentucky this weekend, and there’s an important list of recruiting targets set to come to town.

But there’s more happening in Gamecocks athletics than just football, too. Let’s take a look.

And this is TheBigSpur.com, a place to come for insight on South Carolina athletics, so with sports back in high gear, we’re going to bring you what’s going on behind the scenes within the programs. We decided to revive one of our popular features, the VIP Room.