Ray Tanner: USC’s tipping point

  • Posted: Friday, February 10, 2012 12:01 a.m.
    UPDATED: Friday, March 23, 2012 10:22 p.m.
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USC coach Ray Tanner
USC coach Ray Tanner

Every dynasty has a tipping point and for the two-time defending national champion South Carolina baseball program it came on a field in the “other” Carolina in a game involving the “other” USC.

In his Sunday column, Gene Sapakoff (@Sapakoff) tells the exclusive story about how South Carolina landed Ray Tanner, the head coach who turned the Gamecocks into a national power and directly or indirectly influenced the upward mobility of other college baseball programs into the Palmetto State.