In this Gamecocks Stock Report, we give you a quick snapshot concerning the state of the program.  One thing about it, it is a great time to be a gamecock.Here goes:RisingGamecocks Football Recruiting - Spurrier and crew are putting the finishing touches on a strong class that will certainly land in the top 15 amongst the major recruiting outlets.  Just a few more days until National Signing Day.Baseball - The champs have been ranked near the top in the major outlets.  Scrimmages have started.  Where is the peanuts?Swimming - I know what...but the Gamecocks can get wet and do well doing so. The South Carolina women finish the year at 7-3 overall and 2-2 in the SEC to give them back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1994-95. The Gamecock men are now 5-4 on the season and 0-3 in the conference, giving them back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1993-94.FlatliningUSC Men's Hoops - Darrin Horn gave us hope in beating Alabama earlier this week but shortly there after, we had a reality check in losing to Ole Miss.  USC is 1-5 in SEC play.  Did I mention baseball starts soon?FallingCoaches Moving on From Football Team - I know it is part of the process and the intention is to improve but stop the bleeding.  The football team won 11 games.  Seems the program is strong and let's not let it dip.  From a PR standpoint, it does not help that so many new business cards must be printed.  Let's hope this is the last of it and the team can get to thinking about football again.

L.A. Clipper Chris Paul may be quick down the court, but he moves pretty fast when it comes to buying multimillion-dollar real estate too.

National Signing Day is Wednesday, and the Class of 2012 still has plenty of uncommitted future college stars.

Not many of the participants in the all-star game were blue-chip recruits, but all spent four years in college and are closing in on the NFL.

The South Carolina Gamecocks will be without Jeep Hunter as the safeties coach in 2012.  He has been relieved of his duties after just completing his third season with the team.  Hunter had been the safeties coach in 2011 and the two years prior to that, he was the tight ends coach as well as an assistant special teams coordinator.This came out of nowhere for us, the fans, and Humer himself as Josh Kendall of The State tweeted that “Hunter was returning from a recruiting trip and in the airport when… Spurrier called to tell him he was fired.”Wow....there has to be more to this story.....