Former South Carolina coach Lou Holtz and former athletics director Mike McGee are among the 114 panelists voting in a new poll the Bowl Championship Series will use this season to determine which teams play in college football’s four major bowls, including the national title game.

The Harris Interactive College Football Poll panel is made up of former college football players, coaches and administrators, plus some media members. The names of its voters were released Monday.

The daily waltz of the offensive linemen, 300-pounders with dainty feet moving in perfect unison, looks like a winning combination for Carolina with its blend of experience and talented youth.

Recently acquired left guard Mike Wahle, starting his eighth season, and left tackle Travelle Wharton, undergoing a change back to his college position, appear to be a natural duo.

South Carolina baseball coach Ray Tanner, who has compiled a 413-175 record since coming to USC in 1997, has been awarded an honorary life membership to the Carolina Alumni Association.

Tanner will be recognized at the alumni association’s reunion and awards gala on Oct. 21 at the Columbia Convention Center as part of that week’s Homecoming celebration. He also will also be acknowledged at halftime of the South Carolina-Vanderbilt football game the following day.

The Oakland Athletics’ farm system is full of “live arms,” the slang term for hard-throwing pitchers, but it also has at least one dead leg.

That would be Landon Powell’s surgically reconstructed left leg, the knee of which now is supported by a ligament extracted from a donor.

Former Riverside High and University of South Carolina running back Brandon Bennett believes that youth is wasted on the young.

After entering the NFL in 1995, Bennett spent six seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played with Tampa Bay briefly last season before signing with the Carolina Panthers in October.

Now a free agent, Bennett, 32, is getting the senior citizen treatment, as teams audition their fresh talent.

Despite having gained international notoriety for his dance steps, former South Carolina tight end Hart Turner was unable to make the one move that would have prevented his summer from ruin.

In a late May practice with NFL Europe's Cologne (Germany) Centurions, Turner was one of several volunteers who simply stood in a spot on the field while the kickoff coverage unit practiced its routes around them.

He's been up for about an hour, but shortstop Steven Tolleson is already killing time.

It's 10:30 a.m., and Tolleson has just returned from the local hospital -- where, through his minor league team, he lifts weights four times a week in keeping with the routine developed while at South Carolina.

The 2002 Dorman graduate sits in the upstairs den with his laptop, surfing the Web while his host family packs boxes for its upcoming move down the road.

Kip Bouknight knew his road to the major leagues would not be paved with gold, but he didn’t brace for some of the potholes.

Still, the former USC ace said he believes the worst is behind him, and he is excited about playing in the Washington Nationals organization

Roberts lettered at USC in 1999.

Former University of South Carolina infielder Brian Roberts helped lead the American League All-Star team to a 7-5 victory over the National League on Tuesday evening at the 2005 Major League All-Star Game. Roberts went 1-for-2 with a double and run scored and also help turn two double plays with Baltimore Orioles' teammate and All-Star MVP Miguel Tejada.