So true....they tolerate my wife and I just fine...GO VOLS!
Even I hate Gamecock fans....they win one game against us in like 14 years, they act like they've won a National Championship or even the SEC title. They haven't won a title since...well was Strom Thurmond even born then?
To a non-SEC outsider like me (I lived in Columbia for 7 1/2 years 1997-2004), Gamecock Nation is endearingly weird. This is a football program that has a 100-year tradition of mediocrity unmatched in Division I-A. They’re at a slight competitive disadvantage in the SEC due to a smaller recruiting pool and another big football school in their small state cutting that pool down even further. They’re not good, they’re not bad, if you look at their historical record, they’re very average. And yet, every year is going to be THE YEAR...the year that the Cocks go 12-0, stomp Clemson, dominate the SEC, and win the national championship.
Ain’t happening, guys. USC fans are loyal to a fault, they were still packing the place when Lou Holtz went 0-11 his first year. They’re devoted, they travel well, they’re great fans. But just like Chicago Cubs fans, it’s always going to be “wait until next year.” Enjoy watching the team win seven games and end up in the Humanitarian Bowl, have fun with 84,000 of your closest friends in Williams-Brice every home game, but not even the Ol’ Ball Coach is going to get you to the Promised Land. Not in the Murderer’s Row that is the Southeastern Conference.
But what do I know. I went to a Division I-AA school, James Madison. But, we do have one more national football championship than the Gamecocks do in the past 100 years... *zing!*
I love South Carolina, though. It’s a fantastic place to visit and live, and I had a great time there.
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