Vandals Strike USC Stadium

Vandals with spray paint cans broke into Williams-Brice Stadium on the University of South Carolina campus Tuesday night and put some “orange in the end zone,” mimicking the catchphrase of arch-rival Clemson University’s radio announcer.

The story of the vandalism – which had been widely-discussed on college football message boards across the state of South Carolina throughout the day Wednesday- was finally confirmed by Joe Person of The (Columbia, S.C.) State, although Person described the internet rumors as “greatly exaggerated” compared to the actual damage.

From Person’s story:

Whenever Clemson scores a touchdown, Tigers play-by-play announcer Pete Yanity makes his signature call, “There’s orange in the end zone.”

A week and a half before the Clemson-USC game, vandals painted orange in the south end zone at Williams-Brice Stadium overnight Tuesday.

USC equipment manager Chris Matlock saw an aerosol can and “a little orange paint” on the field Wednesday morning. Matlock said the damage was minimal and would not require workers to re-sod the grass before the rivalry game Nov. 28.

Matlock said the graffiti message, which included a ‘C,’ appeared to be incomplete.

“It looked like either they got caught or ran out of paint,” Matlock said.

First of all, “There’s orange in the end zone” sounds pretty like a pretty gay signature call to us – and reminds us why we don’t ever listen to football games (or any other sporting events) on the radio.

Of course Yanity is no doubt a better announcer than USC’s worthless play-by-play man, who only has his job because … you know what?

You can read all about that right here …

Anyway, Carolina and Clemson square off Nov. 28 at 12:00 p.m. EST in the latest installment of the South’s longest uninterrupted rivalry.

The Tigers enjoy a 65-37-4 advantage in the series, including a 21-8-1 mark over the last three decades …

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