Thirteen months after the NCAA alerted the University of South Carolina to the fact that its football program was under investigation, a notice of allegations finally landed on the desk of USC President Harris Pastides on Monday.
It’s not good news for Gamecock fans, either.
Not only have a dozen student-athletes (including 10 Gamecock football players) been accused of receiving dramatically reduced lease rates at a downtown Columbia, S.C. hotel, but the USC program has been slapped with the dreaded “failure to monitor” allegation – indicating that the school failed to promote an “atmosphere for compliance.”
“Failure to monitor” is a major violation – and wide latitude is available to NCAA officials regarding the punishment that can be meted out as a result of it. And while “failure to monitor” isn’t as serious as a program having a “lack of institutional control,” just six years ago South Carolina admitted to ten NCAA violations (including five major violations) that occurred during the tenure of former head coach Lou Holtz.
That means that the Gamecocks can be punished as “repeat offenders” this time around – which means stiffer penalties.
In addition to the hotel allegations – which the NCAA says amounted to $47,000 worth of improper benefits – a pair of boosters working with a mentoring group allegedly doled out $8,000 worth of improper benefits to two football recruits. One of those players, wide receiver Damiere Byrd, has been suspended by the NCAA for the first four games of the 2011 season and been required to pay back $2,700 in benefits.
“The University will review the notice and respond accordingly,” President Pastides said in a statement. “I assure you that we will continue to take all aspects of this investigation very seriously. We are prepared to continue to work with the NCAA to resolve any issues.”
“We have and will continue to cooperate fully with the NCAA in all aspects of their review,” USC athletics director Eric Hyman added. “Any pertinent information from the NCAA that can help us strengthen our athletics program will be used as an opportunity to make positive change.”
South Carolina has until December 14 to respond to the charges. School officials will also likely have to testify before the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions next February.
South Carolina won its first-ever SEC East title last year in head coach Steve Spurrier’s sixth year in Columbia, S.C. The Gamecocks have started the 2011 season with a 3-0 mark – and are currently ranked No. 12 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 10 in the USA Today/ Coaches’ poll.
Pic: Travis Bell, Sideline Carolina
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By barney fife September 19, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Cheaters!
By Robert September 19, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Did Wingo stay at the Whitney?
By TontoBubbaGoldstein September 19, 2011 at 9:52 pm
Yo, BigT, where you at, cuz?
By Fish September 19, 2011 at 10:04 pm
Yeah, let’s focus on that and ignore
Mr. Hotshot Newton’s BS .. is the NCAA MORE
corrupt that our own federal government ?? YES, you say ??
Say it isn’t so .. let us refresh our ‘conveniently’ short term
memory of his latest windfall: http://www.tmz.com/2011/09/12/cam-newton-nfl-quarterback-carolina-panthers-jersey-sales-rookie-skyrocket-auburn-tigers-heisman-football/
By Carl September 19, 2011 at 10:17 pm
Trey Wingo’s SAT will be in your office in the morning
By Lama September 19, 2011 at 10:22 pm
Come on guys,
SC has a really good team this year. Let’s beat them on the field. Just Sayin………football prowess, welll its important.
By Hindu September 19, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Suck on it Big T….what you got to say on this one?
By OhNoNotAgain September 19, 2011 at 10:51 pm
Thanks, Saunders. For absolutely nothing.
By lamecock September 19, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOO the SEC will take our only championship away and we will be back to ZERO in football again. Lets all call Dr. Lou for some moral support. I hope those taterheads are not too hard on us with there smart ass remarks.
By Good Ole Boy September 19, 2011 at 11:14 pm
“Potentially” is the key word. The NCAA snooped around for more than a year and found nothing new. That shows me that the program as a whole is pretty clean.
Lama — keep dreaming.
By Good Ole Boy September 19, 2011 at 11:16 pm
I see all the Clemson fans are posting again. Where you been, fellas?
Do you really think one win over a 21st ranked team is going to erase 34-17, 29-7, and the 2010 and 2011 CWS?
LMFAO
By JT September 19, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Guys, I don’t know if y’all are delusional or what, but this is not good, not good at all. As a USC fan I am legitimately concerned about this. UNC’s notice of allegations wasn’t half this thick or cumbersome. I think we are in for a long hard road on this one. A source who is very knowledgeable has told me theres a lot of truth to most of these allegations. I think were going down, hard. Not trying to be a pessimist, just a realist. Tater fans, get a life, I am sure y’all aren’t too far from being in this boat too. Just when we get a good thing going, turns out we are cheating. Shaking my head. I am embarrassed to be a gamecock right now
By Toyota Kawaski September 19, 2011 at 11:52 pm
pale in comparison to L$U,Bama,Arbarn
By StinkyPoo September 19, 2011 at 11:56 pm
lol JT,,youre the worst undercover Tater in the Tater field …..my sources are telling me that Wingo took care of all this and his SAT score before he left..3-5 scholarships a year at max…
By Andy September 20, 2011 at 5:21 am
And all along I thought these guys lived in the dorms.
By BigT September 20, 2011 at 5:47 am
This BROAD Declaration of imprending Doom, is like much of the other CRAP FITS posts in hopes of taking down the people his tiny little mind loathes.
And: It is Funny to see Losers on the Field PRAYING this can end their miserable Suffering, through nCAA paperwork.
The NCAA is a joke, or Clemson would be out of business.
This will fizzle like the last Stupid Witch Hunt dried up after it found little or nothing.
Could USC lose 2 or 3 scholarships so the NCAA does not look foolish? Maybe.
I heard they have all but finished the investigation, and there is not much more to it than we already know. And since Saunders was let go, that is the worst of the punishment.
The NCAA cannot deal with the SEC’s superiority, so the “Investigation” is the great equalizer to keep the loser schools pacified.
By Puzzled September 20, 2011 at 6:23 am
29-7
By Cockslapped 29-7 September 20, 2011 at 6:53 am
FITS isn’t telling both sides of the story….making it look like the Mentoring program is a USC pipeline. This is a quote from Steve Gordon, president of the organization (from ESPN.com):
“That’s the only kid (Byrd) we had who went to South Carolina,” Gordon told ESPN’s Tom Farrey. “Stop picking on these kids. The SAM Foundation didn’t do anything wrong. All the foundation wanted to do was get these kids into school, any school, instead of relying on an arcane system of these 48-hour (official) visits where they throw hostesses at you.”
“The benefits from Gordon and Lahn totaled $8,000, the NCAA said. Gordon, a teacher and retired high school football coach, described himself as a fan of his college alma mater, but said that had nothing to do with the fact that one of his players ended up at South Carolina.
“I have taken kids to unofficial visits to Clemson,” he said. “So am I representative of Clemson’s athletic program?”
By Robert September 20, 2011 at 7:01 am
These are not “major” violations. And Carolina has done its job by kicking Saunders off the team, suspending Byrd per NCAA instruction and Byrd is paying money back. Now, will they get popped for the “lack of monitoring”?probably. But that is not the same as “lack of institutional control”, which is a major.
There will be some punishment, but other than a aggravation, this is not “major” violation.
By BigT September 20, 2011 at 7:09 am
The NCAA is much like FITS.
Merit-less Liberal organizations, too STUPID to excel on substance, so they attack anything Bigger and Better than them, as a way to claim their imagined relevance.
This will die like so many of FITS’ ignorant claims, and the other NCAA Witch Hunts.
By snodgrass September 20, 2011 at 7:30 am
Ok, I’m willing to take the beat down for asking this: What’s so improper about giving certain students a break on their housing costs? Is it considered discriminatory?
Just asking.
By lamecock September 20, 2011 at 7:30 am
Yeah Big Turd, lets shoot the messenger.
By CNSYD September 20, 2011 at 8:07 am
snodgrass, my understanding is that the same deal would have to have been offered to ALL students for it to be legit.
By BigT September 20, 2011 at 8:07 am
We have a HORRIBLE Economy. And these Elitists at the NCAA want to punish people for free market competition for rental property.
Also: The NCAA, along w/ the Racist NAACP, is boycotting South Carolina. Yet they feel free to come in here and Impose their Liberal economic ideology on our University…
Even you Liberals should not be so STUPID to be policed by such a Biased Gestapo.
But when you’re a Tater-loving ass-kisser like FITS, reason has no value to to you. Only attacking that which you HATE is pertinent.
PS: All you Gamecock fans…see how FITS (who slobberingly claims his allegiance to USC) is negatively spinning this. He is nothing but another version of the Goamecock-hated, Tater-loved MoRon, of The State newspaper.
By CNSYD September 20, 2011 at 8:09 am
Toyota the Jap, go ahead and roll into LA and use as your defense that LSU, Bama and Auburn are worse. See how far that flies. I guess as a kid when your parents got on your ass you cried “but all the other kids do it”.
By CNSYD September 20, 2011 at 8:12 am
BigT, if USCe wants to not be under the NCAA they can do that. Just leave the SEC and join whatever non NCAA organizations there are. That would make lots of sense.
By snodgrass September 20, 2011 at 8:14 am
@CNSYD:
“snodgrass, my understanding is that the same deal would have to have been offered to ALL students for it to be legit.”
But why? Is it based on equal opportunity? Business ethics? Just trying to understand what the connection is.
By BigT September 20, 2011 at 8:22 am
CNSYD: It is Hilarious to see you BEGGING and PRAYING that the NCAA can defeat the dreaded enemy that Kicks Clemson’s ass up and down the field.
This “investigation” is all but over. Saunders is gone and Byrd had to sit for 4 games. There may be a scholly or 2 taken…just so the NCAA can justify its fat, soft-belly, highly paid “agents” (liberal Goons) coming in and enjoying a va-ca, while the rest of the nation suffers.
The NCAA is like so much of Liberalized America, and FITS. It’s a lockstep farce and cliche. It gains rapt attention from mind-numb idiots who have no ability to think for themselves.
By Gamecock September 20, 2011 at 8:32 am
We need to start with firing everyone in our compliance office.
By big T's no.1fan September 20, 2011 at 8:57 am
clemson fans flock to this anti-gamecock site to crow about their overrated win against auburn. LOL maybe you hicks can try to talk shit after you win back to back national championships in ANYTHING andafter you beat carolina in football anytime soon. until then stfu, losers. kick these f@660ts in the nuts Big T, if they havent been de-sexed already LOL. fits news- Folks Is The Shit? more like Folks Is Toilet Shit.
By marshall September 20, 2011 at 8:58 am
Recently, FITS referred to BigT(urd) as being “mentally unbalanced”. I didn’t realize what an understatement it really was.
By Robert September 20, 2011 at 9:11 am
Some on here, one in particular, need some heavy meds….geez….downright disturbing.
By Poor Richard September 20, 2011 at 9:13 am
Agreed Marshall, he is definitely mentally unbalanced.
By BigT September 20, 2011 at 9:22 am
“Marshall”… that’s (puppet-master) Mark Sanford’s real name, is it not?
Anyway: It’s very common for people who are unable to thwart an idea w/ their intellect, to try and hurl insults and/or claim mental deficiency toward the threat.
If you could reason an answer, you would. It’s a lot more simple-minded to offer some attack, that actually says more about you and your inability to state your point.
By Petey September 20, 2011 at 9:29 am
I can’t but help laugh at some of these responses, “can’t compare to Auburn”. What readers need to do is stop comparing and making excuses and start looking at what is in front of them. It’s like getting caught for shoplifting and making the excuse that the other guy stole more than you did.
By RockHill 65 September 20, 2011 at 9:33 am
Yes USC fans, the news is not good for your school but why do you point to Clemson as the reason for your troubles. Some of you think if you can implicate other schools your troubles will go away. Deal with it like adults and quit giving a lame ass excuse. If you can not change the world around USC, change USC and comply with the rules.
By BigT September 20, 2011 at 9:45 am
Clemson is a lot like democrats and liberals.
If they can’t win at the ballot box, they refer to corrupt liberal judges. If they lose in court, they have a filthy congress push unjust laws on the people.
But like Obama and Reid and Pelosi, it will catch up w/ you. You are dirtbags and losers. Nothing is going to change that. You’ll still lose in the end.
And a corrupt NCAA is really about played out. No one respects them. And as these Major Conferences grow…the NCAA is likely seeing the possibility that some are going to tell them to Kiss-Ass.
That will leave the ACC and NCAA in their own little fife-dom, to play w/ each other, like the perverts they are.
By south mauldin September 20, 2011 at 9:46 am
Congrats, Big T. You managed to blame this NCAA investigation on liberals. You remind me of all the redneck losers at Williams Brice every week that I am ashamed of as a Gamecock fan. Fat rednecks smoking in the upper deck that feel entitled to question every Spurrier call because they paid $10 for a ticket five minutes after kickoff.
You fucking idiot.
By Richard September 20, 2011 at 9:57 am
Hell seems every school is under the NCAA’s eyes for something. The Whitney thing is one where USC should’ve had better knowledge with what was going on. Was this deal open to all students? If not then there’s a problem.
The mentoring group thing is almost impossible to prevent. No school can control what boosters do. I know in every copy of “Spurs & Feathers” there’s “Compliance Corner” where they hammer home what you can and cannot do as a booster. USC took the appropriate step and disassociated those two boosters ASAP when they became aware of what they were doing.
I just want to know why Auburn is not under investigation when even Terry Bowden stated they paid players when he was coaching there? and we all know Scam Newton is dirty as $hit.
By RockHill 65 September 20, 2011 at 10:09 am
Big Turd, Did Obama go to Clemson? Ref. ACC, the biggest mistake USC ever was leaving the ACC. Your ranting is embarrassing the whole USC nation.
By BigT September 20, 2011 at 10:09 am
Gamecock fans: Just remember how FITS is spinning this. And see whose fans are flocking. Just like the Wingo farce, that he NEVER proved….
I don’t mind a Liberal are a Tater. They can be a AL LOT of fun, especially right now..
But a GD liar is hard to stomach. It’s an insult to us all.
By CNSYD September 20, 2011 at 10:13 am
BigT, “just so the NCAA can justify its fat, soft-belly, highly paid “agents” (liberal Goons) coming in and enjoying a va-ca, while the rest of the nation suffers.) When it comes to vacations, is Columbia, SC the first place that comes to mind? Such logic.
By BigT September 20, 2011 at 10:28 am
CNSYD: You are so much like the other un-sophisticated, self-loathing liberals who hate South Carolina…FITS is afflicted w/ the same trait.
Most of you hate us because you have never been anywhere else, so don’t realize what SC has. And since idiots elsewhere tell you how to think, you see our beautiful state as ugly.
Advice: get out of your trailer, and go see some other places. You may not be so eaily-led to think SC is so bad, if you did.
By BJ September 20, 2011 at 10:29 am
Pastides deserves another raise for this.
By Poor Richard September 20, 2011 at 10:30 am
Big T, u are such an idiot.
By CNSYD September 20, 2011 at 10:47 am
BigT, as a native of the lowcountry, don’t try to preach to me. Get your head out of the sand hills and drive down to an area people WANT to come to for vacations and to live.
By SSPURRIER September 20, 2011 at 10:50 am
GIVE THEM THE DEATH PENALTY ! BEEN CHEATING FOR YEARS.
By Upstate September 20, 2011 at 10:53 am
If there was any question about Big T and several of these other Gamecocks spending most of their time in Never-Neverland, it has been answered.
FIRST- Auburn is still being investigated. So don’t say that they got off scott free.
SECOND- Providing athletes a place to stay rent FREE brings a entirely new meaning to the term “FREE market competition for rental property.” – Big T September 20, 2011 8:07 AM.
THIRD- If it was legal for a foundation to provide travel and support for prospective athletes to visit schools, then Mark Shapiro would have set up the Shapiro Foundation on the front-end and saved a lot of trouble for Miami (not saying the SAM Foundation is a crock or a fake, just saying that others could set up a foundation and do just that if it was legal)
POSSIBILITIES – Good chance you are going to lose 3-5 scholarships and maybe vacate some wins, but maybe not. The guy that kicked the game-winning field goal in the Outback Bowl was later determined academically ineligible at the time, but they didn’t make them vacate that win.
THE GUARANTEE- Probably the worst part…. every other coach that recruits against Spurrier will use this as a recruiting tool to pull kids away from the Gamecocks.
By RockHill 65 September 20, 2011 at 10:53 am
AHHHH yes CNSYD,have you ever seen the nite life of Olympia?? Sense the Farmers Market has moved it is quite lovely. The industrial smoke stacks near Wille Brice have lovely lighting and your eyes will quite burning in a few hours. Enjoy the va-ca..you liberal you.
By Trevor Bauknight September 20, 2011 at 11:40 am
Everybody’s talking about Weslye Saunders, and, oh look, he’s been kicked off the team…there were nine other players listed.
By Trevor Bauknight September 20, 2011 at 11:41 am
BigT: free market? Either tell me how I can get a room at the Whitney for $14.95 a night or give me some of what you’re smoking.
By SSPURRIER September 20, 2011 at 12:09 pm
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Everyone knows you have to pay players to get them to come to the septic tank of the SEC. The penalties will be severe. Remember, you are repeat offenders.
By Grizz September 20, 2011 at 1:11 pm
Nothing like wrist-slicing news on a Tuesday. As a repeat offender, it’s reasonable to expect the worst. But given the mercurial nature of past rulings, it’s just as reasonable to expect oreo mcflurries from the infractions committee.
If I were Spurrier, I’d probably buy some lipstick; I like to look good when I’m about to get f*cked.
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By cockslapped 29-7 September 20, 2011 at 2:30 pm
More from the other side of the story:
“If (South Carolina was) doing things illegal, it wasn’t doing them very good. They only got one kid,” Gordon said Monday. “The SAM Foundation did not receive any preferential treatment from the football team. I think coach (Steve) Spurrier runs a top-notch, totally pristine program, period. They don’t violate rules.”
The SAM Foundation also provided players with trips to Georgia, Clemson, Florida, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, Michigan, Rutgers, Penn State, Boston College and Maryland, Gordon said.
By SSPURRIER September 20, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Remember Derrick Watson, like I said , “been cheating for years”. Over $40,000.00 in illegal benefits, that’s serious. USC deserves serious sanctions. Clean, seriously ! Spurrier picked up where Holtz left off. Dirty, Dirty, Dirty ! Players don’t behave like Garcia in CLEAN programs.
Remember when Spurrier called FSU, free shoes university ? USC, u stay cheap ?
By mark emmert is a slave trader September 20, 2011 at 2:57 pm
the ncaa is just the newest form of slavery. they want billions of dollars in revenue, tv contracts, advertising money, ticket sales, corporate sponsorships, etc, but they want all the hard work on and off the field FOR FUCKING FREE. the ncaa reminds me of good ole SC when it was the biggest slave colony this side of brazil. just listen to the words of that scumbag motherfucker, ncaa president mark emmert who goddamn declares players will never receive one red cent as long as he’s in charge of his slaves aka ncaa division 1 football and basketball players. spurrier, one of the few non-hypocrites involved in this whole rotten slave trade and possibly the modern day frederick douglass, put forth a reasonable suggestion about paying players from his own salary and then an economic study backed up his ideas 100% claiming that the average division 1 football players was worth 100k$ a year. so what do the modern slave traders aka the ncaa brass do? they cook up this bogus nonsense and threaten sanctions, like obama against some hapless 3rd world country, to shut up spurrier from speaking the truth. what next? spurrier has to flee to niger?
By scmajor September 20, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Shut it down.
With all the other pressing financial needs of our state the money wasted on sports can be better utilized elsewhere.
As T says there are just too many damn Liberals in college sports. Shut er down!
By BigT September 20, 2011 at 3:13 pm
This weekend: South Carolina will rout Vandy and FSU will KICK Clemson up and down the field…and show them what a joke their program is. The NCAA Witch Hunt will be of no help.
Then FITS and his covey of little Tater Ass-Lackeys will cower into their holes for a while…All will be back to normal…(wink)….
By SSPURRIER September 20, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Over 55,000.00 in illegal benefits, at last count! OUCH !
By SSPURRIER September 20, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Way worse than SMU !
By SIRBIGSPUR September 20, 2011 at 3:42 pm
There is no way USC can compete in the SEC without cheating.
By Uncle Remus September 20, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Wonder if they r getting some free snatch as well?
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By Poor Richard September 20, 2011 at 10:32 pm
Big T, are you actually a gamecock alum or just the hanger on like you sound like?
By Truth September 21, 2011 at 12:05 am
sspurrier your obviously scared of USC and overly hopeful we have our asses handed to us by the NCAA who by the way must have 4 year olds doing their math. As mentioned by Big T the NCAA have been at it for a long time with nothing new to show for it. Their figures are improper and illogical. Do the math yourself and you will see they’re figures are like 40.071343217738 a day in illegal savings for the first guy who stayed 490 days 42.348897645 for the second guy who stayed 300 or whatever days. Point being they came up with completely made up numbers. In truth the whitneys best rates are like 79.00 a night for the romance package meaning the guys actually obtained 64.05 a night in illegal savings which means the figures are quite a lot higher than given. I am fairly unconcerned with the NCAA or what they may or may not wish to try to do to us. I do not think they can mess with our baseball championships as there are no allegations against any of those players. So worse case they take our SEC east football championship away which is no big woop to me as I feel most of you non gamecocks dont feel we deserved it or it was handed to us. So take it and we will just win it again this year and then some. Oh and sir big spur its not cheating. Had SS been paying players to join thatd be cheating. Had the university been paying boosters for recruit info or favoritism thatd be cheating. I seriously doubt reduced rates at a hotel won us any recruits so lay off. I am quite positive that every “top” team in the SEC, ACC and elsewhere has done many things the NCAA doesnt approve of to get where they are. I do not condone our actions but they are quite petty compared to some of the other crap going on. I wasnt aware we had to hire a babysitter for every single member of a athletic program to walk them by the hand and monitor and report their every move. Furthermore I am in agreement with Coach on being able to pay our players. Albiet the max pay should be low enough that all colleges can pay it easily for equalities sake. Would give players worried about injuries ruining their careers incentive to stay and finish out their college careers allowing them to gain a degree so if they do get hurt later they have something to fall back on.
By fatuscgirl September 21, 2011 at 8:25 am
So, ” The Ole Ball Coach ” is dirty after all ! If it’s against the rules it’s CHEATING !
By CNSYD September 21, 2011 at 9:46 am
Truth, go ahead an use the “everybody else does it” and the “others do things worse than us” defense when you get to LA. See how that works.
NCAA math will not matter. They are judge and jury. They do not operate under normal rules of evidence.
A suggestion. If you start off a post agreeing with Big T, the rest of your post may not be read.
By Truth September 21, 2011 at 11:00 am
CNSYD you play up the NCAA to be some awful dragon come through town biting heads off of chickens and what not. I see your comments but what i have going through my head is a picture of you doing the whole OOOOOOHHHHHHHHH im telling mommy and your gonna be in SOOOOO MUCH TROUBLE routine we used to do as kids. And it seems all of Big T’s post get read just fine as all of you wine kick scream and complain about his comments and views as if your opinions are the only right ones. As I said previously the NCAA is stalemated on us. They cannot find any further implications to bring foward and none of the implications involve the ole ball coach fatuscgirl. We loose some scholarships and maybe sec east title and if there feeling frumpy maybe take some of our tv slots. its not going to be the Death Sentence yall are steadily hyping it up to be. SO unless you have some viable proof as to our outcome in this matter (in as much as the NCAA is empowered to do) quit being instigators.
By fatuscgirl September 21, 2011 at 11:49 am
What ever became of the “supporter” buying insurance policies for the players ? Is that legal ?
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By TIGER NATION!!!!!!! September 22, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Ah yes, this is good, NCAA is going to put the South Carolina Gamecock football program back where it belongs, at the bottom.
Face it Gamecock fans, did you really think the Chickencurse was going to go away. Nope. After this, even if Spurrier stays a few more years your program will have a black eye. Im really glad to hear this, the last two years all these Gamecock fans have their heads up in the clouds,now the NCAA will bring them back down to reality. As a Tiger fan i couldnt be more pleased. All these Gamecock fans were starting to forget who is the real school in the state of South Carolina, and that is CLEMSON. Its going to be fun watching the Gamecocks program fall back to its losing ways, while the CLEMSON TIGERS program begins its rise back to national prominence. The win over Auburn is only the beginning. And mark it down gamecocks, CLEMSON will beat you at Williams Brice this year. Face It. Steve Spurriers final years at south carolina will be tainted, and that in itself will hurt your recruiting. FACE FACTS GAMECOCKS your program is on its way back down to the bottom of the heap and CLEMSON is on its way back to the top. Im lovin every minute of it. All these Gamecock fans were starting to believe they had something special going and it was going to get even better. I love seeing the looks on their faces now,LOL. The air is about to be let out of the balloon. Thank u NCAA. south carolina SUCKS!!!!! gamecocks forgot there place, but they will remember soon enough, as they will return to being the doormat. CLEMSON will remind you this year at Williams Brice. Cant wait to see the 80,000 fans of the gamecocks as they realize their pipe dream of being relevant in football is over for good.
GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!It may be another five to ten years before you beat CLEMSON in football again. Good Times Ahead for the Tigers. Hope all u gamecock fans hate every minute of it :)
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By #GamecockNation4ever October 12, 2011 at 3:28 pm
@ Tiger Nation!!! Ur team still sucks ass and u cant say shit bout us til u win again bitch. ur team and ur coach is straight ass! IDGAF what u and tiger fans hav 2 say til u can beat us @ anything again. and i kno it really hurt u in baseball when we cut ur ass 4 the 2nd national title in a row! BITCHES
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By TIGER NATION!!!! January 21, 2012 at 11:16 pm
Well congrats to usc on beating clemson, doesnt really matter because it doesnt change anything in regards who is the football power in the state of south carolina. CLEMSON ACC CHAMPIONS, wow usc wins eleven games and wins a nothing bowl over a rebuilding nebraska team, golf clap, looks like all of uscs assistant coaches are jumping ship anyway or at least most of them, thats not a good sign, im sure it has something to do with the coming NCAA sanctions. Clemson just hired one of the top defensive coordinators in the country from Oklahoma. Face facts gamecocks, youve had your little bit of fun, but now its time to face reality. The pipedream in columbia is about to end. Cant Wait, all these delusional gamecock fans the last three years need to be put back in there place.And they will be soon enough. Clemson will keep on winning Championships while south carolina will keep on coming a day late and a dollar short on doing anything relevant in the SEC. Dabo was right. CLEMSON IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA!!! south carolina sucks today, tomorrow, and forever. You will never win an SEC championship. Cant wait for the Hammer from the NCAA to drop on you chickens. Its time ya’ll were brought back down to reality. Losing is and will always be the gamecock way, winning Championships is and will always be the CLEMSON TIGER Way. Your little three game win streak over clemson ends in 2012 at DEATH VALLEY.
By quaddad February 23, 2012 at 1:01 pm
These are major violations and since usc is considered a repeat offender I don’t think it looks good for you. One post said to call Dr Lou to see what he thinks. Bad idea, he is the one that got hit with 5 major violations during his tenure.
By ryne baugh April 12, 2012 at 10:46 am
cheatin sacks of SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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