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Willy Mac on I’ve been marinating on Ron Morris campaign to push the Clemson/Carolina rivalry to the first game of the year for a few days now. Okay, let’s just point out the fact that not only is Ron Morris a god awful journalist with zero common sense, but he’s a blatant USC fan boy when he really should be impartial. His stories are so bad that they’d be better served as packaging material rather than reading material… ZING!
Moving the game to the beginning of the year would only lessen the rivalry and would be the first step in the process of South Carolina fans wanting to get rid of the game all together, in my opinion. Of course Terry Don Phillips in true-to-himself fashion was all for changing any Clemson tradition he could. That or he was messing with Morris, in which case he shouldn’t have even taken the call. Moving the rivalry makes no sense. It’s the essence of hating your foe all off-season and all regular season that makes the game so much better. I don’t want a sloppy game as the most pivotal and talked about games of the year for most people in the state of South Carolina. I want both teams in end of season form. Both teams should be well oiled, harbingers of destruction. Well, I can see how Gamecock fans might like this idea since their season has gone down the drain by the time they get to this week on the schedule. But do you really think the sour taste is going to leave your mouth when it’s Florida drubbing you at the in of the year as opposed to Clemson, Gamecock fans?
There are some cheesy things in place right now that are already detracting from our rivalry. For instance, who really wants to win a trophy with Hardee’s or who ever the hell else’s logo plastered all over it? This game is about bragging rights. It’s about who’s the better school in South Carolina where it traditionally counts.
Now here’s where it seems that I’m going to run off the tracks, but stick with me. The Gamecocks have started making it a habit to take a page out of Ohio State’s book and start using the phrase “THE University of South Carolina.” Well there are two schools in this state and we’re starting to pull away in a few things. If you’re seeking a graduate degree, more times than not USC is your best in state choice. But their undergrad and initiatives are a fucking joke compared to Clemson. You could take a shit in a box, staple a letter of recommendation from a homeless crack head to it, send it to them and they’d send you a letter of acceptance for undergrad studies. As for football, everyone knows that story.
Now, I’ve suggested this before so if you’ve heard this from me try and give it a second look. It’s a fact that after their pitiful midfield puppet show, the USC… uh… pep squad flag bearers pole handlers male cheerleaders lead the team out with a Gamecock flag, a South Carolina state flag, and individual letters that spell out “Carolina”. Sometimes one of the players will come out holding a smaller state flag on a pole. How about the winner gets the right to bear the state flag and the loser fore goes that privilege until they win that right again? Who ever wins would be the representing university for the state. Maybe I’m pissing in the wind here, but Clemson is really running out of things to take away from Carolina. We’ve taken their pride. We’ve taken most of the research and grant money. We’ve taken the power of their diploma. Minnesota/Michigan has it’s Little Brown Jug. Notre Dame/Michigan State has it’s Megaphone. Cal/Stanford has their Axe. Why can’t we have our Palmetto Flag? It’s just an idea that might spice things up.
1CUVince
on Nov 25, 2009 at 4:17 pm:
I think the winner should get a beer and the loser should get a Zima.
2chris simp
on Nov 25, 2009 at 4:35 pm:
I just hope we kick the crap out of them this year and shut up Ron Morris…His article today: http://www.thestate.com/tigers/story/1043141.html is an obvious hoping Clemson will overlook Carolina ploy. I hate his articles, he needs to stick to writing about shitty Sakerlina and stay out of Clemson’s business…What a freaking moron.
3Robert
on Nov 25, 2009 at 4:54 pm:
Let’s be real. At the end of the day, nobody gives a shit about either of these schools OR this game. Only about 4 million people south of DC and north of Florida even know this is even being played this week. That being said, I hope your entire team contracts the French Pox from Lauren Bowden.
Love,
A Gamecock Fan.
4AParker
on Nov 25, 2009 at 5:14 pm:
Like the idea for the running of the state flag. Its funny though cause USC would hardly ever get to run it out.
@3, enjoy this week, as for the next 51 you will not have much to talk about
5Takeezy
on Nov 25, 2009 at 5:36 pm:
Our players should just run over to the “male cheerleaders” and just pick the Palmetto flag up and run with it after the game…what are they gonna do
6A770Tiger
on Nov 25, 2009 at 6:56 pm:
3 doesn’t have much to talk about any week of the year. Hell, what could they possibly say?
“Cocks kill another Hall-of-Fame Coach’s career!”
“Peckers cock-block Spurrier’s winning ways!”
“C-O-C-K-S!”
“GO COCKS!”
No wonder they hate us and want to blow their brains out. Fuck’em, take no prisoners and shoot the chickens–GO TIGERS!!!!!!
7madmaccorleone
on Nov 25, 2009 at 7:06 pm:
I think the flag idea is a great one. Clemson outclasses uSuck in every way, both athletically and academically. And since we only lose this game about twice every 10 or 12 years, it’s only fitting that we would be the standard-bearers for the state. You should pose as Ron Morris and call TDP with the idea…he’d be all for it.
8gamecock man
on Nov 25, 2009 at 8:22 pm:
“You could take a shit in a box, staple a letter of recommendation from a homeless crack head to it, send it to them and they’d send you a letter of acceptance for undergrad studies”
Or, maybe you could just say that we leave our doors open to a broader swath of the population than CU, which could be considered a noble choice in an impoverished, unemployed state.
Other than that, I agree with most of what you say. Moving the game to the beginning of the year is a god-awful idea.
9Willy Mac
on Nov 25, 2009 at 8:52 pm:
I’m just saying, USC is everyone’s fall back plan in SC, that is if they don’t go to Winthrop, CofC, or Citadel first… the latter not so much. Also, your undergrad is a fucking joke. I’ve got friends that graduated from there that couldn’t spell “graduate.”
10gamecock man
on Nov 25, 2009 at 9:14 pm:
Well, I’m sure USC lets a few through the gates that shouldn’t have gotten in, and a few of those kids probably make it through somehow. However, there are plenty of highly intelligent USC grads, too.
I won’t argue that CU isn’t a strong academic institution. Certainly, CU has committed to recruiting an accomplished student body, as you guys have a much higher percentage of your incoming freshmen classes coming from the top of their high school classes than is the case at USC. That rubs off on the overall quality of your graduate body. Clemson is a fine school, even if its commitment to increasing its visibility vis-a-vis national rankings has led it to close its doors to a large part of the state’s population.
11chris simp
on Nov 25, 2009 at 9:36 pm:
@9 I agree with you, Clemson is a better school, but I do have to give “gamecock man” credit, the national rankings thing gets a lil annoying at times, but at least it makes my degree I’m receiving this year more valuable.
I think the rankings are a lil bogus, but I can’t argue with Clemson’s goal to became a top academic institution. GO TIGERS!
12gamecock man
on Nov 25, 2009 at 10:45 pm:
@11 As you probably know, Clemson has done a lot over the past decade or so to raise their rankings profile, not all of necessarily of the most substantive character. CU has been successful, though. I’ll give you that.
13A770Tiger
on Nov 25, 2009 at 11:01 pm:
Ok, I’ll cut G-Cock Man some slack as he’s clearly one of the more educated and decent of the Cock Horde, but I’ll be damned if this turns into a love-fest the week of the big smackdown. GO TIGERS!!!
14gamecock man
on Nov 25, 2009 at 11:14 pm:
@ 13 Fine by me. When it comes to football, I hope we beat your asses this weekend.
15CUVince
on Nov 26, 2009 at 6:55 am:
If Osama Bin Laden came to America and founded a college and their football team played South Carolina’s…I’d pull for Bin Laden’s team. My hate runs deep.
16Clem
on Nov 26, 2009 at 1:02 pm:
Palmetto flag trophy would be awesome. Every season the winner could go all Osceola with the flag and place it in the middle of the field or somethin. How though would you do the engravings? Along the pole?
17A770Tiger
on Nov 26, 2009 at 3:17 pm:
“Engravings” is plural and you only need “Clemson Bad-ass Tigers” once because we own that damn pole and the entire state to go with it. Besides, if they do get lucky enough to win we’ll just impale them on it instead of letting them actually carry it. We could just take the flag off and slow-roast’em with it–Cept for G-Cock Man of course, cuz he’s all respectful and shit. GO TIGERS!!!!