At some point during the third quarter of the University of South Carolina’s loss to Arkansas a few weeks back, Sic Willie picked up his four-month-old daughter, Johanna, and informed her that she might be better off not becoming a Gamecock fan.
“Why?” her little [...]
6-YEAR-OLD PRODIGY LEVELS OPPOSITION
Years of mediocre football seasons at the University of South Carolina can be blamed on a few things, not the least of which has been recruiting.
Sure, the Gamecock coaching staff can always land a few high school standouts that turn into college stars, but consistently putting together [...]
Since our founding editor has for all intents and purposes checked out for the Thanksgiving holidays – a time he typically spends penning his annual “Book(let) of Lamentations” over the status of the University of South Carolina’s football program – we figured we could [...]
next week, my beloved alma mater the University of South Carolina faces that accursed farmer college across state, Clemson University. We have stumbled in late season, but skinning a tiger would more than make up for it. Whatever happens, win or lose, one thing remains certain--we have [...] 
There’s no college football game being played at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C. this weekend. And even if there was, it would no doubt result in yet another University of South Carolina loss.
So why not use USC’s bye week to check out one of the Southeast’s [...]
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 [...]
An audit of the Palmetto State’s controversial “endowed chairs” program – which is nothing but a glorified higher ed slush fund when you get right down to it – has reportedly found that the University of South Carolina illegally matched private funds for its hydrogen [...]
After the University of South Carolina’s Halloween night loss to the University of Tennessee two weeks ago, we did a poll asking whether or not USC head football coach Steve Spurrier should be fired at the end of the 2009 season.
At the time, Spurrier still [...]
GAMECOCKS COME CLOSE TO TOPPLING TOP-RANKED GATORS IN COLUMBIA
For three quarters of football Saturday, it seemed as if the University of South Carolina could do the impossible: Knock off the unbeaten, No. 1 Florida Gators.
But, in the end, it was [...]
Clemson University spent more money traveling during the last fiscal year than any other state agency, racking up nearly $10 million in travel expenses according to a report released Friday by the S.C. Comptroller General’s Office.
As usual, the University of South Carolina ($8.9 million) and [...]
Sixteen points? Really?
Believe it or not, that’s the spread for No. 1 Florida’s visit to Williams-Brice Stadium this Saturday, where the Gators will take on a University of South Carolina team that’s in the middle of its fourth consecutive season-ending tailspin.
Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. [...]
In a visit that we’re pretty sure violated University policy regarding sexual predators being on campus, FITS founding editor Sic Willie somehow finagled an invitation to speak to a class of over eighty aspiring communications practitioners at the University of South Carolina’s College of [...]
Kathleen Parker, the S.C.-based conservative syndicated columnist, will speak at the University of South Carolina on Nov. 19.
Parker, whose columns appear in The State, has been invited by the School of Journalism and Mass Communications for its Buchheit Family Lecture Series.
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We saw Aerosmith five years ago at whatever the hell it is they call the new University of South Carolina men’s basketball arena. It was honestly a helluva rock-n-roll show (although the acoustics of the place are awful), and we remember being particularly impressed by [...]
For the fourth consecutive year, the University of South Carolina’s football season is unraveling right in front of head coach Steve Spurrier’s eyes … only this time the dreaded season-ending “Orange Crush” had nothing to do with it.
This time, it was another “red storm rising.”
To the [...]
USC DROPS TO 6-4 ON SEASON AFTER 2ND STRAIGHT LOSS
The narrative of yet another late-season collapse is becoming an all-too-likely a possibility for this year’s University of South Carolina football team.
The Gamecocks fell to 6-4 on the season after dropping their second straight game Saturday, [...]
When Steve Spurrier arrived at the University of South Carolina prior to the 2005 season, “the future was wide open.”
The Gamecocks were finally going to start winning conference – perhaps even national championships, and USC Athletic Department leaders had visions of Williams-Brice Stadium [...]
Empty seats … it’s “the Garnet Way.”
The 2009 season is poised to set a new low in attendance for the University of South Carolina football program during the Steve Spurrier era – indeed, in more than a decade of Gamecock football. And that’s [...]
After four years of mediocrity – and three consecutive end-of-season collapses – the expectations were understandably much lower for University of South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier heading into the 2009 season, his fifth in Columbia.
The “Old Ball Coach” has a young team, a new starting [...]
USC LOSES 31-13 ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT AT TENNESSEE
It happens like clockwork almost every football season: the University of South Carolina has a strong start only to implode down the stretch.
And Saturday night the Gamecocks lost a game they should have won at Tennessee, signaling the possible start [...]
SCHOOL SWAPS TRADEMARK GARNET FOR BORING GRAY
The University of South Carolina Thursday unveiled a brand new uniform design for their men’s basketball team. And the school now for it’s garnet and black is, well… sans garnet.
The team will wear [...]
A GOP activist who earlier this year compared U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama to an escaped gorilla at a Columbia S.C. zoo is back in the news – this time for an August run-in with the University of South Carolina police department.
Like S.C. House Speaker [...]
Losing to Vanderbilt … “It’s the Garnet Way.”
At least it has been lately.
After dominating the ‘Dores for a decade-and-a-half, the University of South Carolina has lost twice in a row to Vandy, meaning that nearly three-fourths of the current USC squad has (gasp) never beaten [...]
The University of South Carolina men’s basketball team has been picked to finish fourth in the SEC Eastern Division by the sportswriters who cover the conference – a bit of a slap in the face considering the Gamecocks won the division a year ago (or [...]
USC, WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT, UNDER ARMOUR TEAM UP FOR SPECIAL PROMOTION
When the University of South Carolina meets SEC rival Florida for a much-anticipated football showdown next month, the Gamecocks will be wearing some new uniforms for a good cause.
USC athletic director Eric Hyman announced Tuesday that the [...]
Guess the pollsters saw something we didn’t …
The University of South Carolina remained ranked among the nation’s Top 25 teams this week despite a 20-6 loss to Alabama – slipping one spot (from No. 22 to No. 23) in both the Associated Press and [...]
The University of South Carolina football team will be a 17.5 point underdog when it travels to Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Saturday to take on Nick Saban and the second-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide.
Wait … seventeen-and-a-half points?
Isn’t USC ranked or something? And in the [...]
