Let me preface my comments by stating how much I hate the Gamecocks. I have lived down here for 9+ years (1 hour from Columbia) and I have never met such an entitled fan base that up until a few years ago had won absolutely nothing. Now they have back-to-back baseball titles and they certainly like to let you know that. Florida's talent in football and Vandy's trophy case.
Well I digress, on to the game. It was a freaking awesome atmosphere. I swear when Cal got teed up it was like the team and the UK fans at the game said oh yeah, now it's on. Honestly I knew when he got tossed that it was exactly what we needed. What they didn't really show on TV was how Cal was kicking like a mule...literally kicking his leg up and down trying to get to Sirmons. I was shaking with excitement/anger/adrenalin from that point on. I thought there were going to be some fights in our section with all the jawing going on between several UK and SC fans.
The foul calling was atrocious. I haven't seen a replay of the game, only highlights but there were so many bad calls against UK in the first half with guys being straight up on fouls or over the back no calls. As far as I was concerned Tony Greene called a good game but the other two were doing their best to keep SC in it in the first. The funny thing is that in the second half the Gamecock student section was chanting how the refs suck. I thought well at least that is something we can agree on.
I have been down to Columbia 8 times in the past 9 years and their student section continues to be appalling. They were flicking off UK fans, chanting BS, and making fun of UK fans (one punk was making fun of an overweight UK girl and laughing at her). By the way, my 9 year old daughter and 14 year old son were dog cussed walking into the football game this fall. It's just unbelievable anyone would act that way, I just don't get how you can treat people with such disrespect. I had one fan welcome me to at the beginning of the game so I know they're not all bad. Most SC football fans I know root for UNC in basketball anyway since their team is typically so horrid. In fact all a few of them could say to me on the way out was Go Tarheels to which I promptly responded Go Tigers (they love Clemson).
Anyway, it was an awesome performance by the CATS and they made it a great day. Unbelievable dunks! The GO BIG BLUE chants from the crowed ran throughout the game. My kids got to slap hands with all the players go in the tunnel and Briscoe came back out afterwards to sign autographs and take pictures with the kids. All in all a great day! My family and I are moving back to the promised land in the next few months so it might be my last trip to Columbia and it couldn't have come on a better note.
Well I digress, on to the game. It was a freaking awesome atmosphere. I swear when Cal got teed up it was like the team and the UK fans at the game said oh yeah, now it's on. Honestly I knew when he got tossed that it was exactly what we needed. What they didn't really show on TV was how Cal was kicking like a mule...literally kicking his leg up and down trying to get to Sirmons. I was shaking with excitement/anger/adrenalin from that point on. I thought there were going to be some fights in our section with all the jawing going on between several UK and SC fans.
The foul calling was atrocious. I haven't seen a replay of the game, only highlights but there were so many bad calls against UK in the first half with guys being straight up on fouls or over the back no calls. As far as I was concerned Tony Greene called a good game but the other two were doing their best to keep SC in it in the first. The funny thing is that in the second half the Gamecock student section was chanting how the refs suck. I thought well at least that is something we can agree on.
I have been down to Columbia 8 times in the past 9 years and their student section continues to be appalling. They were flicking off UK fans, chanting BS, and making fun of UK fans (one punk was making fun of an overweight UK girl and laughing at her). By the way, my 9 year old daughter and 14 year old son were dog cussed walking into the football game this fall. It's just unbelievable anyone would act that way, I just don't get how you can treat people with such disrespect. I had one fan welcome me to at the beginning of the game so I know they're not all bad. Most SC football fans I know root for UNC in basketball anyway since their team is typically so horrid. In fact all a few of them could say to me on the way out was Go Tarheels to which I promptly responded Go Tigers (they love Clemson).
Anyway, it was an awesome performance by the CATS and they made it a great day. Unbelievable dunks! The GO BIG BLUE chants from the crowed ran throughout the game. My kids got to slap hands with all the players go in the tunnel and Briscoe came back out afterwards to sign autographs and take pictures with the kids. All in all a great day! My family and I are moving back to the promised land in the next few months so it might be my last trip to Columbia and it couldn't have come on a better note.
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