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HOW MANY CU/SCU games have you attended, listened
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HOW MANY CU/SCU games have you attended, listened


Nov 22, 2012, 7:09 PM

to on radio or watched on TV?

MINE: This would be my 48th since my frosh year; however, I missed three due to overseas military duty (69, 70, 71.)

The record since 1965:

Tigers 29 Gamecocks 17 Tie 1


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Re: HOW MANY CU/SCU games have you attended, listened


Nov 22, 2012, 7:17 PM

I have you beat by the 3 years your service kept you away since we started Clemson the same year and I got to see the '70 game before going to Nam and was home early (less than one year there). Why did we not see or listen to any games before we went there? I am sure I must have but can't remember.

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A neighbor's son in Rock Hill was a 1955 Clemson


Nov 22, 2012, 7:31 PM

graduate, so, of course, I was aware of the school; however, in those days most people I knew were into the high school games, not collegiate ones. Believe it or not, I never saw the Clemson campus until I arrived in August 1965 for my enrollment...and many of my Clemson friends had the same experience...a little scary at first, especially when the upperclassmen came running, but they actually also looked out for us. When I attended the first home football game that year, I thought I had arrived in the big time...LOL (Those were the days before the upper decks were added!)

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Re: A neighbor's son in Rock Hill was a 1955 Clemson


Nov 22, 2012, 7:38 PM

I didn't even know about the Rat Season and got a haircut the day before going. Talk about wasted money (about $2.00 back then). I really wanted to go to Clemson because of my 12th grade English teacher- didn't really have a college preference before then so I guess that's why I don't recall seeing games on TV or listening on the radio before then. OR ...I MIGHT JUST BE GETTING OLD.

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Fortunately, our neighbor's son clued me in on Clemson


Nov 22, 2012, 7:43 PM

traditions; however, he snickered every time he described Rat Season for some reason...which, of course, I learned upon arrival. My head was shaved within 15 minutes upon my arrival: a UC approached me as my Dad said goodbye, asked if I was a freshman, called me a rat and yelled: "Follow me, Rat!" My Dad laughed....I didn't!

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Re: Fortunately, our neighbor's son clued me in on Clemson


Nov 22, 2012, 7:48 PM

My Dad was with me too and I don't think they even let me keep my hair until he left. He came back for the first football game (the end of Rat Season) and the guys in my dorm thought he was my brother. Oh , if we could just turn back the clock on some things.

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I actually lucked out and got on the cheerleading team


Nov 22, 2012, 8:03 PM

as a freshman alternate but was able to participate with the team in all the games. When my parents came to one of the earliest, my Mother and Dad both burst out laughing when they saw my haircut. I'll never forget what my Mother said: "You need to wear that hat...even to bed!" (She was a great tease, although at the time, I was somewhat taken aback by her comment....LOL)


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Re: HOW MANY CU/SCU games have you attended, listened


Nov 22, 2012, 7:20 PM

I was born in 1961 and the coots won that year. I recall kicking the slats out of my cradle when the final gun sounded.

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And I had trouble remembering whether I had


Nov 22, 2012, 7:22 PM

seen or listened to a game during my teen years.

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But we won in 1962...and your first words were "Paw Paw...."***


Nov 22, 2012, 7:33 PM [ in reply to Re: HOW MANY CU/SCU games have you attended, listened ]



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i'm 14


Nov 22, 2012, 7:21 PM

and Ive been to 2 and watch them all so it total i have been/watched 10

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It sure would suck not having any memory of 63-17. That was


Nov 22, 2012, 7:26 PM

the best football game I've ever been to.

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There's something in these hills.


Re: It sure would suck not having any memory of 63-17. That was


Nov 22, 2012, 7:40 PM

45-0 at WB was sweet in 1989!!I was there.

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Re: It sure would suck not having any memory of 63-17. That


Nov 22, 2012, 9:04 PM

i was 12 at the time and its still the worst game i ever sat through. 63-17 get all the attention but that 45-0 game was far more dominant. the clemson team that won 63-17 was better than us but not by as much as the score said. if those teams played ten times carolina would win 3 or 4 maybe. that 89 team could have played us 100 times with similar results. everyone knew what clemson was gonna do and it didnt matter. 63-17 just got out of hand. 45-0 was inevitable. freaking wesley mcfadden up the middle. was just demoralizing.

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Re: It sure would suck not having any memory of 63-17. That was


Nov 22, 2012, 7:45 PM [ in reply to It sure would suck not having any memory of 63-17. That was ]

but hearing the storys of it helps me cope :)

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The only people in the stadium were Clemson fans by halftime***


Nov 22, 2012, 8:31 PM



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There's something in these hills.


Re: The only people in the stadium were Clemson fans by half


Nov 22, 2012, 9:42 PM

untrue. there was me, a few thousand clemson fans, and maybe 3 other gamecocks.

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Thought then and since that most Clemson people


Nov 22, 2012, 7:54 PM [ in reply to It sure would suck not having any memory of 63-17. That was ]

were as stunned by the final score as were the Gamecocks. And even as great as that victory was, none over the years has been as triumphant as that Orange Bowl National Championship....For those either very young then or not yet born, you just can't imagine the great sense of joy and pride we experienced with that defeat of Nebraska.

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I think


Nov 22, 2012, 8:07 PM

next year will be the year Clemson will taste the sweet nectar of a championship again

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Re: HOW MANY CU/SCU games have you attended, listened


Nov 22, 2012, 7:23 PM

42 so far. one of my first ended the last bad streak. hopefully we do that again tomorrow night too.

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Re: HOW MANY CU/SCU games have you attended, listened


Nov 22, 2012, 7:34 PM

saturday will be my 40th tiger-coot game

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Since 2000, I've been to all of them except the 2001 game.


Nov 22, 2012, 7:24 PM

I've been watching since 1995 or so.

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Every one since '65 or '66.***


Nov 22, 2012, 7:34 PM



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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
- H. L. Mencken


I have attended


Nov 22, 2012, 7:38 PM

1972 7-6 Clemson
1973 20-32 Carolina
1974 39-21 Clemson
1975 20-56 Carolina
1976 28-9 Clemson
1978 41-23 Clemson
1979 9-13 Carolina
1980 27-6 Clemson
1981 29-13 Clemson
1982 24-6 Clemson
1983 22-13 Clemson
1984 21-22 Carolina
1985 24-17 Clemson
1986 21-21 Tie
1988 29-10 Clemson
1989 45-0 Clemson
1992 13-24 Carolina
1993 16-13 Clemson
1994 7-33 Carolina
1996 31-34 Carolina
1998 28-19 Clemson
2006 28-31 Carolina

I really wish I had attended the 1977, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 All Clemson wins.

As it stands I have attended 22 Clemson-Carolina games. My record is 13-8-1. In Clemson I am 8-5-1, in Cootlumbia, I am 5-3.

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Re: I have attended


Nov 22, 2012, 7:42 PM

1972 was the rain and sleet game . I would have been miserable if we had lost. I am 3-1 in games I attended in Columbia.

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My first game. We drove up from the Low Country. The closer


Nov 22, 2012, 7:48 PM

we got to Clemson, the more the weather deteriorated. We saw a car spin on the ice between Maudlin and Clemson. It was a very, very cold, wet and icy day. I was 9 years old and by the end of the fourth quarter, my cowboy boots began losing the battle against the rain ad wet. The cold water began to make its way inside the socks. You know you're on borrowed time when that when that happens.

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Re: My first game. We drove up from the Low Country. The closer


Nov 22, 2012, 7:54 PM

My uncle had given me tickets to the game and with the forecast so bad, I talked an army buddy into driving his car and I would give him the second ticket. He was a Gamecock fan and lost out every way you could lose that day. Glad I didn't take a date or she would have hated me before the game was over.

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LOL....Especially with a nine year old! My Grandkids


Nov 22, 2012, 8:12 PM [ in reply to My first game. We drove up from the Low Country. The closer ]

would've been raising you-know-what...which would've meant that I would have had to bribe them...and since all have always been little money-grubbers, it probably would've cost me a small fortune! Consider yourself a golden child...and your parents lucky!

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Re: I have attended


Nov 22, 2012, 7:54 PM [ in reply to Re: I have attended ]

52 for me.

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my life's earliest memory's come from 1998


Nov 22, 2012, 7:44 PM

so I recall all Clemson/Carolina games from 1998 to present. Except for 2001 because I was at Monsters Inc movie at the time the game was going on (good thing too cause we lost that one).

I have attended:

2004, 2006, 2008, 2010

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Re: HOW MANY CU/SCU games have you attended, listened


Nov 22, 2012, 8:14 PM

i am 35 years old and this will be the 23rd rivalry game i have went to and 18th in a row. contrary to what some of my fellow gamecocks claim y'all have a great gameday experience and i always enjoy my trips to clemson. dont always leave happy with the score but i have fun while there.

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I attended a South Carolina/NC State game as a young


Nov 22, 2012, 8:30 PM

Boy Scout at what was then known as Carolina Stadium, because our Scoutmaster was a NC State grad and wanted us to see Roman Gabriel play; the next time as a CU cheerleader in 1965, when we left disappointed as we lost by one point. Neither school had upper decks, but both seemed pretty large to me. The facts are that the rivalry is one of the oldest and most continuously played in the nation...and both coaches have helped this year to add to its intensity.

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Re: HOW MANY CU/SCU games have you attended, listened


Nov 22, 2012, 8:33 PM

My first game was '58 (6-years old with my dad and granddad... Wish they both were still here, great Clemson fans...

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My Grandfather was at Clemson in the late 30's


Nov 22, 2012, 8:41 PM

He has either attended or listened to every Clemson vs. USC game since then. So, I guess that is about 70+ years! I love to hear ALL of the stories of the past rivalry including Big Thursday, they are better than any book has ever wriiten about the history! At the age of 92 he can still give you every statistic, every score, and pretty much every impact play and who made it during the series! He finally retired from attending the games in his mid 80's but that hasnt stopped him from knowing every thing about Clemson football, past and present, and even down to who they are recruiting today! There are letters that his brother wrote to him while in Germany during WWII refering to Carolina fans saying "wait until next year!" I just love it and anyone who really values Clemson football would understand it!

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Good Stuff!!***


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That is great to hear****


Nov 22, 2012, 8:53 PM [ in reply to My Grandfather was at Clemson in the late 30's ]



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Just think: your Grandfather was in his mid-forties when


Nov 22, 2012, 9:04 PM [ in reply to My Grandfather was at Clemson in the late 30's ]

I was at CU, and there were a good many older grads alive then...all of whom had great stories going back to the earliest days of Clemson football. You should try to write some of his tales...then read them 20 or 30 years from now. I promise they will be golden treasures.

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I***


Nov 22, 2012, 9:51 PM



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I am 47 and have attended 33 in person.***


Nov 22, 2012, 9:54 PM



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Re: HOW MANY CU/SCU games have you attended, listened


Nov 22, 2012, 10:23 PM

This will be my 39 straight. My record is 25-12-1.

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All since 1979.


Nov 22, 2012, 10:26 PM

When I was old enough to know what was going on.

Probably saw/heard some earlier, just don't remember.

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