Mount Pleasant Magazine Sept/Oct 2016

Wanna Go to the Game?

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hether you were born a

South Carolinian or are “from off,” if

you want to fit in, you have to choose

sides – Clemson or Carolina.

When someone asks

you ‘Who do you pull for?,’ that’s what they

mean. (Please, don’t answer “Ohio State or

Michigan”)

Your heart either races for ‘2001’ and

Cocky, or for running down the Hill and

‘Tiger Rag.’

Some of us have ‘blood that runneth

orange,’ and some of us look good in garnet

and black.

This rivalry dominates all else in the Palmetto State.

By November, the big game will evoke more passion than

Trump or Hillary ever could. Many a Thanksgiving has had

the trash talk grow more heated than the food on the table.

It doesn’t matter what happens during the first 11

games. Those other games are just a warmup for Carolina-

Clemson. Winning bragging rights is all that matters.

There are actually a few of us who try to pull for both

teams, and we dread that Saturday morning

when we have to choose between wearing

orange or garnet.

The main thing is we all know in our

heart that the only real sport is football. Noth-

ing beats Saturdays in the fall, especially when

you’re cheering in the stands.

ing pass to this year’s Palmetto Bowl in Death

Valley on Nov. 26, 2016.

Go Tigers! Go Cocks!

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