Breaking news:5 Star wr flip his commit to South Carolina over Alabama Tennessee welcome to South Carolina 

Breaking news:5 Star wr commit to South Carolina over Alabama Tennessee welcome to South Carolina

South Carolina (8-3, 5-3 SEC) concludes its regular season on Saturday at No. 12 Clemson (9-2, 7-1 ACC). Both teams need a victory to keep their hopes alive for the College Football Playoff.

Kickoff will be at noon and the game will air on ESPN.

Those are the facts. Here are some though

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College football fans sometimes think programs operate like the S&P 500. Naybe there’s an occasional dip, but for the most part it’s a nice, steady incline. If a team wins seven games one year, however, it doesn’t mean it’ll win nine the next.

A year ago, Missouri went 11-2, beat Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl and brought back its starting quarterback, its stud receivers and some pieces on defense. The Tigers were thought of as playoff contenders because, surely, teams keep getting better

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To me, this is going to be a yearly occurrence,” Beamer said. “We’re not going anywhere. Our program, we’re only continuing to ascend. And Dabo (Swinney) and Clemson have shown they’re not going anywhere.

“I think a battle of ranked Carolina versus ranked Clemson with playoff implications, in my mind, is gonna be a yearly occurrence around here. So everybody better get used to it.”

First of all, what a quote. Beamer is so good at this type of rah-rah stuff. And that’s genuine. If you’re a fan, booster, recruit, whoever, how does that not get you fired up? How does it not get you excited to go donate to the Garnet Trust or commit to the Gamecocks or smile all week long.

On the other hand, that is far from guaranteed. Aside from a three-year stretch under Steve Spurrier (2011-13), high-level success at South Carolina is an anomaly. Instead of thinking about what might happen over the next five seasons, just soak in this

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