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20 Years Ago Today
- Thread starter Swayin
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Some of these names on defense I haven't thought of in forever! Kalimba Edwards, Cleveland Pinkney, Kenny "Bodbybags" Harney, and one of my faves of all time, Sheldon Brown. On offense, Travell Wharton, big Andrew Pinnock, Brian Scott, Jermale Kelly ... good times!
Homebrewcock
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Great game by Brewer. Some good players we had on the team.
Great game. Though it makes me feel old that is was 20 years ago.
The team Lou had in that game feels in some ways a lot like the team CSB inherited. There is talent there. They just need a person to make them believe, and turn them into scrappers. I remember these guys losing 21 games in a row, and I remember that game. Felt like two different teams.
Oh wow, yeah that was awesome. Me, my son, my brother, and his son all got tickets for the game for Christmas presents. I remember it was cold as crap. We went to Ybor City the night before the game and only drank a couple of beers because it was so cold. When it was time for the parade we gathered outside to watch and as our band passed by the Ohio State fans started chanting "high school ba-aand."
Our seats were in the end zone next to the section where the OSU sections were starting. As the game was winding down late in the 4th quarter someone started up a chant of our own..."high school tee-eam!" The looks on the OSU fans faces was priceless. They were so smug and condescending the night before.
The icing on the cake was when we left Tampa and finally got back on I-95 we stopped for gas and there were some VT fans at the pump next to us. They had just beat the taters in the IIRC Gator Bowl in Jacksonville. There were GC, VT, OSU, and tater vehicles everywhere. We congratulated each other on our respective victories and my son quickly got the idea to see if the VT fans would like to trade one of their VT car flags for one of our GC car flags.
They thought this was an excellent idea and the swap was made. We had a great time waving to tater fans all the way back to Columbia sporting one GC flag and one VT flag. Got flipped off a couple of times. lol Good times.
Our seats were in the end zone next to the section where the OSU sections were starting. As the game was winding down late in the 4th quarter someone started up a chant of our own..."high school tee-eam!" The looks on the OSU fans faces was priceless. They were so smug and condescending the night before.
The icing on the cake was when we left Tampa and finally got back on I-95 we stopped for gas and there were some VT fans at the pump next to us. They had just beat the taters in the IIRC Gator Bowl in Jacksonville. There were GC, VT, OSU, and tater vehicles everywhere. We congratulated each other on our respective victories and my son quickly got the idea to see if the VT fans would like to trade one of their VT car flags for one of our GC car flags.
They thought this was an excellent idea and the swap was made. We had a great time waving to tater fans all the way back to Columbia sporting one GC flag and one VT flag. Got flipped off a couple of times. lol Good times.
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Sporkgod50
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It amazes me that the talent we had on that team did not win a game a year prior. Goes to show that proper coaching can take a bit of time to get a team playing well.
What I remember from back then was that in the back of our minds we thought we would lose without Derek Watson due to his suspension.
First Brewer was disrespected by OSU and then the talk about Watson's suspension made the chip on his shoulder a little bit bigger.
Then Brewer did his thing.
I have always thought Phil Petty was one of our best all-around QBs. He had that slow spiral on a well-timed, very accurately-thrown ball.
First Brewer was disrespected by OSU and then the talk about Watson's suspension made the chip on his shoulder a little bit bigger.
Then Brewer did his thing.
I have always thought Phil Petty was one of our best all-around QBs. He had that slow spiral on a well-timed, very accurately-thrown ball.
Sporkgod50
GCF Top Poster
finally finished watching this during breaks at work. Key take-aways other than wow brewer.
1. The punting stats back then were horrible.
2. That coaching staff was packed with future head coaches.
3. It's great to see Tennessee losing big to K-State.
4. A hockey player was out with a bruised retina. Damn. I don't even want to think about how much that hurt.
1. The punting stats back then were horrible.
2. That coaching staff was packed with future head coaches.
3. It's great to see Tennessee losing big to K-State.
4. A hockey player was out with a bruised retina. Damn. I don't even want to think about how much that hurt.
sguilfoyle
Member
I think this team won their season like they did in the 1999 Clemson game, the last loss of the streak, at home against Clemson.
I don't remember the score. I do remember Clemson carrying Brad Scott off the field on their shoulders, but even that wasn't a positive but a negative emotion.
No, the positive was the players, standing at the Block C at the end of the game, defending it, because the turds from Clemson had promised to tear it up.
Somehow, after losing 21 in a row, Lou had given them enough of a sense of pride to say, "Not on our watch."
Something they can build on.
sguilfoyle
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The odd thing to me, MANY years later, having had the career I ended up having in news around the state of South Carolina, was how many kids from SMALL towns in South Carolina were names.
The punter, Tyeler Dean, was one of two excuses I had to go cover the Gamecocks a few years there. From the Barnwell High Warhorses. His momma wanted us to have a season long coverage of the Gamecocks, from the POV of the punter.
THANK Goodness I also worked for the Allendale paper, and therefore had the further excuse of covering Kenny Harney. I never got that emotional story that Kenny shared with the team, after the first 0-11 season. Holtz said the team had to know what they were all going through. I think maybe his mom was sick or something. But he had played a year with his teammates and no one knew it.
Later on in my career I started working out of Chester County SC. And Sheldon Brown was of course from Lewisville High School. There actually is no town of Lewisville. it's in "Lewis Township." He of course came from the town of Fort Lawn. Great restaurant there at the traffic light. The Wagon Wheel. If it survived the Covid.
Kalimba was from a school in Florence County, I believe. Can't remember which.
Derek Watson wasn't in this game, but I believe he was from Central. Definitely another small town somewhere in very rural South Carolina.
Spurrier's best success was with a few players from some of the bigger schools in South Carolina.
I hope Coach Shane Beamer has a plan that is dedicated to absolutely owning the state of South Carolina in recruiting again. It doesn't have to be the main thrust of our offense and defense everyt year, but if we get the best of what South Carolina high schools produce, we are on our way.
sguilfoyle
Member
I was there as well. (And I actually knew what was going to happen rewatching this, but was a little tense when it was 3-0 near the end of the first half.)
We went to Ybor City kind of after the parade. The one Ohio State fan I engaged with was a bit cocky, saying they had the better program. And I said, "But we have the better coach."
She looked around and then, in a quiet voice said, "I think you're right."
And she gave me a Buckeye. She even warned me that it was poisonous. so it wasn't a dangerous prank.
We had the best barbecue I have ever had in my life. Moses White and Sons. And it was the son of one of Moses' that was running the joint at that time.
Was out at a bar either that night or the night before, and I remember Mississippi State was in a bowl game in the snow somewhere.
The first of our double-header outback bowl wins over Ohio State.
Good times. Great times.
I can't see how bringing in coaches like Stepp and Kimrey can mean any other thing. Both of them, in their intro pressers made a point of saying that without the high school coaches of this state, neither would be where they were today.
