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NIL and the future of recruiting hoaxes
In the 2010s, recruiting sites got pretty good at weeding out frauds. But NIL gives grifters a new foothold.
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8 takeaways from the historical SP+ data ESPN released this week
The godfather of advanced CFB stats has released a new resource that's going to make it a lot more fun to talk about the Gamecocks of yore.
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The 2024 SEC schedule and the end of the regional sports conference
The stopgap 2024 schedule, the first of the 16-team era, saw South Carolina lose its three most important rivals.
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The State's swashbuckling founding editor and the Milkshake Duck
The son of a Cuban emigre, Narciso Gonzales could write like hell and fearlessly spoke truth to power, but there's a big, insurmountable "but."
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One year without a smartphone, reviewed
From Jan. 2022 to Feb. 2023, I decided to live without a smartphone. What I learned is that it's not the phones themselves that are the problem.
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The defenestration of Charlie Mac by Todd Ellis and Learfield/ISP
The story of how South Carolina replaced one of the most decorated play-by-play commentators in the industry with an underqualified novice.
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The Lou Holtz-Jesse Helms saga is more complicated than you think
Forty years before Shemy Schembechler, another football coach was fired for supporting segregationist policies. Sort of. Not really. It's complicated.
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A 'Sandstorm' epilogue and some 2008 bangers
Some details from the chronology of Sandstorm that didn't fit into the Ole Miss de-bunking and a brief meditation on the supremely weird year in music that was 2008.
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No, Sandstorm did not start during the 2009 upset of Ole Miss
How we came to share a false memory of Sandstorm's introduction to Gamecock culture.
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Let's make Mother's Day great again
Spare us the saccharine Mother's Day Facebook posts about how perfect your mom is and do something to make the world a better place for women.
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Introducing the Friday Mix
Every Friday, I'll take a break from South Carolina sports stuff and share some entertainments that have recently brought me joy.
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USC's jersey retirement criteria exclude some of the football program's all-time greats
Duce Staley, DJ Swearinger, and Kenny McKinley are just some of the Gamecock football greats who don't meet the criteria to be considered.