Unless you have lived in the Palmetto state, understanding what makes this rivalry so great is difficult. With no professional sports, the schools split between the different regions of the state and fans having to live next to each other, the hatred is easy to get caught up in.
As we know, Clemson football has dominated this rivalry from the start. Sure, they lost the first-ever game back 1896, but haven’t done much losing since.
Current Clemson football head coach Dabo Swinney has been a head coach in 12 of these games and has a 7-5 record against the Gamecocks.