For most of us born and raised in South Carolina, we really did not have a choice. You are either a Clemson fan or a South Carolina fan. There is no in between.
In most cases, our parents made that decision for us long before we were born and our grandparents made that decision for them before they were even born. In other words, we are born in to it.
Even those true South Carolinians, who for 364 days don’t care about football—like my brother—care about the outcome of this one game. They care about the Clemson-South Carolina or South Carolina-Clemson football game, depending on how you say it.