Every year, Clemson’s Athletic Communications Department gives the media a football supplement before the start of each season. It’s another 177 pages of stats, dates and notes for the media to pull from during the course of the year that the NCAA’s mandated 208-page media guide, which is also handed out to recruits, does not have.
Inside this supplement is a section titled “Heroes of the South Carolina Series.” This section documents some of the great Clemson players who made a major impact in a Tigers’ victory over the Gamecocks. Names like Buddy Gore, Ken Callicutt, Jerry Butler, Steve Fuller, Willie Underwood, Rodney Williams, Rod Gardner and Charlie Whitehurst are just some of the names mentioned in this section.