Clemson senior tackle Eric Mac Lain said this week he got an early indoctrination into the Clemson-South Carolina rivalry in his first game in Columbia.
That continued with his second trip to Williams-Brice Stadium.
And he is expecting even more when Clemson plays Saturday at South Carolina.
“When we walked into that stadium, and I see lighters or batteries or cans and stuff being thrown at players, I was like, ‘Wow, this is something else,’ ” Mac Lain said. “And then the next year that we went there, it was the same thing, just a constant reminder that this is a real deal type thing, and you better be ready.