Date: November 5, 1988
Location: Williams-Brice Stadium; Columbia, South Carolina
Opponent: No. 15 South Carolina Gamecocks
Mike Tyson has chirped a surprising number of statements of wisdom over the years, but arguably none of his quotes have seeped into popular lexicon more than this one:
“Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.”
In June of 1988, Michael Spinks found out the hard way exactly what Tyson meant (I mean, seriously, who doesn’t love a good excuse to watch this knockout?).
Perhaps feeling inspired by Iron Mike himself, there was a football team that was also bursting at the seems with confidence.