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9 new things at South Carolina football games for 2017

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A lot can change in a year – and our excitement for football season has only grown since last fall.

The year’s first home game is Saturday for the 2-0 South Carolina Gamecocks with the Kentucky Wildcats coming to town.

Here’s a look at some of the changes USC fans will find on and off the field this season.

A NEW ‘2001’

The Gamecocks will debut a new-look “2001” entrance, complete with flames shooting 20 feet in the air and eight Co2 jets generating plumes of “smoke” between 20 to 25 feet long, replacing the need to create that effect with fire extinguishers.