COLUMBIA — Then as now, the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees had a less-than-sterling reputation for keeping secrets.
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Art Smith, USC’s president in the early fall of 1990, knew as much. So when the school’s board approved a motion to accept an invitation to join the Southeastern Conference, it was only a matter of time before word got out. Late that afternoon, Smith telephoned SEC commissioner Roy Kramer, who asked when the Gamecocks wanted to hold their official announcement.