Thursday did not exactly start well for the South Carolina Gamecocks, as they received crushing news in the morning that ballyhooed freshman MarShawn Lloyd would miss 2020 with an ACL tear.
However, five-star quarterback recruit Gunner Stockton came to the rescue, pulling the trigger and becoming South Carolina’s first 2022 commitment later that evening and salvaging what had been a rough day.
(I’m not sure if he specifically intended his decision to uplift a thoroughly demoralized fanbase, but that’s what I’m going with because that’s what it accomplished.)
This is, to put it simply folks, a Big Deal.