Ryan Hilinski didn’t think he’d get a response that fast.
The South Carolina quarterback commit was interviewing with Sports Illustrated when a producer said he had a number for former Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier. Hilinski asked if he could use it to reach out, make contact with the winningest coach in the history of his future program.
“I’ll send him a quick text,” Hilinski said of his plan. “I said, ‘Hey coach, it’s Ryan Hilinski.’ Not thinking he would reply.”
This assumption proved incorrect at 8 a.m. on the West Coast.