As a South Carolina football fan you’re used to dealing with the ebbs-and-flows that come with following the Gamecocks — those ebbs and flows being disappointment and sheer absurdity.
There isn’t much normal about the history of this program. The Gamecocks are less than 20 games over .500 all-time going back to 1892, yet every once in a while you’ll stumble across something like the “600 Club” (600 yards rushing, passing and receiving for one’s career) and find Syvelle Newton as one of the four members. South Carolina’s lone conferences title belongs in the ACC back in 1969 but all four program wins over top-five teams came after 2009.