It made sense there were plans for South Carolina quarterback commit Ryan Hilinski to visit Columbia this weekend.
It is USC’s biggest home game of the season, and there’s a long list of recruits coming. It’s also a bye week for his high school team, which sits at 2-1 on the young season.
But Hilinski won’t be at a rocking Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday. He’ll be doing something more important.
Hilinski will be with his parents Mark and Kym in Pullman, Washington. They’ll be raising the Cougar’s flag and a Hilinski’s Hope flag to honor his late brother, who took his own life in January.