Politics will forever interfere and doom the athletic programs at USC

[rockingamecock]

There's simply no other reason that the major sports at USC can't be successful. We have the fans, the support, the conference, the facilities.....you name it. It has nothing to do with NIL or money. It goes way back before that. The legislature has had their fingers in USC sports forever. I've been hearing that from family members all of my life . . . some that were born as long as 125 years ago.

 

[Piscis]

The fans, support and facilities are no better, and in some cases, not as good, as the schools we compare ourselves to. The conference actually hurts us in my opinion. Leaving the ACC was a total bonehead move. South Carolina is a classic ACC athletic program and would be competitive in pretty much every sport in the ACC.

I don't know what the legislature does to interfere with sports, but I find it hard to believe they are doing things to hurt South Carolina athletics and are leaving Clemson athletics alone.

 

[rockingamecock]

The fans, support and facilities are no better, and in some cases, not as good, as the schools we compare ourselves to. The conference actually hurts us in my opinion. Leaving the ACC was a total bonehead move. South Carolina is a classic ACC athletic program and would be competitive in pretty much every sport in the ACC.

I don't know what the legislature does to interfere with sports, but I find it hard to believe they are doing things to hurt South Carolina athletics and are leaving Clemson athletics alone.

Maybe we should move the State House up to Pickens County

 

[18IsTheMan]

The fans, support and facilities are no better, and in some cases, not as good, as the schools we compare ourselves to. The conference actually hurts us in my opinion. Leaving the ACC was a total bonehead move. South Carolina is a classic ACC athletic program and would be competitive in pretty much every sport in the ACC.

I don't know what the legislature does to interfere with sports, but I find it hard to believe they are doing things to hurt South Carolina athletics and are leaving Clemson athletics alone.

Yeah, nothing really sets us apart from any other SEC program, except maybe how devoted our fans are for football in spite of overall lack of success.

 

[JohnnySolo]

BOT assignments. Until I’m blue in the face or dead.

 

[Piscis]

Yeah, nothing really sets us apart from any other SEC program, except maybe how devoted our fans are for football in spite of overall lack of success.

We are very similar to Miss. State in a lot of respects when it comes to athletics. Their football program is under .500 all time but they fill up their stadium. Baseball has been their top sport, but football is still the king in Starkville as far as the fans are concerned. They have a big instate rival in Ole Miss, who has a better football history, like SC and Clemson.

They were one of the original SEC teams, so they didn't leave another conference and end up in the SEC.