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![THE ASSOCIATED PRESSClemson wide receiver Tee Higgins (5) catches a pass in the Tigers' 24-10 win over Texas A&M last week. The top-ranked Tigers play at Syracuse on Saturday.]()
Bring on the noise: Syracuse awaits No. 1 Clemson at Dome
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Top-ranked Clemson plays its first road game Saturday night, and the Tigers have good reason to be wary.
The opponent is Syracuse, which has given the Tigers fits the past two times these teams have met and will have a packed and …
![THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSouth Carolina quarterback Ryan Hilinski (3) will lead the Gamecocks against Alabama on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia.]()
Alabama's Saban remembers last beating at South Carolina
COLUMBIA - Alabama coach Nick Saban is grateful most of his players don't remember the last trip into South Carolina.
But he does.
"What I remember from it is we got the lining kicked out of our britches," he said. "I don't know if you know …
![THE ASSOCIATED PRESSClemson head coach Dabo Swinney, center, and defensive coach Brent Venables, left, watch the action during the Tigers' game against Texas A&M in Clemson. Swinney and Venables saw Tyler Davis and his fellow defensive lineman as viable replacements for their top fight graduates.]()
Freshman DT Davis filling void left by Clemson All-American
CLEMSON - Tyler Davis didn't plan on starting this soon for Clemson, given the depth the Tigers had stockpiled at defensive tackle the past few seasons.
But it's Davis who started the first two games for the top-ranked Tigers (2-0) and drawing …
![THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSouth Carolina quarterback Ryan Hilinski had a tremendous collegiate debut in the Gamecocks' 72-10 win over Charleston Southern on Saturday. He will face a big test this week as USC plays host to No. 2 Alabama at Williams-Brice Stadium.]()
South Carolina adjusts to new game plan minus starting QB
COLUMBIA - Very little has gone according to plan early on at South Carolina. And now the Gamecocks are facing a new reality - along with a new face at quarterback in backup Ryan Hilinski.
Hilinski will make his second start this week for South …
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Sumter DE Boone picks up two more offers
Sumter High School defensive end Justus Boone, a 2021 football recruit, has picked up two more scholarship offers. The 6-foot-5-inch, 240-pound Boone received offers from both Virginia and Charlotte. That gave him three offers, with the first one …
![THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSouth Carolina quarterback Ryan Hilinski (3) completed 24 of 30 passes for 282 yards and three touchdown in the Gamecocks' 72-10 win over Charleston Southern on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium. Hilinski started in his college debut.]()
Hilinski shines in debut with Carolina
COLUMBIA -- For a college football fan base, seeing a quarterback make his first start is akin to a child waking up on Christmas morning and finding that much yearned for toy under the tree.
Such was the scene at Williams-Brice Stadium on …
![THE ASSOCIATED PRESSClemson's Tanner Muse (19) makes an interception during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Texas A&M on Saturday in Clemson.]()
'As good as it gets': Venables reloads Clemson defense
CLEMSON - The crowd rose and so did the noise level in Death Valley. No. 1 Clemson faced fourth-and-goal from the 2 with 10 seconds left in regulation against Texas A&M.
It felt like a pivotal moment, even if it wasn't.
Kellen Mond made a …
![Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) passes while pressured by Texas A&M's Bobby Brown during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in Clemson, S.C. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)]()
No. 1 Clemson, Lawrence dominate 12th-ranked Aggies 24-10
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — No. 1 Clemson wanted to leave little doubt it was better than No. 12 Texas A&M. In the process, the Tigers left some doubts that anyone could challenge the defending national champs in another title run.
![South Carolina quarterback Ryan Hilinski waves to fans after an NCAA college football game against Charleston Southern, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina won 72-10. (AP Photo/John Amis)]()
Freshman Hilinski's debut leads South Carolina to 72-10 win
COLUMBIA — South Carolina fans gave quarterback Ryan Hilinski even more love than a second string QB typically gets in his first start and the freshman with the inspiring backstory responded with a storybook debut.
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Loss to UNC affects Gamecock's recruiting
The recruiting fallout from South Carolina's football loss to North Carolina on Saturday was immediate.
On Sunday morning, running back Lovasea Carroll of IMG Academy in Florida and from Warrenton, Ga., who committed to USC in early May, …
