An announcement following No. 6 South Carolina’s win over Kentucky set in stone what many had hoped and expected — but nevertheless, this Saturday just got a whole lot bigger.
The hype around the Gamecocks’ upcoming matchup against No. 5 Georgia has been building for weeks. It’ll pit two unbeaten, Top-10 football teams, not to mention heated division rivals.
Now in the mix: ESPN’s sending its College GameDay crew to the Horseshoe.
Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, David Pollack and Samantha Steele will take to the heart of campus at 9 a.m. Saturday, hours before a 7 p.m. kickoff before a sold-out crowd at Williams-Brice Stadium.
It’s the sixth time the show’s come to Carolina and the first in two years.
And that last appearance, when USC knocked off then-No. 1 Alabama, set a pretty high bar for this Saturday — and head coach Steve Spurrier knows it.
“Obviously that was one of the best days in Carolina football history — the first time we ever beat a No. 1 team,” Spurrier said. “So it adds to the importance of the game.
“It lets the world know, the country know, that South Carolina football is pretty good. We’re not quite where we want to be yet, but we’re up there amongst them, and hopefully we can keep pushing on.”