The good, the bad and the ugly from Clemson’s win over South Carolina

Clemson dominated South Carolina on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium to close out the regular season with its fifth straight win. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly from the Tigers’ 30-0 victory: The good Where to start? The first possession of the game seems like a good place. Clemson took the opening kickoff and […]

Booth showed out as Clemson dominated Gamecocks

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Clemson dominated South Carolina 30-0 on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium. The Tigers limited their opponent to 206 yards of total offense and 3.3 yards per play. Throughout the 2021 season Andrew Booth anchored a stingy Clemson secondary. But, until the Wake Forest game the junior cornerback did not have any interceptions. In […]

Defense starts fast, sets tone in another shutout in Columbia

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Myles Murphy and Ruke Orhorhoro quickly converged on ZaQuandre White, limiting South Carolina’s running back to 2 yards on the Gamecocks’ first snap Saturday. Their next eight offensive plays? No gain. Incompletion. Two-yard gain. Incompletion. No gain. Incompletion. No gain. Interception. Three plays later, Clemson (9-3) turned Andrew Booth’s first of two […]

New coach, same story: Clemson still owns South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Clemson cruised to its seventh straight victory over rival South Carolina at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday. The Tigers dominated the line of scrimmage en route to a 30-0 win. The streak matched the 23rd-ranked Tigers’ seven-game stretch from 1934-40, and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney became the first head coach from either school to […]

Clemson controlling line of scrimmage at the break

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Clemson entered the halftime break with a 17-0 lead over South Carolina at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. The Tigers dominated the line of scrimmage in the opening quarters and forced a pair of turnovers. Clemson totaled 193 yards rushing on 25 carries for an average of 7.7 yards per carry. Will Shipley […]

Here are Clemson’s unavailabilities for South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Clemson has announced which players will be unavailable against South Carolina. Receiver E.J. Williams, defensive end Xavier Thomas and linebacker LaVonta Bentley are the players who began the week on the two-deep that won’t be available for Clemson tonight against the Gamecocks, who will host the Tigers at 7:30 p.m. at Williams-Brice […]

Clemson vs. South Carolina: Who has the edge?

Clemson (8-3) will try for its seventh straight win over South Carolina (6-5) when the rivalry series resumes Saturday in Columbia. Kickoff from Williams-Brice Stadium is set for 7:30 p.m. The game will be televised on the SEC Network. Clemson’s offense vs. South Carolina’s defense: The Tigers put it all together against Wake Forest last […]

Clemson vying for piece of history in game that ‘means a lot to a lot of people’

In case you’re not familiar with just how much the Clemson-South Carolina rivalry means to both sides, the Tigers’ coaches and players provided some context this week. “You might be in the store and not many people are going to come up to you and say, ‘Hey man, you lost that game to Pitt,’” Clemson […]

3 keys to a Clemson win over South Carolina

After a one-year hiatus, Clemson-Carolina is back. And the Tigers will be looking for their seventh straight win over the Gamecocks on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium. What do the Tigers need to do to give themselves the best chance of pulling that off on the road? Here are three keys: Stop the run Clemson’s run […]

The lowdown on South Carolina from a Gamecocks beat writer

TCI recently spoke with Ben Portnoy to get some insight on South Carolina ahead of Clemson’s game against the Gamecocks. Portnoy covers South Carolina football for The State Newspaper. Portnoy hit on a number of topics during the following question-and-answer session, including South Carolina’s quarterback situation, the Gamecocks’ opportunistic defense, an intriguing matchup in the […]