Archive - To Thee, Forever Ago

In 1974 USC made an 'abortive' attempt to hire Lou Holtz

Twenty-five years before his triumphant return to Columbia, the Gamecocks tried to hire a former USC assistant and rising star, Lou Holtz, away from…

Feb 16 •

January 2024

I am being systematically haunted by underqualified university presidents

Wow, can't believe they're already doing a reboot of the Bob Caslen saga. (Plus a few other things on my mind this week.)

Jan 20 •

It's easier to make hard decisions you've been avoiding when other people basically make the decisions for you.

Jan 13 •

September 2023

The case for 2000 as USC's best Georgia win

Since the Gamecocks are almost certainly not going to beat Georgia in 2023, let's seek refuge in our memories of the year 2000, a time when they did.

Sep 15, 2023

August 2023

2023 is USC's first Spider-Man Meme year since 1983

Plus, what the infrequency of this phenomenon says about the futility of the "real Carolina" debate.

Aug 31, 2023 •

The favorite songs prompt that's taking over Twitter makes no sense whatsoever

And yet I still took the bait.

Aug 30, 2023 •

Let's do some extremely risk-averse sports betting

Read to the end for some truly exquisite Clemson trash talk.

Aug 29, 2023 •

July 2023

Where will we talk about sports in 2023?

Twitter is imploding, but so far its would-be challengers are coming up short.

Jul 10, 2023 •

On loving and mourning a difficult dog

Last week we said goodbye to Rilo, a real piece of work who lived to the unbelievably old age of 16.

Jul 8, 2023 •

June 2023

Todd Ellis was rejected for jersey retirement in 1989

Plus, notes on Lou Holtz and Georgia's sexual assault scandal.

Jun 30, 2023 •

NIL and the future of recruiting hoaxes

In the 2010s, recruiting sites got pretty good at weeding out frauds. But NIL gives grifters a new foothold.

Jun 28, 2023 •

8 takeaways from the historical SP+ data ESPN released this week

The godfather of advanced CFB stats has released a new resource that's going to make it a lot more fun to talk about the Gamecocks of yore.

Jun 21, 2023 •

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