Of Course We're Talking About It: Rolling Over that Tide
You would think the only song running through my head this weekend would be Sandstorm (that literally played 5,000 times game day). But no. It’s Clay Aiken’s (I know...) “Invisible.”
Now that we’re are all feeling so, um, feminine, you should understand why I say this. Who wouldn’t want to be “invisible” or a “fly on the wall” in the USC locker room after the game?
You just beat the number one team in the nation, you broke McElroy’s 8th-grade winning streak and your fans love you more than ever. I mean, where can you even go from here?
Apparently when our Gamecocks returned to the locker room they just flipped out in disbelief (no shit). But who didn’t flip out after the game? Five points was un-navigable, tailgates were torn apart and fans were running around crazy.
As my black dress grew darker with André and beer stains, I kept realizing that this is my crazy-ass school. And we had just beat the number one team in the nation.
Never before has USC beaten a No. 1 team…in football, that is. So obviously everyone was freaking out. My new friends behind me, however, didn’t quite understand the concept. “So, like, if we beat the No. 1 team…are we, like, No. 1?” Uhh, no. But we’re getting up there. Fans were so pumped that they lined up to storm the field, even though they knew handcuffs were soon to follow. Just look at this guy getting taken out. Just kidding. That was from a soccer game.
But people seriously did get arrested. And tased.
Gamecock fans are known for complaining. Hey, I do it myself. Sometimes, how can we not complain when Garcia is our quarterback? I mean, helllllllooo, safety over the field goal. What was that anyway? But I honestly can’t complain here. If I were to find something to complain about this game, here’s what I would say:
- Alshon is too fast…I can’t see him when he runs.
- It’s hard to believe that Lattimore is real.
- The stands were too loud.
But really, though. The Gamecocks played some hard football, then looked to the scoreboard and realized they beat Alabama. 'Bama scored their points in literally the weirdest ways possible, and that just wasn’t enough. We did some serious cock-blocking and won fair and square. And now we have no room to complain.
35-21?!
10.09.10 FOREVA
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