Different kind of rivalry between Swinney and Beamer

When Steve Spurrier was the head coach at the University of South Carolina, never had the rivalry between the Tigers and Gamecocks been so heated.

Spurrier loved to take his shot “at that team in the Upstate,” while Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney let everyone know “the real USC” is in California and “Carolina” is located in Chapel Hill. It was done in fun, but it was good for the rivalry.

Though there was never any real public hostility shown between Swinney and Will Muschamp when he was in Columbia, the two did throw a barb toward the other here or there from time to time.

But now there is a new man in charge down in Columbia. In December, Shane Beamer became the Gamecocks’ third head coach…