CLEMSON — With the Big Ten trying to push the SEC and ACC to a nine-game conference schedule, there has been talk that Clemson and South Carolina might have to end or at least move their annual rivalry game.
Right now, and pretty much every year since 1960, the Tigers and Gamecocks have played at the end of the regular season. The good news is that Clemson athletic director Graham Neff said last month the Clemson-South Carolina rivalry is non-negotiable, and the USC administration has basically said the same thing.
“I think it’s ironclad. Now, there’s people above me to make those decisions,” South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer said recently.