The 122nd Palmetto Bowl leaves the two biggest schools in the state playing a football game for bragging rights only.
It’s been a while since the Clemson-South Carolina meant so little. The Tigers became bowl eligible with last week’s win over Furman. The Gamecocks aren’t going to be in the postseason.
Neither team is gearing up for a conference title game next week or hoping to hold onto College Football Playoff status. There is truly nothing on the line other than good, old-fashioned rivalry stakes after the two preseason top-15 teams produced disappointing seasons.
The Tigers (6-5) have won eight of the last 10 in the series and are looking for their sixth consecutive rivalry win in Columbia.