Coastal Carolina’s coaches know they won’t have to provide any motivation to Shadell Bell going into the team’s season-opening game at South Carolina on Saturday.
A dislike for the Gamecocks is already ingrained in Bell.
Coastal’s starting tight end is a transfer from Clemson, and the bitter in-state rivalry between the state’s two largest colleges is well documented.
“I won’t say I hate them, but it’s just a dislike,” Bell said. “Coming from Clemson then coming here and learning the history about Coastal and Carolina being together back in the day, learning that and the feeling around here, people around here dislike them as well.