Ryan Hilinski had never been to a South Carolina football game before this weekend.
The four-star quarterback from California had been to Williams-Brice for a spring game, but never a real one, never heard “2001” and “Sandstorm,” never seen a real Gamecocks crowd at full pitch.
But before that, he got to see another side of the South Carolina Saturday experience.
“From the very start, I walked up to Gamecock Park and met a bunch of people,” Hilinski said. “I saw some Hilinski’s Hope bands being sold out, and I took a bunch of pictures with people, which is amazing.