Jared Cook, only 10 seasons removed from his last as a South Carolina tight end, was lost Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium.
“It’s a little bit of nostalgia,” he said. “It’s like I don’t even recognize the place.”
Before becoming an NFL veteran, Cook caught 73 passes for 1,107 yards and seven touchdowns for USC. His coach then was Steve Spurrier. His quarterbacks were Syvelle Newton, Blake Mitchell and Chris Smelley. They played at Williams-Brice, sure, but some similarities stop there.
The current Gamecocks are in a different program, Cook observed.