While SEC Media Days mark the unofficial start of football season across the Southeast, the end of summer and start of training camp at South Carolina is marked with Pigskin Poets.
For the 22nd consecutive year, Gamecock football players mingled with several hundred excited children, playing Simon Says, reading books and signing autographs at the Charles R. Drew Wellness Center on Friday. And while training camp doesn’t begin until Aug. 2, many of the players seemed ready to hit the field.
“I think everyone’s excited. A lot of guys have their third year of experience.