Late last season, South Carolina quarterback Jay Urich got to share a moment with a good friend.
He was a redshirting, third-stringer on the field before his first Clemson game. Across the field was Kelly Bryant, the Tigers starter and a fellow pupil of Upstate quarterbacks instructor Ramon Robinson. Urich had looked up to Bryant early in his high school career, replaced him later on, and now both were parts of their state’s biggest rivalry.
“That was a special moment, pregame and postgame, being able to see him,” Urich said.
Bryant still has some things he can pass along to his friend.