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WIKISMACK: GAMECOCK EDITION

We close the day by reminding you that if it's written in Wikipedia, it must be true. As of 4:37 p.m., the Wikipedia entry for Williams-Brice Stadium, the home of the South Carolina Gamecocks, includes these two examples of ABSOLUTE INCONTROVERTIBLE SCIENTIFIC TRUTH as vetted by the rigorous standards of Wikipedia. Go.

One:

Carolina football teams consistently attract standing-room-only crowds to Williams-Brice Stadium, at least until halftime when the South Carolina faithful usually leave after watching the Gamecocks get trounced during the first thirty minutes of the game.

And, two:

It has been nicknamed "The Cockpit" by Gamecock fans and local media and "Death Valley South" by Clemson since the Tigers own the place, although both nicknames are unofficial. Steve Spurrier has suggested "The Barnyard" due to the stadium's proximity to the State Farmers Market or "My Career's Garveyard" due to his futility there.

And we wonder why our professors never accepted Wikipedia as a source. Stalin did have a fondness for butternut doughnuts, and invaded Poland just to get at their supply! Cher did record an album with DMX!
The substance mendelevium (corrected) is also great on salads! It's in Wikipedia and that means it's true!

Massive HT: 'Fesser.

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Mendelium?

I think you mean element 101, Mendelevium, which goes very well with a light vinaigrette. It’s easy to make, too, just bombard einsteinium with alpha particles and voila!

by Jeff on Feb 20, 2008 4:56 PM EST reply actions  

Oh man…they ALREADY locked the article and deleted that section.

by Will on Feb 20, 2008 5:07 PM EST reply actions  

Was it included that USC is the second most successful program to call it home, after the ESU Timberwolves?

by Herb on Feb 20, 2008 5:10 PM EST reply actions  

Editing of this article by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism.

Boo Hiss.

by ThreenOut on Feb 20, 2008 5:11 PM EST reply actions  

I’d retaliate, but a.) too few Clempson fans have the internet to read my wit, and b.) those damn wikipedia nerds notice vandalism with disturbing speed.

by offcampus on Feb 20, 2008 5:15 PM EST reply actions  

Clemson = Auburn Light.

by NewAZTiger on Feb 20, 2008 5:31 PM EST reply actions  

Reality has become a commodity.

by El Hombre on Feb 20, 2008 5:37 PM EST reply actions  

Under traditions:

Losing to Clemson

by Wregl on Feb 20, 2008 5:43 PM EST reply actions  

Shit (like fuck) is often used more to add emphasis than meaning: Shit! I was so shit-scared of that shithead that I shit-talked him into dropping out of the karate match

by WorstFan on Feb 20, 2008 5:49 PM EST reply actions  

Everyone knows the proper nickname for W-B is ‘The Dead Cockroach’.

by Hobnail_Boot on Feb 20, 2008 5:50 PM EST reply actions  

I am so disappointed. After all, it is South Carolina. I could be wrong, but I think you have to beat someone more than twice in eleven years to be considered their rival.

by Coop on Feb 20, 2008 5:59 PM EST reply actions  

For about two weeks in 2005 it was ABSOLUTE INCONTROVERTIBLE SCIENTIFIC TRUTH that Brady Quinn was the body double for Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights.

by Domer Guy on Feb 20, 2008 6:32 PM EST reply actions  

Coop, you aren’t fooling anybody.

by Chg on Feb 20, 2008 6:43 PM EST reply actions  

Not even the Pope could save Williams-Brice.

by MorningBeer on Feb 20, 2008 6:54 PM EST reply actions  

I teach middle school and assigned the class a few paragraphs on the Diet of Worms and got back an essay on an old monk diet of eating worms to wash away sins and purify the soul. I was going to fail the kid (but give him points for creativity) but he produced his research from our beloved wikipedia. I should have known he wasn’t that clever. And the entry on my brother (a somewhat famous musician) for a while listed my mom’s occupation as a stripper. Mom thought it was funny and I bet dad wished it was true. Viva Wikipedia!

by matt oberst on Feb 20, 2008 6:59 PM EST reply actions  

“And we wonder why our professors never accepted Wikipedia as a source.”

Yeah, right. We all know you’re far too old to have attended college after Wikipedia was created. You can’t bullshit a bullshitter, son!

by Justin C. Cliburn on Feb 20, 2008 7:06 PM EST reply actions  

Coop, the last eleven games Dawgs vs. Tigers….7-3-1.

Your choice of time frames is impressive. 3 is more than 2. Thanks for the reminder and the waste of 30 minutes of my cocktail hour.

by hunglikehussain on Feb 20, 2008 7:37 PM EST reply actions  

#14: Winona called. You know that ventriloquist’s doll in “The Ten” she did? That piece of wood was better than your bro.

(sorry, no disrespect to Conor, but someone has to be a heckler)

by El Hombre on Feb 20, 2008 7:53 PM EST reply actions  

Me and my buddy ripped on eachother back and forth putting scandalous entries about eachother in the “famous alumni” section of our respective schools. Like idiots, we didn’t realize wikipedia saves that shit in its cache even after you delete it. Hopefully no one thinks my friend is really a pedophile.

by Brian on Feb 20, 2008 8:09 PM EST reply actions  

El Hombre,

We in the family appreciate a a good heckler. The band I am in once played Clemson and some witty fellow shouted “1993” (it was implying we stagnant and unoriginal— which we might be since it was 99 or 2000… best heckle we ever got). Our drummer, quoting George Carlin (I think), replied “Somebody put a dick in that guy’s mouth.” Awkward silence ensued. Being SC, it might have happen. Still, People magazine is about as reliable as wikipedia for info. Just saying….

by matt oberst on Feb 20, 2008 8:15 PM EST reply actions  

Tying in wrestling and college football, one of the funniest signs in the crowd I ever saw was in the WCW era when Goldberg was undefeated going on like 50 – 0. They were in Spartanburg one night and as Goldberg came out to the whole pyrotechnics you could see a sign off to the side that read

Goldberg 0-4 vs Clemson

Two great tastes that taste great together.

by atlanta domer on Feb 20, 2008 8:35 PM EST reply actions  

Clemson = Auburn Light
                        =
Same great taste, less chop blocking.

by k-dog on Feb 20, 2008 8:51 PM EST reply actions  

Threadjack, and this is not the thread to be threadjacking, at least from my perspective.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/02/20/jones.murder.ap/index.html

Julio Jones needs to watch Carmello Anthony’s video on not snitchin’…

by Coop on Feb 20, 2008 8:55 PM EST reply actions  

@ 16

I am guessing that 6 of the last 11, maybe more, Clemson/Georgia games were played when Hatfield, West, or Tommy was coaching Clemson.

Tommy gets a pass because he ran roughshod into Georgia’s best two year stretch since whomever bought Herschel that Corvette or Trans Am he was driving around Athens.

Clemson played Georgia more competitively than anybody in 2002, I know b/c I was there, other than Florida and Auburn, and that is completely relevant because college football games are decided just like horseshoes.

 Anyway, yes, you probably had Ray Goof in several of those games, but Goof was nothing more than Tommy West with more talent.

Anybody who can pluck a S out of the defensive backfield in August and have him run for something like 500 yards in the first 2.5 games he played at RB prior to breaking his foot, obviously has too much talent.

I also curse the name, “Torin Kirtsey,” who is probably in prison right now because you had to do something really bad to get kicked off of the Georgia squad back then.

by Coop on Feb 20, 2008 9:20 PM EST reply actions  

#19: I was reading your comment thinking, “1993? I thought Clemson beat you guys in the ’80s!” But still funny. Oh Wikiality…

by El Hombre on Feb 20, 2008 10:26 PM EST reply actions  

@ Coop:

After 30-0 in your own place, you can’t say shit. Justin Miller still can’t cover Fred Gibson, and somewhere Charlie Whitehurst is throwing another teammate under the bus.

See you in 2013.

by Hobnail_Boot on Feb 20, 2008 11:52 PM EST reply actions  

They forgot to mention the true star of The Program, the curmudgeon at large Robert D. Raiford as ESU’s El Presidente.

Didn’t they also film that horrible Adam Sandler football movie there?

by yoyofutbawl on Feb 21, 2008 8:31 AM EST reply actions  

FULMER CUPDATE

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3256175

Louisville wants to play.

Among the interesting points:
-Armed Robbery is the charge
-He robbed a gas station (people still do that?)
-$50,000 bond
-Likely would have started at corner next year.

by Cincy on Feb 21, 2008 8:35 AM EST reply actions  

Outstanding FC entry.
Speaking of Louisville in a kind of round about sort of way, things have been extremely quiet in Patrinoville. Has he quit and taken another job already?

by drogue on Feb 21, 2008 8:48 AM EST reply actions  

Coop, winning and losing doesn’t a rivalry make. It would obviously be a better, more nationally recognized rivalry if it was not so one-sided. However, you are a liar if you would say that game isn’t the biggest rivalry game on Clemson’s schedule every year. People get shot over that game for God’s sake.

by Mike on Feb 21, 2008 9:48 AM EST reply actions  

For competitve games againts the dawgs in ’02 was vs. USC. Clemsux may have lost by 3 fewer points but we fumbled TWICE inside our their 5 and David Pollock had some insanely ridiculous play in the EZ where strip/intercepted the ball of our soon to be Saftey quaterback. Rained like crazy in that game too. The only section in the stadium that was still full was the student section b/c we were un-willing to loose our seats.

by Gamecoqs_52 on Feb 21, 2008 9:57 AM EST reply actions  

So is Wikipedia a good source for tips on salary negotiations?

by ChemE93 on Feb 21, 2008 10:05 AM EST reply actions  

Loved this entry under “traditions” . . .

Fans joining in on many cheers and chants, including the popular “GAME” (shouted by the west side of the stadium) and then “COCKS” (shouted by the east side).

Wow! Fans joining in on cheers and chants? What an awesome tradition! I bet South Carolina fans feel real special that they’re the only ones who do that.

by Doug on Feb 21, 2008 10:11 AM EST reply actions  

@ 33 – It also listed one of the traditions as, “losing to Clemson.” We are a creative, albeit effective, bunch, aren’t we?

@31 – I was so proud to hear that somebody finally shot someone over the Clemson/South Carolina game. Auburn/Alabama, we are coming for you!

However, I hope that we never get to the point of OU/Texas. It is one thing to kill a man, it is a different matter, altogether, to rip open another man’s ball sack.

by Coop on Feb 21, 2008 10:27 AM EST reply actions  

#22, damnit, why didn’t I think of that?

by NewAZTiger on Feb 21, 2008 12:26 PM EST reply actions  

Coop,

I agree that it was aggressive step that needed to be taken in order to bring the rivalry to another level. Suprisingly, I think a Gamecock shot a Tiger for not paying a $20 bet in 2006. I’m fairly sure the Tiger was so shocked by Clemson’s loss that he refused to believe it happened.

by Mike on Feb 21, 2008 5:03 PM EST reply actions  

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