re: No homo, I kind of like the A&M fans

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It's always all about Hyman - probably one of the most egocentric people I have ever met in my life.

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It is the curse of the younger AD's. They all seem to have ego issues. A lot of the older (and now retired) AD's were pretty cool or crazy as hell, and both types were fun to hang out with.

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Under Hyman's leadership, the South Carolina Athletics Department has made tremendous strides in becoming a nationally prominent Division 1-A athletics program with the goal of competing for championships in all sports, while winning the school's first men's national championship in any sport with the baseball team's College World Series title in June 2010. In November of 2009, the women's soccer team brought home its first SEC championship, and in May of 2010, the women's golf team captured the East Regional title. During the 2009-10 school year, nine of the school's 20 intercollegiate programs finished in the top 25 of the nation and nearly every athletic team has competed in postseason play since Hyman's arrival. Recently, the football team went to its sixth bowl game, having been eligible for each of the last seven seasons, a modern record for consecutive winning seasons.

His hiring of successful head coaches, like men's basketball coach Darrin Horn and women's basketball coach Dawn Staley, the development of a $200 million master plan of facilities, and the school's first athletics capital campaign have taken South Carolina athletics to new heights. Hyman has successfully guided the department through a football seat donation initiative, which, along with philanthropic gifts and money guaranteed through the new television agreement, has provided the financial resources to begin bringing the Gamecock facilities up to the standards of their SEC rivals.

Under Hyman's tenure, the Carolina Stadium state-of-the-art baseball facility opened in the spring of 2009, and the Dodie Anderson Academic Enrichment Center opened its doors in February 2010. In addition, the athletic training room, recruiting room, locker room and entryway at Williams-Brice Stadium have all recently received major upgrades. The football coaches' offices and entry are currently being renovated, and a players' lounge has also been added. Men's and women's basketball locker rooms have been renovated along with the coaches' offices. Major suite renovations are taking place at William-Brice following the successful addition of the Champion Club suites over the past two years. Upon Hyman's arrival the stadium was dressed up with graphics and recognition of record holding players.

Over the next couple of years, Hyman's master plan includes converting the Farmer's Market into a football parking lot and tailgate area for the fans, further improvements to Williams-Brice Stadium, building a coaches' support building, a parking garage and tennis courts, and renovating the softball and track facilities at the new Athletics Village, whose cornerstone building is the new Dodie Anderson Academic Enrichment Center.

In 2008-09, South Carolina football, men's basketball and baseball all finished with a .500 or better league mark for the first time since joining the SEC. In addition, the women's tennis team reached the NCAA Elite Eight, while the men's outdoor track & field team posted a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Men's basketball tied for the SEC Eastern Division title and baseball went to the regionals.

Off the field, South Carolina student-athletes have combined to surpass the 3.0 grade point average plateau for seven consecutive semesters and are regularly among the leaders in the SEC Academic Honor Roll. In Spring 2009, a record 15 of 17 athletic teams topped the 3.0 standard, with football, men's basketball and men's soccer all achieving their highest team GPAs on record. South Carolina APR scores have continually improved under Hyman's watch.

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From our athletic website. You know how Spurrier has recently been saying how we used to only have 1 or 2 people that would donate $1 million+ but now we have 12-13? No way some of that is not credited to Hyman's planning.