re: How did South Carolina ever get distinguished the flagship institution in SC?

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We don't want them as a rival. We don't consider them a rival at all. They seem to consider us one though. I think they're just trying to fit in.

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I know and you have better rivals aside from them but hell we have UK and Vandy as secondary historic rivals even though Bama and UF are our main rivals and I would say UGA and SC games are far more important and heated games than those two.

Yeah, they're trying to fit in but there is something to work with there. Before Fulmer and Spurrier there wasn't a UT-UF rivalry so new ones can arise.