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re: South Carolina fans, who has more overall fans in the state, Clemson or you guys?
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:02 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:02 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
Columbia is centrally located, and USC is literally the University of South Carolina. Clemson is in the NW corner of the state, not particularly easy to get to, and is close to 6 hours away from the coast.
USC has a larger alumni base, and as a result, has probably a 60/40 split.
Clemson fans, however, love to let everyone know that they are Clemson fans. There's a much greater subtlety to the Carolina fans, as has been mentioned in this thread.
All that said, Clemson sidewalkers are pretty dadgum insufferable. The CU alumni I've met have all been great people, who love to talk ball, and do so as decent folk. I think that tends to be somewhat universal, though.
USC has a larger alumni base, and as a result, has probably a 60/40 split.
Clemson fans, however, love to let everyone know that they are Clemson fans. There's a much greater subtlety to the Carolina fans, as has been mentioned in this thread.
All that said, Clemson sidewalkers are pretty dadgum insufferable. The CU alumni I've met have all been great people, who love to talk ball, and do so as decent folk. I think that tends to be somewhat universal, though.
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Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:30 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
When I lived in myrtle beach area way more gamecocks number 2 probably osu then Clemson, Hilton head area appears to be more Clemson then osu then usce. Edit uga might have the most fans in the jasport Beaufort county area
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Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:40 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
It's definitely split from the coast to the midlands to the piedmonts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:41 am to dallastiger55
Wrong they are nit salt of the earth neither is clemson they are pretty much the same except one cheers for a cock one for a tiger
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:43 am to flagshipuniversity
Yeah ok charleston and myrtle beach has alot of clemson
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:51 am to Jdillard343434
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Yeah ok charleston and myrtle beach has alot of clemson
Hell... That area is prolly an Ohio State majority now. Amazing how many are retiring there ...
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:58 am to dallasga6
I’ve only lived in coastal areas but as far as the sc coast is concerned osu might be the majority now. Browns and steeler bars are all over the place. The bungles have a bigger following than Clemson or South Carolina at my local bar.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:59 am to dallasga6
The amount of barners in Savannah ga was very surprising to me as well
Posted on 4/22/25 at 11:23 am to bamabaseballsec
Born, raised and currently live in Conway. It's 2 to 1 Gamecock here. Horry County is overwhelmingly pro-Gamecock.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 11:41 am to bamabaseballsec
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I’ve only lived in coastal areas but as far as the sc coast is concerned osu might be the majority now.
If you're on 501 headed towards Florence from Myrtle Beach, once you cross the Waccamaw River into Conway proper, that's all natives all the way to the Marion or Dillon County line. Your farmers and engineers in are usually Clemson folks. Your lawyers, insurance folks and bankers are usually Gamecocks. 95% of blacks in the area pull for USC.
My wife and I are building a house in southwest Horry County (10 miles outside of Conway) near the Georgetown County line and about 25 miles from Hemingway (Williamsburg County). The closer you get to Hemingway and Kingstree, the more Clemson folks you'll see, because that area is still 100% farmland. My church is 75/25 Clemson.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 11:41 am to bamabaseballsec
Double post
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Posted on 4/22/25 at 11:42 am to bamabaseballsec
Triple post sorry
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Posted on 4/22/25 at 11:43 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
Clemson have the Dallas Cowboy/Pittsburgh Steelers bandwagon crowd. Much less car flags around when they lose.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 2:42 pm to TNTigerman
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Charleston sucks. Takes you 30 minutes to go 3 miles, and it’s Golf Hell.
Maybe there were just too many coonasses there like yourself.
Reminiscing of the # of coonassess & texans invading P'Cola to Panama City every Spring & Summer
TN & LA have great beaches... Just stay home & enjoy.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 3:34 pm to GentleJackJones
Northerners are like a bad case of herpes. They make fun of the south, complain about everything we do, then move down here. 
Posted on 4/23/25 at 4:10 pm to SCLibertarian
SCLibertarian, I live in MB now, but I went to school in Hemingway and grew up in Williamsburg County. Your analysis is spot on.
Are you on 701 or 261? That's the way I go to my farm.
Are you on 701 or 261? That's the way I go to my farm.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 4:30 pm to themetalreb
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lol did you really expect SC fans here to say Clemson has more fans???
I certainly can't speak to who has the bigger fan base...
But it is interesting the Clemson has the bigger stadium.
I'm not sure that dynamic exists anywhere else... (where the school with the smaller fan base has the bigger stadium) besides Clemson/USC.
I guess maybe Texas/Texas A&M... but the state of Texas is huge so it is a little bit different.
I also wonder if Clemson's alumni base has been affected by the fact that they were an all Male... mostly military school until 1955... I KNOW that has affected Texas A&M's number of graduates because they were a tiny school until they started admitting women.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 6:12 pm to ClusterCock
Off 701 right near Bucksport. We're right near Pee Dee Hwy.
Posted on 4/24/25 at 7:37 am to Gunga Din
quote:WIlliams-Brice was always larger than Memorial until 1983 ...that's when BC Inabinett and his band of merry klansmen paid to expand Memorial past the 72400 of WillIams-Brice -
I'm not sure that dynamic exists anywhere else... (where the school with the smaller fan base has the bigger stadium) besides Clemson/USC.
Carolina expanded again after SEC membership and W-B was again larger than Memorial until 2006 - when Memorial moved to and 'estimated' 81500 to W-B's 80250 -
USC - in order to meet demand for luxury suites/amenities and no extra space - has reduced overall capacity to 77559 officially - though with the turns on 4 corners still can hold crowds upwards of 80K -
85199 is Carolina's official W-B record crowd v Georgia in 2012 - Memorial's is still the 1999 Bowden bowl 86092 just ahead of the 1994 Carolina game of 85872 -
Posted on 4/24/25 at 8:16 am to 1801
Thanks for the info.
I've always wondered about that.
One thing for sure... South Carolina and Alabama are the two "smaller" states that support college football the best. Nobody else is even close as far as states that have basically two bigtime D1 programs.
However, Alabama has got everybody beat when you consider Bama, Auburn and all the other D1 programs. I honestly don't know how there are any fans left over to attend games at UAB, Jacksonville, Troy and South Alabama. I guess South Carolina has Coastal... and a guess Furman draws well for FCS... and of course the Citadel...
And both states support a couple of HBCUs or more.
I've always wondered about that.
One thing for sure... South Carolina and Alabama are the two "smaller" states that support college football the best. Nobody else is even close as far as states that have basically two bigtime D1 programs.
However, Alabama has got everybody beat when you consider Bama, Auburn and all the other D1 programs. I honestly don't know how there are any fans left over to attend games at UAB, Jacksonville, Troy and South Alabama. I guess South Carolina has Coastal... and a guess Furman draws well for FCS... and of course the Citadel...
And both states support a couple of HBCUs or more.
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