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Recruiting: USC issues concern Clowney

THE COUNTRY’S top-ranked recruit, defensive end Jadeveon Clowney (6-6, 247) of South Pointe, told reporters after Saturday’s ESPNU game against Northwestern he still has USC and Alabama as his top two schools.

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Sources: Players received reduced rates

Some South Carolina football players owed the Whitney Hotel several thousand dollars after receiving reduced room rates during extended stays at the hotel that have come under NCAA scrutiny, a source close to the situation told The State on Wednesday.
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Blythewood RB picks the Gamecocks

Blythewood running back Brandon Wilds announced a commitment to South Carolina on Thursday, choosing the Gamecocks over Illinois, Maryland and East Carolina.
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Morris: Salary insanity makes playoffs a pipe dream

If you want another reason why college football will never have a playoff, look no further than the raise for USC assistant coach Ellis Johnson recently approved by the South Carolina board of trustees.
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A time of joy, pain for USC's Moe Brown

A day after his 19-year-old brother committed suicide in a state prison in Bishopville, South Carolina receiver Moe Brown received his degree Friday during the first of USC’s three commencement exercises this weekend.
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Spurrier's treatment of Garcia is a motivational tactic

Jerri Spurrier recently reached out to Stephen Garcia to try to pick up the spirits of the South Carolina quarterback, who has been in the crosshairs of Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier all spring.
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Morris: Shake-up should put USC back in the ACC

Another surge of realignment is on the college athletics horizon. This will be the third shakeup of the conference landscape since 1989. This one is likely to be the Big One, the realignment that cements most schools in conferences for decades to come.
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Geathers goes to the Cleveland Browns

Former South Carolina defensive end Clifton Geathers was drafted Saturday by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round of the NFL Draft.
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Norwood lands in Carolina, calls it 'a great fit'

Eric Norwood waited much longer than expected to be selected in the NFL Draft. Finally with the 26th pick of the fourth round and 124th overall, the Carolina Panthers selected the former South Carolina standout.
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Spurrier 65 and still going strong

Steve Spurrier plans to celebrate his 65th birthday today snorkeling off a coral reef in the Bahamas.
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[Snapshots] Ladies Football Clinic at USC

Faces from Saturday's sixth-annual Steve Spurrier Ladies Football Clinic at Williams-Brice Stadium.