COLUMBIA, SC (AP) - South Carolina will again open its football
season on Thursday night.
ESPN has decided to open its 2013 broadcast schedule by showing the
Gamecocks' game against North Carolina. The game is now scheduled for Aug. 29.
When the Gamecocks originally announced their schedule months ago, the opener
was set for Saturday, Aug. 31.
South Carolina has been a regular on ESPN's opening game since coach Steve
Spurrier arrived in 2005. The Gamecocks have played the network's opening game
six times, winning them all.
The draw for this year's South Carolina team is defensive lineman Jadeveon
Clowney, an all-American likely playing his last year for the Gamecocks before
entering the NFL draft.
Here's the full schedule (Home games in CAPS):
August 29 NORTH CAROLINA
September 7 at Georgia
September 14 VANDERBILT
September 28 at UCF
October 5 KENTUCKY
October 12 at Arkansas
October 19 at Tennessee
October 26 at Missouri
November 2 MISSISSIPPI STATE
November 16 FLORIDA
November 23 COASTAL CAROLINA
November 30 CLEMSON
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