Dave Sez

Carolina Dreamin'

This is a fairly benign little article about Lou Holtz the state of the South Carolina football team. But then, the author, Michal Lough drops in this doozy:

If South Carolina wasn't yanked out of the ACC by the brilliant-in-his-own-mind Paul Dietzel almost 40 years ago, the Gamecocks would be at Florida State's level in football and Duke in basketball. USC was a hoops powerhouse, something Dietzel hoped to match by going independent. Hah.

Wow!

Sure, South Carolina made a huge mistake in leaving the ACC (and the ACC thanks them). No doubt. But, Gamecock football = FSU and Gamecock basketball = Duke? Pardon me while I choke on my barbecue.

Other Nostradamic revelations by Lough that would have come to pass if SC hadn't escaped the ACC:

• Columbia, not Atlanta, would be the biggest and most prosperous city in the south.
• When you say "Carolina," people in more than one state in the union would think you mean South Carolina.
• When you say "USC," people in more than one state in the union would think you mean the University of South Carolina.
• The Giant Peach would be a cultural landmark on par with the Eiffel Tower or St. Louis Arch.
• People outside of the Carolinas would know and appreciate yellow sauce barbecue.