My husband received his M.A. and Phd. from USC in the mid-70's and saw a young man yesterday wearing a Gamecocks jacket (we're in Pennsylvania) and commented that he had graduated from there too. The kid looked at him and, without thinking, blurted out, "Wow! maybe you went with my grandpa!"
My husband did his graduate work at Carolina and remains a diehard fan to this day... despite the fact that he married a <gasp!> Yankee ...
Kathy
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