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Mar 21, 2011, 9:49 AM

I saw your posts attempting to downplay our opening game as a tournament win because the field was expanded from 64 to 68 teams. And I quote: "won a tournament game ≠ what it meant last year". Here's a suggestion... why don't you worry about your Gamecocks and their penchant for exaggerating the significance of sports achievements. You guys are the all-time champs.

(1) All of your websites and official media guides tout the "3 straight Sweet Sixteens" from the McGuire era (1971-73). But the term "Sweet Sixteen" didn't even exist back then, because the NCAA field was was only 25 teams total. Getting to the final 16 teams didn't become significant until the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, and you had to win a couple games. In fact, in 1971 you started the tournament in the "Sweet Sixteen"...

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/ncaa-tournament/brackets/historical/1971/DI

And you lost to Penn in your opening game. That's right - you didn't even win one game in the tournament, but claim a "Sweet Sixteen" appearance. That's an obvious and blatant attempt to claim some success that never happened. Your media folks are hoping that people are either too stupid or too young to realize how bad you're spinning that.

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(2) NIT "National Championship". Enough said. LMFAO.

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(3) "Lou Holtz led USC to back-to-back New Year's Day bowl wins". That's funny, I've never heard of the New Year's Day Bowl. Obviously trying to elevate the Outback Bowl into something it's not, a reference to when the major bowls (Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton) were all played on New Year's Day.

So why don't you go clean up all the outrageous Gamecock spin, and let us worry about Clemson.

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