South Carolina vs. Illinois: Everything you didn’t know you needed to know

By Chris Marler

Bowl Season is underway with 13 SEC teams playing in the postseason. Before toe meets leather for all the games let’s get to know some fun facts about the non-conference opponents from around the country they’ll be facing. 

Here’s everything you need to know about the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl between South Carolina and Illinois.

(Note: The “facts” are from Wikipedia, made up entirely, and meant to not be taken seriously. Enjoy!)

ABOUT THE SCHOOLS

South Carolina 

Location – Hottest place on earth

Founded In –  1801

Tuition – $31,977

Enrollment – 56,167

Acceptance Rate – 61.5 Percent

Mascot – An angry chicken that loves mid 2000’s techno

Illinois 

Location – Champagne, IL

Founded In – 1867

Tuition – $34,106

Enrollment – 59,238

Acceptance Rate – 44.8 Percent

Mascot – A Native American they aren’t allowed to talk about anymore

FUN FACTS & TRADITIONS 

South Carolina 

1. Owning everyone in Womens B-Ball and owning Clemson in everything

2. Correcting people that pronounce the “-er” in Huger Street

3. Loving Beamer Ball while being hot as balls in Williams-Brice Stadium every September

Illinois

1. Second largest university library in the country

2. First U.S. school to allow access to disabled students

3. Tide, Wrigley Gum, Budweiser, and Cheerios are products that were developed by Illinois chemical engineering graduates

FAMOUS ALUMNI

South Carolina 

Darius Rucker – Ruined Wagon Wheel

Sarah Beth Pye – My mom’s second-favorite child

A’ja Wilson – A Unicorn. One of One.

Alyssa Lang – Marvel’s Mom

Hootie Johnson – Augusta National Chairman

Lindsay Graham – Reason for term limits

Illinois

Jerry Colangelo – Ruined the Chicago Bulls

George Halas – Invented the NFL

Steve Chen – Invented YouTube

Hugh Hefner – Invented Being Horny

Ron Popeil – Invented the Infomercial

GW Post – Invented cereal