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Ranking the top 10 tailgating spots in college football

By Phil Poling

OXFORD, MS - OCTOBER 21: Mississippi Rebels players greet fans as they walk down the Walk of Champions in the Grove on the Ole Miss Campus before the start of a college college football game against the LSU Tigers on October 21, 2017, at Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium in Oxford, MS. LSU won 40-24. (Photo by Austin McAfee/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
OXFORD, MS - OCTOBER 21: Mississippi Rebels players greet fans as they walk down the Walk of Champions in the Grove on the Ole Miss Campus before the start of a college college football game against the LSU Tigers on October 21, 2017, at Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium in Oxford, MS. LSU won 40-24. (Photo by Austin McAfee/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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COLUMBIA, SC – OCTOBER 27: Sir Big Spur is displayed during the college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the South Carolina Gamecocks on October 27, 2018, at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, SC. (Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
COLUMBIA, SC – OCTOBER 27: Sir Big Spur is displayed during the college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the South Carolina Gamecocks on October 27, 2018, at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, SC. (Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

850. Scouting Report. SEC. Columbia, SC. South Carolina Gamecocks. 2. Pick Analysis. player

South Carolina hasn’t had a double-digit win season since 2013, but that hasn’t stopped Gamecock fans from filling Williams-Brice Stadium over the years. Before and after the game, though, you can find Gamecock fans in typical tailgating fashion – tents with food, pickup trucks stocked with coolers and other goodies, and abandoned cabooses on an old train track nearby the stadium; they call them, “Cockabooses.”

The Gamecocks are renowned for their tailgating, probably because their on-field product is inferior in the SEC with Alabama, Georgia and LSU seemingly dominating every year. They’ll have opportunities to showcase their talents in front of their home crowd against some of the conference’s best, too.

They’ll host Charleston Southern, Appalachian State and Clemson in their non-conference slate at Williams-Brice Stadium, while SEC foes Alabama, Kentucky, Florida and Vanderbilt will also flock to Columbia for meetings on the gridiron.

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