The holiday season has come early to rivalry week, and South Carolina fans are ready to stuff coal in stockings. During this weekend’s Clemson game, a fan held up a sign with Shane Beamer in a Santa hat that read “I’ll be home for Christmas.” Brutal? Sure. Accurate? Also sure. When your team isn’t headed to a bowl game, the calendar opens right up, with plenty of time for family dinners, shopping runs, and decking Clemson fans, I mean, the halls…decking the halls.
Oh man … Clemson just showed this on the video board midgame for a good 8-10 seconds. A Clemson fan’s sign reading “I’ll be home for Christmas” with an AI pic of South Carolina coach Shane Beamer. A nod to the fact the Gamecocks (3-7) won’t be bowl-eligible this season pic.twitter.com/SG1cMqacGh
— Chapel Fowler (@chapelfowler) November 23, 2025
Just because South Carolina might be home for Christmas doesn’t mean they are showing up to rivalry week empty-handed. Bowl season may not be calling, but Clemson? Oh, Clemson is absolutely getting a delivery next weekend. And it won’t be wrapped in shiny paper or tied with a bow. It’s coal. Rivalry week, stadium-shaking, chaotic coal.
Because this is the game where the records stop mattering. This is the week where pride trumps probability. And if the Gamecocks are going to put a cap on a rocky season, they may as well do it with a little holiday mischief. Not like we are on the Nice List, anyway…