It was the Chicken Curse — a hex that seemed to encapsulate all misfortune and misgivings surrounding South Carolina athletics. Advertisement This came up often 30 years ago in the winter of 1994.

The Georgia product had arrived at South Carolina years earlier, dealt with a coaching change, worked through being moved from quarterback to receiver. This was his greatest football moment.

Georgia will head into Columbia, South Carolina this week as the No. 1 ranked team in the nation while the Gamecocks remain unranked and coming off a loss against a cross-division foe, Arkansas.

Georgia owns a sizable series lead over South Carolina at 54-19-2. The Bulldogs have won eight of the last 10 meetings. The Gamecocks won three games in a row in 2010 through 2012.

8 Times since South Carolina joined the SEC in 1992, the Gamecocks have given Georgia its first loss of the season. South Carolina pinned the first defeat on the Bulldogs in 1993, 2000, 2001, 2007 ...