The 2008 Season in a Box: You know that box that your family’s used for Christmas gifts for the last 15 years?  It’s kind of turned into a running joke, and whoever gets that box is kind of a minor celebrity for the rest of the day – or at least for the few hours before Grandpa gets into the ‘nog and starts rehashing WWII stories to the grandkids for the 400^th time.  It’s cool that he does that, but does he really need to tell the kids about picking up hookers outside of Paris again?

 The funny thing is that there’s nothing special about this box; it just developed a mythos of its own after a few years.  It’s pretty much average -held up well over the years, but that’s about it.  For South Carolina, that describes nearly every season of the last 7 years; sure, they’re 44-39 over those seasons, but their bowl games over those years read like the who’s who of who cares: Independence, Liberty, Outback.  On the plus side, at least they’re still relevant. Read the rest of this entry →