COLUMBIA, S.C. — Quarterback Spencer Rattler stood along the 25-yard line and pointed toward the sky.
As Dakereon Joyner plunged into the north end zone for South Carolina’s eighth touchdown of the night, converting the avalanche of white towels in the Gamecocks student section into a blizzard, South Carolina’s maligned, gun-slinging signal-caller could only glance skyward.
Call it divine intervention. Perhaps a prayer answered. Whatever it may have been, consider the lingering bad juju or chicken curses existing around Williams-Brice Stadium of years past exorcised.
