College GameDay panel causes social media stir with wild disrespect to South Carolina-Clemson matchup

ESPN’s College GameDay producers either made a major gaffe or flat-out disrespected the state of South Carolina when they omitted the Gamecocks and Clemson’s key Week 14 matchup during their predictions segment. The November 30 broadcast was called out by several on social media.

“Unless I missed it, College GameDay skipped South Carolina-Clemson. The disrespect, man,” 247 Sports’ Brad Crawford tweeted.

Several responded in agreement. South Carolina is a state with proud fans who want representation during a year both of their teams are doing well. The response isn’t all that surprising.

The snub was also notable for a show that had one of its hosts, Desmond Howard, question why ASU-Kansas State was being picked in Week 12. Overlooking a Rivalry Week matchup between an SEC and ACC school is a puzzling decision for The World Wide Leader considering the network has TV rights to both conferences. This is the most interesting edition of the Palmetto State’s Power 4 rivalry in over a decade, too.

It doesn’t have to make sense, but it does have to make dollars and cents. Perhaps the network figured this would build buzz for the ESPN-broadcasted game. All eyes are still expected to be on Michigan-Ohio State even with the Wolverines struggling after all.

Regardless of why this happened, clearly, college football fans are not a bunch you can sneak anything past. With College Football Playoff hopes on the line for both South Carolina and Clemson, you definitely weren’t going to sneak this one past social media.