South Carolina is hosting Akron for its final home game this Saturday as a makeup game after the Sept. 15 matchup against Marshall was canceled because of Hurricane Florence. The athletics department for South Carolina explained the decision to give away free tickets to special fans.
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However, according to WIS News, the athletic department accidentally made the free tickets available to the general public.
Seeing this error, some rival Clemson fans jumped at the opportunity to snag the tickets for themselves, just so the stadium looks empty. These fans then went on a South Carolina message board and bragged about taking the free tickets, which were intended for charities and military members.
A user on another Clemson message board regarding the topic wrote: “They must have discovered that I was using over 2,000 email addresses to order over 16,000 tickets that will not be used. I think I cleaned out an entire section.”
It’s unclear just how many Clemson fans took this route, but it’s certainly not a good look and a bad mistake on South Carolina’s part.
