COLOMBIA, SC – If the projections are correct, the temperature will be below zero when South Carolina plays Kentucky on Saturday night in Lexington.
And Dakereon Joyner doesn’t feel the need to act like a tough guy.
“Sir, I’m from Charleston, South Carolina. It doesn’t get that cold there,” said Gamecocks’ sophomore wide receiver this week. “I’m going to put my thermals, hand warmers. I will be ready to go. “
South Carolina’s interim coach Mike Bobo may be wearing shorts, but he’s not being as tough as everyone might think. Bobo has suffered from peripheral neuropathy for several years, a condition that causes numbness in his extremities.
“I can’t feel my feet anyway, so people think I’m tough, but I have some nervous problems where the cold doesn’t bother me now,” he joked.
Bobo knows how to play in the cold. He spent…