WATCH: Darius Rucker catches a TD pass at South Carolina spring game
Darius 'Hootie' Rucker's South Carolina fandom paid off with a touchdown catch in the Gamecocks' spring game Saturday.
By
Jerry Hinnen
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When Darius Rucker sang about being moved to tears by his favorite football team back in Only Wanna Be With You, he name-dropped the Miami Dolphins, not South Carolina. But the Palmetto State native and former South Carolina student has always had a soft spot for his home-state Gamecoocks, too -- meaning, yeah, his touchdown catch in Saturday's South Carolina spring game might have been the biggest thrill since, oh, Cracked Rear View went octuple-platinum.
Via the official South Carolina Twitter feed, have a look at the touchdown:
Touchdown @dariusrucker!!! #Gamecocks #HereSC pic.twitter.com/ZL5gRtjPM1
— Gamecock Football (@GamecockFB) April 11, 2015
This was at least 64 percent more real than Jadeveon Clowney's touchdown in the Gamecocks spring game two years ago.















