Garnet and Black Spring Game kicks off April 14

This year's annual Garnet & Black spring football game will be televised on ESPNU.

The game will be played at 2 p.m. April 14 at Williams-Brice Stadium. This year will mark the second in three years that the spring game has been nationally televised. The 2005 Garnet & Black Game was televised nationally on ESPN2 and ESPNU in front of nearly 40,000 fans.

"We're excited to have ESPNU put us on for the Garnet & Black game," said Steve Spurrier, head football coach. "We will have plenty of players available to play this year. We had 94 players show up for our first winter conditioning workout, so we should be able to divide the squad and have a good game. We appreciate ESPN thinking highly of South Carolina and look forward to having them here on April 14."

Hootie & The Blowfish will perform a pre-game concert in the stadium beginning at 1 p.m. They also will perform during halftime.

Advance tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students 18 and under. Tickets sold at the stadium on game day will be $12 for adults and $6 for students. Faculty/staff tickets are available for $5 and $2, respectively. USC students will be admitted for free with valid student ID card.

Tickets are available at the Carolina Athletics Ticket Offices, located at the Colonial Center, and online at www.uscsports.com. Ticket office hours are from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. All tickets will be sold on a general admission basis.

Parking will be available in the reserved area of the fairgrounds. The cost is $10 per car. Gate No. 10 on Bluff Road will open at 8 a.m., and Gate No. 6 will open at 9 a.m. RV parking in this area will be $20. No overnight RV parking will be available.

The Gamecocks made eight national television appearances on ESPN networks during the 2006 football season, seven on ESPN, and one on ESPN2, more than any other school in the Southeastern Conference.

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