Gamecock student section shines in rain delay at Williams-Brice Stadium

The Cockpit student section of Williams-Brice Stadium has heard it all before. They leave games too early. They don't stick it out for four quarters. They aren't loyal. Well, Saturday night in Columbia is telling a different story.

While storms roll through Columbia, kickoff against SC State delayed, most fans scattered for shelter. The concourses filled with fans huddling away from the rain, clutching concession-stand hotdogs and trying to keep the raindrops out of their drinks. But the Cockpit? That is a sea of garnet that didn't budge.

Students stayed planted in their seats as the rain poured down, rally towels flying and chants echoing through the empty stadium. Each downpour met with their own roar of chants, waves raindrops and screams, like nature itself had joined in on the call-and-response of "GAME...COCKS!"

A full student section, locked in, soaking wet, dancing in their seats, creating college memories in the middle of chaos, with future stories of "Remember the SC State game?" Unfiltered joy, college joy. It's the kind of moment that makes you remember what it was like to be in college, feeling invincible, where the worst thing that could happen in a storm delay is that your sneakers get muddy.

The Cockpit is present. Sold out. Locked in. And proving that even in the middle of a storm, the own the night. Thousands of drenched, laughing, stubbornly loyal students showing that sometimes the truest measure of a fan isn't whether you last all four quarters, but whether you stand together when the sky itself tries to chase you away. Forever to thee, Cockpit!!