As If South Carolina's Season Couldn't Get Worse...Waffle House Giving Free Food To Winning City In Clemson/SC Game
Dr. Saturday - Waffle House is raising the stakes for the Nov. 28 rivalry matchup between No. 1 Clemson and South Carolina.
The restaurant chain, along with restaurant suppliers Basic American Foods, C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc., and Royal Cup, Inc., announced Tuesday that it will give out free food – waffles, hashbrowns and coffee – to fans at a Waffle House location in the city of the winning school, Clemson, S.C., or Columbia, S.C.
On top of the “Waffle Wager,” Waffle House will also donate $10,000 to the general scholarship fund of the winning university.
The Tigers-Gamecocks matchup is the third edition of the Waffle Wager. Last year, it centered around the Auburn-Georgia game, which Georgia won 34-7. After UGA’s win, “more than $24,000 in free waffles, hashbrowns and coffee” were provided to fans and students in Athens, Ga.
The first Waffle Wager was based on the Alabama vs. Texas A&M game in 2013. Alabama won 49-42 and fans in Tuscaloosa were treated to free food – “nearly 2,000 free waffles and 1,500 cups of free coffee.”
Clemson snapped a five-game South Carolina winning streak in the series by beating the Gamecocks 35-17 at home last season. The top-ranked Tigers are 10-0 this season while South Carolina is 3-7.
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First of all congratulations to Clemson on their free Waffle House next weekend. If I’m a Tigers fan I’d probably grab my fold-up chair and a cooler and head on over to the closest Waffle House establishment, get in line early. Do not want to miss out on those waffles and hashbrowns. Seriously, as if the season couldn’t get any worse for Carolina – have your season end basically on opening weekend, have your legendary coach quit and retire right in your face, now get teased with some patronizing bet of free Waffle House that you have no chance of winning. Brutal.
And I know the Northeast is our biggest demographic around here so maybe you kind of thumb your nose at Waffle House, but make no mistake about it, that place is fucking delicious. Best part of going to college in the South for 4 years – not the girls, not the sports, not the weather. The Waffle Houses on every corner. (Ok maybe the girls and weather were better but for the sake of this blog just suspended belief for a little bit.) Yes they’re run down pieces of shit, yes you have a 14% chance of being shot there, yes someone will be sleeping in there and yes that person will be homeless, but whatever. That just adds to the appeal. It’s called ambiance, read a Zagat.
(It doesn’t come out looking like this. I PROMISE you that.)