Darius Rucker, the former front man of Hootie and the Blowfish and a current star in the country music world, is a lifelong South Carolina Gamecocks fan.
This isn’t really a secret.
Hell, on Friday night at a concert he was playing, Rucker set up TVs so that he would be able to watch South Carolina take on Baylor:
.@HootieTweets concert in #TDArena but kept @marchmadness is a priority. Got to love it @GamecockMBB @GoHeels Yes those are TVs front stage pic.twitter.com/d7zaiLb94b
— Matt Roberts (@AD_MattRoberts) March 25, 2017
You probably didn’t realize just how big of a fan he actually is until you saw him, sitting second row at the regional final in New York City on Sunday afternoon, tearing up as the Gamecocks advanced to the Final Four:
Great stuff here from an emotional Darius Rucker at centercourt, Madison Square Garden after USC punches Final 4 ticket- @ABCNews4 pic.twitter.com/gnZ1eE6e9V
— Scott Eisberg (@SEisbergWCIV) March 26, 2017
Let ‘em cry, Darius, if the tears fall down like rain.