... Clowney's official visit to the South Carolina vs. Alabama game didn't go as expected—for the Crimson Tide and the national sports media, that is.

Arriving in Columbia as the nation's top-ranked team, Alabama was pegged by bettors as 7.5-point road favorites against the Gamecocks. According to the odds and the analysts, the Tide were expected to roll over a South Carolina squad still reeling from a heartbreaking 35-27 loss to Auburn.

And if Clowney—the best high school football prospect in the country according to ESPN, Rivals, and Scout.com—happened to be in attendance, so much the better.

Clowney, a 6'5" defensive end whose big frame, ex...

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