Customers can drop by the farmers market, next to Williams-Brice Stadium, at their leisure.

Or pick up a 12-pack at the beer store without risking a fender-bender.

But on the seven Saturdays of fall when the Gamecocks play at home, football fans and the folks who cater to them transform Columbia into an unabashed college town.

Saturday was one of those days: Columbia started early — and made plans to stay late.
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