South Carolina will be back in black on Saturday for its home opener with East Carolina. Contacts indicate to TheBigSpur.com that the Gamecocks will wear black jerseys, black helmets and black pants for the 4 p.m. contest with the Pirates.

South Carolina last wore black helmets in a game during the 2004 season, the final year of the Lou Holtz era. USC wore all-black unis for its home opener that year against Georgia, a 20-16 loss to the then-third ranked Bulldogs.

First-year head coach Will Muschamp has dressed in all-black for the first two games of the season.

The Gamecocks are 1-1, the Pirates 2-0. The game Saturday will be televised by the SEC Network.