Have you ever experienced something so loud and chaotic that temporary mental paralysis sets in, a state of bewilderment while your brain tries to process what’s unfolding in front of you?

It’s like being on the ground during a pass from an F-18 Super Hornet as the raw power of a jet engine erases the sound barrier at unsettling speeds and nearly takes your eardrums with it.

Ask anyone, within either fanbase, seated inside Williams-Brice Stadium on Oct. 6, 2012 to describe the decibel level during Ace Sanders’ win-clinching punt return score against fifth-ranked Georgia and they’ll tell you the same thing — when he crossed the 50, that environment entered another dimension, a booming clap more piercing than anything heard before.

The atmosphere was so boisterous, there’s audio of Kirk Herbstreit whispering to Brent Musburger with legitimate terror in his voice as the announcer’s booth above the East Upper began to tremble.

Go ahead, ask the historians — most call it the most impressive 10-minute stretch of play in Gamecock football history, an unforgettable night fueled by thousands of rabid, towel-waving lunatics trying to lift the concrete monstrosity along Bluff Road off its foundation.

“It was just like a nightmare come true,” said Bulldogs tailback Todd Gurley after a 35-7 loss.

Six years later, can South Carolina once again summon one of the most undervalued home-field advantages nationally and become the first words out of Paul Finebaum's lips on Sunday morning?

There's history here:

South Carolina birthed sandstorm here in 2009 during a frenzied Thursday night win over fourth-ranked Ole Miss.

South Carolina beat defending national champion and top-ranked Alabama, winners of 19 straight, here in 2010.

South Carolina stuck it to sixth-ranked Clemson here in 2013 to cap the most successful four-year run in program history.

South Carolina upended No. 18 Tennessee with a rag-tag roster littered with freshmen in Jake Bentley’s second career start here in 2016.

The common theme is that most of the program’s noteworthy victories in the past decade all have one thing in common — they were backed by home sellout crowds of 80,000-plus, a palpable annoyance for the opposition.

South Carolina has won just 15 times in 42 games against Top 25 teams, but nine of those have come in 17 tries at home. Conquering quality competition for the Bulldogs away from the Athens on the other hand during that same stretch has been an arduous task (12-19 overall).

It's obvious there's a talent discrepancy heading into Saturday's game, especially when you get past the starting 22. In his infancy, Georgia coach Kirby Smart has done a great job building quality depth and seems to be forming college football's next superpower, certainly the favorite in the SEC East for years to come.

But what does that mean this weekend, a one game take-all bout South Carolina's coaching staff has prepared the past seven months for? Expect the pre-game vibe to be electric in red-hot Columbia for the CBS Sports Game of the Week.

It’ll be interesting to see if the defending SEC champions, a team one stop away from a national title last season, can withstand the fury of what should be the most raucous environment in college football during Week 2.