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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Several viewers have emailed us about a billboard in Columbia that seems to gloat over Clemson's recent football victory over the University of South Carolina.

The billboard, which viewers say is located on I-26 near Columbia, says at the top "'He (Coach Spurrier) told me that they aren't going to lose to Clemson again.' -Rodney Paulk USC Linebacker."

The billboard then says "The chicken curse lives on," also listing the recent football score of Clemson 23, USC 21.

The bottom of the billboard says "Paid for by the Jackson family." The entire billboard is in Clemson colors, purple and orange.

Soon after WIS reported the billboard, Clemson Athletic Director Terry Don Phillips wrote, "We do not condone the exhibition of this billboard. It goes over the line and I am personally disappointed that it has been displayed. And, I would ask those that are responsible to have it removed." There's no word yet on who the 'Jackson family' is.

This comes less than a week after a Chapin man says his dog was spray-painted orange the night after the Clemson win. Orange tiger paw prints were also painted on the man's road.