I agree with most you said but to generalize what Boulware said and saying it's the same as Clowney is flat out wrong.Both (Clowney / Boulware) were talking trash. It doesn't matter if they do it before, during or after the game, its still talking trash. It's what heated rivals do. However, BB's comments were in response to SC LB Chris Moody who said playing Clemson is like 'beating up on your little brother." Spurrier and Swinney have taken into the trash talk weeks after the game was played. So to say it is only acceptable BEFORE the game...come on. It is only unacceptable because SC got their buts beat and the rant rubs it in a little deeper. SC rubbed it in during the 5 streak. And tables will turn; SC will again and they will rub it in too. Its what rivals do.
Clowney was talking individually to Boyd that he was scared to play against Clowney pregame to get under his skin.
Boulware said flat out that they dominated the Gamecocks post game to humiliate/insult.
Spurrier and to my knowledge Swinney have never talked trash before the game. The only thing that comes to mind is the misquoted Spurrier getting a response by Swinney that Carolina is in Chapel Hill, etc.
Maybe the excuse is Clempson destroyed the Gamecocks on the board do you had teenagers/young adults being teenagers/young adults. No one can deny that there was much more negativity at the end of this game between all the games since 2004.
We don't want that mess in 2004 to happen again.