College
After reviewing more than 40 full scholarship offers from Division 1 schools, Marty decided to stay home and play football for the University of South Carolina for then rookie head coach Sparky Woods. In 1992, Marty became the first Gamecock to ever score points in the Southeastern Conference. Simpson's 26 yard field goal versus Georgia in the first quarter of the inaugural S.E.C. game gave the Gamecocks the lead 3 to 0. The Gamecocks would go on to lose that ball game 28 to 6. This little known fact was errantly reported in a book chronicling the 100 year history of South Carolina football. The error was simply a mistake on the author's part, crediting the first points in the S.E.C. to a player named a name that never even played for South Carolina.
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