Sir Big Spur returns USC’s rooster mascot won’t get a new name after all Really!!
Sept. 01, 2022
The original owners had planned to keep the rights to the Sir Big Spur name, but have seemingly reached an agreement with the university to allow the name to be used. Details of that agreement are not currently known. South Carolina had announced on Monday that the live rooster mascot would be renamed The General in honor of Revolutionary War general Thomas Sumter, whose nickname “The Fighting Gamecock” is the original namesake for USC’s athletic teams.
It’s expected that Sir Big Spur’s comb will now be trimmed, per Dave Cloninger of the Post and Courier.
Popular names floated around by Gamecocks fans included “Marco Pollo,” “Darius Clucker” and “Cluck Norris,” among countless other suggestions.
South Carolina had announced on Monday that the live rooster mascot would be renamed The General in honor of Revolutionary War general Thomas Sumter, whose nickname “The Fighting Gamecock” is the original namesake for USC’s athletic teams. That decision followed a national social media movement to name the mascot “Cock Commander,” in reference to an infamous caption in the student newspaper.
“This is the best soap opera I have ever watched,” ESPN personality Ryan McGee posted to Twitter on Thursday afternoon after learning of the latest in the saga.
Sept. 01, 2022
The original owners had planned to keep the rights to the Sir Big Spur name, but have seemingly reached an agreement with the university to allow the name to be used. Details of that agreement are not currently known. South Carolina had announced on Monday that the live rooster mascot would be renamed The General in honor of Revolutionary War general Thomas Sumter, whose nickname “The Fighting Gamecock” is the original namesake for USC’s athletic teams.
It’s expected that Sir Big Spur’s comb will now be trimmed, per Dave Cloninger of the Post and Courier.
Popular names floated around by Gamecocks fans included “Marco Pollo,” “Darius Clucker” and “Cluck Norris,” among countless other suggestions.
South Carolina had announced on Monday that the live rooster mascot would be renamed The General in honor of Revolutionary War general Thomas Sumter, whose nickname “The Fighting Gamecock” is the original namesake for USC’s athletic teams. That decision followed a national social media movement to name the mascot “Cock Commander,” in reference to an infamous caption in the student newspaper.
“This is the best soap opera I have ever watched,” ESPN personality Ryan McGee posted to Twitter on Thursday afternoon after learning of the latest in the saga.
