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.
“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. (READ ON)
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.
“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. (READ ON)
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