Drama over Sir Big Spur: POLL

[18IsTheMan]

Pretty funny.

No more Sir Big Spur? Controversy over Gamecocks' live mascot ruffles feathers

The live rooster that has been a staple of South Carolina football and baseball games over the past 20 years will return in 2022, but with a different look and

www.postandcourier.com

Put me down for "Who cares?" Sir Big Spur has only been at games since 2006, loooong after I started following the team, so it's not much of a tradition with me.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Those votes are POURING in and it's a dead heat!

 

[Tucock]

That homemade looking thing they got 'em ridining around in looks like trash...surely we can do better. Obviously, this is low on the list of concerns.

 

[18IsTheMan]

That homemade looking thing they got 'em ridining around in looks like trash...surely we can do better. Obviously, this is low on the list of concerns.

I didn’t know the back story; I figured it was run by the University. I’ve actually commented in a game thread before about how goofy and cheap it was for the University to have that PVC thing.

 

[gamecxcks]

the gamecock in the logo itself has the comb and wattle still attached, on that principal alone we should keep the rooster intact.

 

[bayrooster]

Is the debate over if he should be fried, grilled, or barbecued when he is retired?

 

[BigJC]

I think calling something that has only been going on since 2006 a "tradition" is something of a stretch.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I think calling something that has only been going on since 2006 a "tradition" is something of a stretch.

Yep. I didn't know he was only a thing as recent as 2006, but I knew he wasn't around when I first started following the team.

 

[Prestonyte]

Let's do total makeover and make the rooster our own and rename him W.B. Cocky and be done with it.
Or, as Kornblut mentioned on his show yesterday, name him Dr. Pecker and see if we can get away with it.

 

[USMCatFan]

Is the debate over if he should be fried, grilled, or barbecued when he is retired?

 

[USCBatgirl21]

I didn’t know the back story; I figured it was run by the University. I’ve actually commented in a game thread before about how goofy and cheap it was for the University to have that PVC thing.

Actually the College of Engineering students built and donated that to Ron and Mary when Hyman refused to do anything for them.

 

[bayrooster]

Actually the College of Engineering students built and donated that to Ron and Mary when Hyman refused to do anything for them.

If only they had someone in the College of Engineering who knew how to weld, that perch could've been world class!

 

[IOPGCock]

I didn’t know the back story; I figured it was run by the University. I’ve actually commented in a game thread before about how goofy and cheap it was for the University to have that PVC thing.

Nothing wrong with PVC. I made a pool platform for my dog with PVC, noodles and zip ties. Cost me $29 vs $179 to buy one.

Seriously though, it’s embarrassing UGA has AC and we have PVC.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

Nothing wrong with PVC. I made a pool platform for my dog with PVC, noodles and zip ties. Cost me $29 vs $179 to buy one.

Seriously though, it’s embarrassing UGA has AC and we have PVC.

UGa also fully sponsors UGA. USC does not fully sponsor Sir Big Spur. The University is quite late to the game in embracing Sir Big Spur, and properly funding him.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

If only they had someone in the College of Engineering who knew how to weld, that perch could've been world class!

The students raised the money on their own for the supplies to build it. Maybe if the University hadn't been so against actually recognizing SBS as an official mascot, it would have been better funded and better made.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

Y'all need to remember that the University didn't fund/sponsor SBS for many years. It's only been recently that the University has actually started embracing SBS as a mascot, and deemed him worthy of any funding, even if minimal.

 

[Cocky99]

Their combs help keep them cool and SC is extremely hot during the summer. If they are going to have that rooster out there before, during and after a game they are going to need all the help cooling off that they can get.

 

[ConwayGamecock]

Their combs help keep them cool and SC is extremely hot during the summer. If they are going to have that rooster out there before, during and after a game they are going to need all the help cooling off that they can get.

Especially these days if most of our home games are going to be at 12:00.........

 

[RevRuss]

Don't like names The State listed, except maybe Coop if fgf related. How about Thomas Sumter? Force ESPN to have history lesson on broadcasts.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Don't like names The State listed, except maybe Coop if fgf related. How about Thomas Sumter? Force ESPN to have history lesson on broadcasts.

Yep, Sir Big Spur is no more!

I'm sure the new name will be cheesy.

 

[Greg McC]

Pretty funny.

No more Sir Big Spur? Controversy over Gamecocks' live mascot ruffles feathers

The live rooster that has been a staple of South Carolina football and baseball games over the past 20 years will return in 2022, but with a different look and

www.postandcourier.com

Put me down for "Who cares?" Sir Big Spur has only been at games since 2006, loooong after I started following the team, so it's not much of a tradition with me.

It matters! If the rooster is not cut properly it's a Rooster not a Gamecock! A game chicken has a different lLook and Attitude

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

 

[Hank Williams]

Ruffled Feathers - might conjure an image of aggression

Or thinking of the center of campus when I attended:

Ruffled House Feathers

Okay - I'll see my way out.

 

[Prestonyte]

Like Willy B. Cocky as posted in another thread.