Who is the cocky mascot

Hammett said that being Cocky is a big time commitment, citing that he stopped counting his sophomore year after he did about events. Advertise Contact Housing. Former Cockys reflect on time as university mascot Cocky leaning up against the Fox Square sign outside of the Fox Network studios. Courtesy of Alexis Kiser. Courtesy of Matt Hammett. More Like This. Gamecock offensive line starting to 'have fun,' play better as group By Jack Veltri Nov. Skip to content. Download Live 5 Apps. Classroom Champions.

Parent Survival Guide. Live 5 Classroom. Live 5 Weather Class. Charleston Co. Berkeley Co. Dorchester Co. The Murdaugh Cases. Jamal Sutherland Death. First Alert Hurricane Center. Boater's Forecast. Hurricane Guide. Friday Night Lights. Cooper River Bridge Run. Live 5 Investigates. Instead, during the early years, fans would dress up in their own costumes during the games. Beginning in , John Nelson, an undergraduate biology student, attended games in a Gamecock costume. This mascot was known as "The Rooster".

The costume included fabric feathers, a cardboard bill, and Styrofoam spurs, and was made by his mother. The Rooster attended both basketball and football games. John Nelson can still be found at USC. He is currently the Curator of the University of South Carolina Herbarium, and plans to retire in The current version of Cocky made his debut, by Robert Lane, at the Homecoming game of against Cincinnati.

He was portrayed as the son of Big Spur, a large, gangly barn yard rooster that had been attending games since as a mascot of the university. Big Spur had been introduced as a fraternity pledge class project headed by student Chuck Eaton. Big Spur was seen as too large and unwieldy with limited mobility. When introduced, Cocky was originally booed off the field by students and fans who thought he was not "dignified enough".

After this inauspicious beginning, the South Carolina Athletic Department determined Lane would wear the "Big Spur" costume for the remainder of the school year and John Routh would take over as "Cocky" in hopes that alumni would warm to the new mascot.