South Carolina’s live mascot has a new name. USC’s live rooster will now go by “The General” moving forward, the university announced Monday. The bird previously went by Sir Big Spur.

The new name won’t be Big Spur, which was the name used for USC’s costumed mascot in the pre-1980s and before the creation of Cocky. The university’s legal team “advised against using an o ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – In keeping with how University of South Carolina Athletics became known as the Gamecocks, the department’s live mascot will now be known as The General in homage to ...