Botched up President search is just the latest botch.
AND, the things we’ve botched up goes back decades....
Media:
The State Newspaper - nuff said.
Meanwhile clemson has the media acting as their “licking lap dog” while we’re considered the Garnet Headed Stepchild.
Identity / Marketing:
Chicken Curse - Almost everyone (our fans and our opponents) actually bought into this silly notion to the point, a “curse” became one of our most notable traditions or characteristics for decades.
USC - South Carolina ends up less than Southern Cal.
Carolina - South Carolina ends up less than North Carolina
UofSC -
- nuff said.
Colors:
Garnet - I’ve seen and/or owned at least 50 different shades of Garnet/Red/whatever over the last 50 years.
And, we still can’t get it right to this day.
We should have made that movie: “Fifty Shades of Garnet”.
Rivalry:
clemson owns the series in football and baseball. Catching up quickly in men’s basketball. Their new women’s basketball coach seems to have them on an upward curve.
Conference relationships:
ACC - mediocre - pulled out.
Metro - mediocre - pulled out, folded, whatever.
SEC - mediocre - will we eventually pull out there too?
Leaders:
Holderman
Parsons
Debacles.
Coaches:
Frank McGuire - Our biggest legend - fell off / tanked toward his end - forced him out.
Richard Bell, Steve Newton, Darrin Horn - Debacles.
Steve Spurrier - gave us our Best era of football success - namesake is on one of our buildings - yet we still tanked toward his end, and now he’s despised / hated by tons of fans.
Spirit Department:
FIGHTING Gamecocks, not allowed - PETA, Cockfighting, Political Correctness.
Cocks - not allowed - vulgar, political correctness.
Williams-Brice - can we also call it “The CockPit”? - NO....political correctness.
(Yet.....we keep saying Go Cocks in one of our fight songs, and several cheers.)
No notable, unique, or traditional unifying cheers or cadence cheers, chants, songs to speak of.
The few decent spirit offerings we once had:
Old Fight Song - tradition...shelved....as we let Pepsodent Paul re-write our friggin’ Fight Song?
Block C and Bird Logo - Pepsodent Paul redesigned that busy mess too.
YES folks.....we totally let a former LSU coach ditch our traditions: Old Fight Song, and allowed him to brand a rip off of a Broadway Musical that is aptly named.....”Step To The Rear”.
YES folks ...... we also allowed Pepsodent Paul to “brand” a Logo that is Simply Too Busy and unrecognizable to the rest of the world for the most part.
Low Brass Cheer - Canned due to Political Correctness - “We gonna beat the hell out of you.”
Louie, Louie - Canned due to Stadium swaying.
Anybody remember “Rocking With The Gamecocks”? — Total FaiL
Colonial Life Arena often referred to as Colonial Lifeless Arena
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Seriously though......
things simply seem to always be, become, or start off screwed up down there.
And, we can’t seem to get out of our own way down there.
The key word or dominating vibe simply seems to be.....Dysfunctional.
AND, the things we’ve botched up goes back decades....
Media:
The State Newspaper - nuff said.
Meanwhile clemson has the media acting as their “licking lap dog” while we’re considered the Garnet Headed Stepchild.
Identity / Marketing:
Chicken Curse - Almost everyone (our fans and our opponents) actually bought into this silly notion to the point, a “curse” became one of our most notable traditions or characteristics for decades.
USC - South Carolina ends up less than Southern Cal.
Carolina - South Carolina ends up less than North Carolina
UofSC -
- nuff said.Colors:
Garnet - I’ve seen and/or owned at least 50 different shades of Garnet/Red/whatever over the last 50 years.
And, we still can’t get it right to this day.
We should have made that movie: “Fifty Shades of Garnet”.
Rivalry:
clemson owns the series in football and baseball. Catching up quickly in men’s basketball. Their new women’s basketball coach seems to have them on an upward curve.
Conference relationships:
ACC - mediocre - pulled out.
Metro - mediocre - pulled out, folded, whatever.
SEC - mediocre - will we eventually pull out there too?
Leaders:
Holderman
Parsons
Debacles.
Coaches:
Frank McGuire - Our biggest legend - fell off / tanked toward his end - forced him out.
Richard Bell, Steve Newton, Darrin Horn - Debacles.
Steve Spurrier - gave us our Best era of football success - namesake is on one of our buildings - yet we still tanked toward his end, and now he’s despised / hated by tons of fans.
Spirit Department:
FIGHTING Gamecocks, not allowed - PETA, Cockfighting, Political Correctness.
Cocks - not allowed - vulgar, political correctness.
Williams-Brice - can we also call it “The CockPit”? - NO....political correctness.
(Yet.....we keep saying Go Cocks in one of our fight songs, and several cheers.)
No notable, unique, or traditional unifying cheers or cadence cheers, chants, songs to speak of.
The few decent spirit offerings we once had:
Old Fight Song - tradition...shelved....as we let Pepsodent Paul re-write our friggin’ Fight Song?
Block C and Bird Logo - Pepsodent Paul redesigned that busy mess too.
YES folks.....we totally let a former LSU coach ditch our traditions: Old Fight Song, and allowed him to brand a rip off of a Broadway Musical that is aptly named.....”Step To The Rear”.
YES folks ...... we also allowed Pepsodent Paul to “brand” a Logo that is Simply Too Busy and unrecognizable to the rest of the world for the most part.
Low Brass Cheer - Canned due to Political Correctness - “We gonna beat the hell out of you.”
Louie, Louie - Canned due to Stadium swaying.
Anybody remember “Rocking With The Gamecocks”? — Total FaiL
Colonial Life Arena often referred to as Colonial Lifeless Arena
————
Seriously though......
things simply seem to always be, become, or start off screwed up down there.
And, we can’t seem to get out of our own way down there.
The key word or dominating vibe simply seems to be.....Dysfunctional.
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