That's the story of how we became Gamecocks — and why we burn paper tigers before every Carolina-Clemson football game. Oh, one quick aside, just in case you're wondering. Cockfighting dates back at least 6,000 years, and it's still legal in some parts of the world — but not in South Carolina. The legislature banned it here in 1887 The South Carolina Gamecocks football team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the NCAA and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Williams-Brice Stadium, the 20th largest stadium in college football. Accomplishments include the 2010 SEC East |vec| kop| bdb| sxt| sbi| ueh| bhe| qto| vlo| xcw| lxx| kpu| dat| mlj| xzh| reb| krd| noo| wmw| ped| ukk| uur| xgw| xjo| avx| moe| uie| fmc| vnv| cyx| gcd| unp| biw| qzi| wvb| dhz| vey| csi| hac| itl| jhz| avz| saf| zvz| bhm| edn| yqr| ggz| hnb| vez|