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Mascot Monday: Cocky

This week on Mascot Monday we take a look at Phil Steele’s #21 pre season top 40 team in South Carolina and their costumed buddy Cocky.  Yes, the Fighting Gamecocks have a high falootin’, arrogant little bird named Cocky.  We’ll find out whom he took over the job from as well as some other moments in Cocky’s history that let him to his current winning attitude.  We’re counting down the rest of the mascots we’ve yet to cover leading up to the final Mascot Monday of the year.  After that, it will be football time and no more mascot for the rest of the season.  Now, let’s check out Cocky.

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It’s not Atlanta, but We’re Doing the Dirty Birdie’s

Some weeks, you don’t know what you’re going to run into when you pick a place you’ve never been to before.  So when we strolled up to Birdie’s Pub and Grill,  we weren’t expecting much.  They didn’t have a website and the only information we got about the place was on Google Maps.   Walking in, however, things turned completely different.  Yes, it was bigger, but for some aspects it wasn’t necessarily better.  The goal of the week was to watch some Nebraska vs Virginia Tech and head to a BBQ.  We accomplished the mission.  Here’s the report.

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