Comments on: Fowl Play: South Carolina students crow over athletic supremacy

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:56:43 +0000

I can’t believe that this happened. I apologize to Kentucky fans, this really is immature and classless. As a USC student, unfortunately other students at USC don’t know how to act with class and this resolution is a proven fact. Good luck the rest of the season Kentucky, I’ll be rooting for you guys to represent the SEC in the national championship!

By: UK=United Kingdom, not Kentucky

UK=United Kingdom, not Kentucky — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:46:09 +0000

I love how the Kentucky fans are taking shots at the entire USC student body and fan base while also calling them classless. Seems as if some of you should look up the definition for the word “hypocrisy”. I also find it quite laughable that half of the Kentucky fans are humble about the mediocrity of their football program while the other half is boasting about the Sugar Bowl win some 50+ years ago. While I admit that USC does not have any major conference or bowl wins to brag about, I do think the 11-0 record versus Kentucky in the last 11 meetings suffices enough to say that Kentucky should not be putting down USC’s football program.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:11:22 +0000

Big Blue Fans:
First, let me apologize on behalf of the Gamecock Nation. Second, let me put this letter in context for you. This was drafted by the student government. Which, at first glance, might seem like it represents the sentiments of the entire student body. This is FALSE. On average, about 10-12% of the entire campus even votes in student government elections, and most of that is driven by heavy solicitation. Even if this letter was signed off by the entire student body, that would still only represent a small fraction of Gamecock fans and supporters. The truth, from real Gamecock fans, can be seen all over the Carolina message boards. The REAL FANS are beyond upset that this ever happened.

We (true Carolina fans) know that Kentucky is, and always has been, a better basketball school than Carolina. Hence the extreme excitement over our upset victory. I applaud Kentucky for bringing a quality game to the SEC and hope that you can continue to be successful. I know Carolina isn’t going to be upsetting anyone’s March Madness bracket anytime soon; however, Kentucky actually has in the past and is much more likely to do so in the future than any Carolina team.

Good luck in the rest of the season. I hope we see a great game at Rupp!

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By: UKFAN197TONE

UKFAN197TONE — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:53:53 +0000

Billy Ray,

Do you really know how to spell ELEVEN? Because you can’t even spell TYPO without screwing that up. No…you “meant” NFL because you don’t know any better. That’s ok, some COCK FAN of your choosing will help you out from now on. I hope.

Thank you for the apology USC fans and Alum. Now that’s class. Something Billy Ray has none of and apparently…never stepped foot in.

GO BIG BLUE!!

(By the way, this “joke” is hilarious)

By: Bert

Bert — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:25:24 +0000

Billy Ray you really brought credit to your name when you said, and I quote “I hope he(Downey) goes to the NFL.” Well done sir, you must serve on the SC Student Senate with grammar skills like that.

History Lesson for our poster Billy Ray (Hardly Dominance):
In Basketball, SC has only been to 8 NCAA Tournaments in their entire history, zero titles. We have 7 NCAA National Titles, 2 Helms National Championship trophies, and a 1948 Olympic Gold Medal.

In Football, the mighty Gamecocks have 4 bowl wins… all-time. Their best bowl is the Gator, their best bowl win the Outback. We have 8 bowl wins which include a Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, and Sugar Bowl. Also, depending on who you ask, we have a share of the 1950 National Championship.

Finally, your Clemson comment. You got me, we lost to Clemson, but we beat Georgia. How’d y’all do against them?

Like I said in an earlier post, SC is the Fat Chick of the SEC. You just don’t belong. Can we trade you for Clemson? At least they have some history and class to back it up.

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:26:07 +0000

Please Billy Ray…learn to spellcheck.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:09:49 +0000

I’m a student at USC and am disgusted that our student government would do something like this. UK fans have always carried themselves with class whenever we have squared off in any sport. It is a classless act by our student government and I believe that they owe the Wildcat nation an apology.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:17:17 +0000

Recent USC grad here. FYI: Only about 10-15% of full-time students even vote in SG elections. NO ONE at USC cares about student government. Only the bored, lonely, SG members would draft and send something like this. I am truly ashamed of the coverage this has gotten. This DOES NOT represent the Gamecock fans or the Gamecock Nation.

On behalf of USC, KU has a great squad and has been to the NCAA about 20 times more than we have. These kids owe you an apology.

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:06 +0000

As an alumni of USC I am ashamed to see that our student government representatives are wasting their time coming up with childish things like this. Jokes may be all in good fun but the president of the student body has no business writing things like this. There is a certain amount of respect that comes with a position like that and any credibility or professionalism that Mr. Stroman may have had is completely gone now. Act like we’ve been here before or we may never be again. Well done Alex, don’t think people will forget something this monumentally stupid so quickly.