University of South Carolina

This is a shoutout to our favorite bird. ❤️

The one and only Cocky At the 1980 Homecoming game, USC debuted its mascot, Cocky, for the first time. Cocky would go on to be named one of the “Greatest Mascots in College Football History” by Sports Illustrated. He’s won high-profile national competitions and appeared at sporting events worldwide. But his first ap...

The Carolina Band has put the brass in heavy metal. 🤘

After winning the EA Sports Metallica Collegiate Edition Marching Band Competition, the band recorded a version of Metallica's "Sad But True" for the upcoming EA Sports College Football video game. ⤵️

Aiming for perfection The University of South Carolina marching band won the 2025 EA Sports Metallica Collegiate Edition Marching Band Competition, a one-time chance to record a new arrangement of an iconic Metallica song for the next iteration of EA Sports popular College Football video game.

Early Frame Peas, Motherland Okra, Dyehouse Cherries, and Dutch Fork Pumpkins were nearly lost to history.

Discover how retired professor David Shields and chef Kevin Mitchell are helping preserve Southern ingredients in The Savers of Flavor, a new South Carolina ETV series produced and directed by alumna Ginger Cassell.

In Search of Lost Taste Retired professor David Shields is pouring his research skills and foodways connections into a new SCETV program with chef, educator and cohost Kevin Mitchell. The Savers of Flavor, produced and directed by filmmaker Ginger Cassell, debuted this spring.

Gamecocks will never forget. 🇺🇸