Dabblin' With the Cockspur: OK, Now I'm Pissed!
Let me tell you why.
As I’m roaming Carolina’s newest crown jewel of their facilities, Carolina Stadium, and trying to remain professional about it, I hear a passerby say to his friend, “They finally did something first class.”
An admitted practitioner of road rage and other “act before you think” nuances, I must pat myself on the back for not attacking the man.
His snide little comment has bounced around my insides for hours now, gnawing away pieces of flesh before ricocheting on to other unsuspecting parts of my body.
About time they did something first class???? FIRST CLASS!?!?!?!
You’re talking about my alma mater, sir. You’re talking about the place that made me who I am – a place where some of my fondest memories were made. You are trashing the place I spent the best four years (eh hem… eight years) of my life!
Have you been in a coma for the last ten years?
You must have been. I’m so mad at you; I don’t know where to start. Let’s look at the indirect effects USC has had on the surrounding community. You tell me if they’re first class or second rate.
I guess that huge second rate university right in the middle of the city had no effect on The Vista. Surely millions would have been dumped into The Vista had USC not been there. Of course, because The Vista spent money like Pac-man Jones on a cocaine binge in a strip club, that probably had nothing to do with Five Points spending millions on renovation.
By the way, that second rate skyline that paints a beautiful backdrop to USC is about to get another high rise added to it – just found that one out the other day.
Now, our second rate university is surrounded by two of the most pristine college/community nightlife spreads I’ve had the pleasure of frequenting. USC had nothing to do with that. Right?
Have you seen any of those new parking garages on USC’s second rate campus lately? There’s got to be at least four of them. Yes, parking garages, they are the four and five story structures aesthetically dabbed throughout the campus. You probably can’t see them all that well due to the many obstructions surrounding them - a bunch of brand new, second rate dormitories.
A little further down the road you’ll find a second rate student health center with a huge swimming pool outside, but again, its view is somewhat obstructed by that second rate Greek village USC threw together.
You don’t know where the Greek village is? It’s across from the tremendous parking lots leading into our second rate 18,000 seat basketball Arena where a second rate program, led by a second rate coach and a second rate point guard play.
Obviously, none of this has anything to do with the second rate athletic conference South Carolina belongs to, right?
I digress. About a mile away is a second rate academic enrichment center being built, which is just a mile or so away from Billy Brice – a hell of a second rate football facility with a second rate fitness room recently finished for our football team led by a second rate coach.
How about all those second rate houses being built just up Rosewood? Surely, the football stadium and the growth of our second rate university have nothing to do with that. Those second rate apartment complexes by the football stadium would have been built regardless, right?
What about all the new second rate hotels being built along Huger Street. Those were going up even if there were no second rate USC just beyond. Ask the people who live near the new baseball stadium how their property values just sky-rocketed – something that’s almost impossible to accomplish in our fine economy right now.
You see, sir, it’s guys like you who give this beautiful University a bad name. It’s guys like you, who are never happy and find it necessary to incessantly complain thereby increasing your insecure self worth, who run off prospective athletes and students. It’s guys like you who don’t need to be Gamecock fans.
Whew. Okay, I’m done. Sorry for that. I feel a little better now. Feel free to chime in and add to my list – I’m sure there’s plenty I forgot.
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Roger Olivieri. Roger began working with GamecockCentral in December of 2007. He currently serves as the site's chief videographer. He may be reached by email at roger(at)gamecockcentral.com. Replace (at) with @.