Battle of the Bands: #4 South Carolina

South Carolina (Mighty Sound of the Southeast)

-Cocky the Gamecock has won four mascot competitions since 1980. I have no idea how that compares to other mascots, but will give South Carolina what we can.
-Let’s discuss Thus Spoke Zarathustra. It could be a really cool entrance. However, the fact that it’s piped in completely ruins it. Canned music is for the NFL, period. Wikipedia defends the practice by saying it gets too loud for the band to play. Boo. Hoo. Hoo. It’s not going to get any louder than Neyland, which doesn’t resort to cheap tricks. I wish I could give them props, but I can’t.
-I have to point this out because it can’t be mentioned enough- their fight song is a showtune, an obscure song from an obscure musical called “How Now, Dow Jones.”