I don't want to spend too much time thinking about him, but the 3 minutes I watched of Shane Beamer's postgame presser was really low class. He was unhappy that Vanderbilt didn't let Carolina's mascot gamecock into the stadium, which in his book is a huge abomination by Vanderbilt against SEC culture. Why LSU even had a live tiger at their game, and VU wouldn't let them bring a harmless gamecock!
The LSU point is stupid. The university doesn't want their mascot at games. Since 2015 the university doesn't allow their mascot at games. The governor pulled a publicity stunt by hiring a different tiger, belonging to someone with an alleged track record of poor treatment including at least one escape. So yeah, his example of a mascot isn't even a ****ing mascot!
Beyond that -- I don't know much about gamecocks. (Searches pull up a lot about peacocks.) Roosters don't fly far, but it's pretty easy to imagine you don't want to risk having a "precious" animal flying around a live construction site. Or at all, really. Does coach Pissypants take his pets to other people's homes uninvited?
And finally -- SC played a great game. They should be proud of their performance. What kind of disrespect is it to your own team to lead the press conference whining about not taking your mascot to a road game? Show some class, take the W, and bask in all the acclaim your team is getting.
The LSU point is stupid. The university doesn't want their mascot at games. Since 2015 the university doesn't allow their mascot at games. The governor pulled a publicity stunt by hiring a different tiger, belonging to someone with an alleged track record of poor treatment including at least one escape. So yeah, his example of a mascot isn't even a ****ing mascot!
Beyond that -- I don't know much about gamecocks. (Searches pull up a lot about peacocks.) Roosters don't fly far, but it's pretty easy to imagine you don't want to risk having a "precious" animal flying around a live construction site. Or at all, really. Does coach Pissypants take his pets to other people's homes uninvited?
And finally -- SC played a great game. They should be proud of their performance. What kind of disrespect is it to your own team to lead the press conference whining about not taking your mascot to a road game? Show some class, take the W, and bask in all the acclaim your team is getting.
