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So, coots use fighting phase of SPURS UP.
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So, coots use fighting phase of SPURS UP.


May 23, 2019, 9:32 PM

Does anyone know the history & reason for this seemingly contradicting phrase?

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Have you ever seen two Gamecocks fight?


May 23, 2019, 9:41 PM

They fight with their feet and kinda lean back putting their spurs up.

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Re: Have you ever seen two Gamecocks fight?


May 23, 2019, 10:07 PM

In ####. Fighting it means the bird is dead. I grew up around it in Puerto Rico..... Espuelas para arriba......Spurs up. Not sire if that’s different in the states, but #### fight is huge in PR.

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May 23, 2019, 10:56 PM

Really, my girlfriend is from Puerto Rico and when we visited in December she took me to a #### fight, my 1st it was a lot of fun.

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Cool. Tell us more about your Puerto Rican girlfriend.


May 24, 2019, 9:02 AM

I've heard good things about Puerto Rican women :)

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The key to winning a #### fight is to make sure your


May 24, 2019, 9:37 AM [ in reply to Re: Have you ever seen two Gamecocks fight? ]

zipper is greased.

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CussChamp's wife came-up with it (seriously)...


May 23, 2019, 9:44 PM

Since coaches are not allowed to discuss high school prospects until they've signed a LOI, this is apparently a lame a$$ covert type signal to let fans know about a new commitment. True story.
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Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.


Re: CussChamp's wife came-up with it (seriously)...


May 23, 2019, 10:00 PM

Ahhh . So it's sort of like 007 code . That's pretty cool .

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Re: CussChamp's wife came-up with it (seriously)...


May 23, 2019, 11:04 PM [ in reply to CussChamp's wife came-up with it (seriously)... ]

Some pretty weak sauce indeed...

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/south-carolina-football/will-muschamp-reveals-the-origins-of-south-carolinas-spurs-up-slogan/

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It's ambiguous, Bill, because it means two very different


May 23, 2019, 9:58 PM
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things:

1) When fighting another chicken it means to be in the fighting position.

2) When fighting anything else (lie a half-ton tiger) it means to be dead.

HTH

Hope these pictures help too.

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Re: So, coots use fighting phase of SPURS UP.


May 23, 2019, 10:07 PM

I just laid it to ... coot logic - LBB ... -:D

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If people were as good as their obituary - and products were as good as advertised - this would truly be a wonderful world !!


So, they're condoning illegal #### fights?***


May 24, 2019, 9:04 AM



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