{"id":168,"date":"2004-01-07T13:31:49","date_gmt":"2004-01-07T13:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patberry.net\/wordpress\/?p=168"},"modified":"2004-01-07T13:31:49","modified_gmt":"2004-01-07T13:31:49","slug":"dont_get_cocky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patberry.net\/wordpress\/?p=168","title":{"rendered":"Don’t get cocky"},"content":{"rendered":"

My alma mater, the University of South Carolina, scored a victory at bowl game on New Year’s Day — specifically, the Capital One Bowl in Orlando. It’s true that the Gamecocks did not, technically, play<\/em> in the Capital One Bowl. But team mascot Cocky won the College Sports Mascot competition. According to this newspaper article<\/a>, Cocky defeated 11 other finalists, including “a bear, an alligator, two fierce felines and two large dogs.”
\nWhen I pointed this out to Bob (who also went to USC), he commented that a popular vote was a lame way to resolve such a competition. “It should have been a fight to the death,” he said. “I’d like to see how a chicken would fare against bears, alligators, and dogs.”
\n“Well, remember that this is a cockfighting chicken with razor-sharp blades strapped to his feet,” I said.
\n“Yeah, but it’s still a chicken.” Bob replied. “Unless it’s wearing armor and is packing a gun, my money is still on the carnivores.” I can’t argue with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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