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South Carolina Fighting Gamecocks
The sports teams of University of South Carolina are known as the Gamecocks. Previously two different names were used for men and women sports; Fighting Gamecocks and the Lady Gamecocks, but this distinction was later discontinued.

Official Colors
The official school colors are garnet and black. However, some also use gold, which represents the spurs historically worn by gamecocks in cockfights.

The colors of garnet and black were chosen by the family of Dr. J. William Flinn when they presented a banner composed of those colors to the football team in November of 1895.

Stages of Various Competitions
All of the University's varsity teams compete at the Division I level of the NCAA, and all but men's soccer compete in the Southeastern Conference. Men's soccer competes in Conference USA because the SEC does not sponsor men's soccer.

Financial Support of Athletics
The athletics department is supported with private money from the Gamecock Club. It was originally formed as the B.A.M. (Buck-A-Month) Club in 1939 and 1940 to benefit the athletics programs from privately raised funds.

Rivalries
Clemson University Carolina's foremost rival is Clemson University. The two institutions are separated by just over 125 miles and have been bitter rivals since Clemson's founding in 1889.

A heated rivalry continues to this day for a variety of reasons, including the historic tensions regarding their respective charters along with the passions surrounding their athletic programs.

University of North Carolina
When Carolina was a member of the ACC, there was an intense rivalry with the University of North Carolina, particularly in basketball since Frank McGuire had coached UNC but moved to Columbia to coach the Gamecocks. The rivalry was renewed in football during the 2007 season, with the Gamecocks defeating the Tar Heels 21-15.

UNC and the University of Southern California use nicknames that are also used by the University of South Carolina. For example, UNC is sometimes called Carolina while Southern California is sometimes called USC.

Sharing nicknames with these schools is an untapped source of rivalry and a rarely exploited opportunity to market competitions with each other.

Other Rivalries
On the other hand, Carolina continues to develop rivalries with other members of the SEC's Eastern Division, which many regard as the most competitive in all of college sports.

The Halloween Game pitting the Gamecocks against the University of Tennessee has the potential to be a big football game every year, and of course a rivalry is brewing with the University of Florida since the Gamecocks hired Steve Spurrier, Florida's former head football coach.

However, Carolina's main SEC rival has been the University of Georgia due to its proximity and the many years of competition before the Gamecocks joined the SEC.

Successes
Although the University's varsity teams have won only a few national titles, many league championships and tournament titles have been won over the years.

The Gamecocks have won six national team championships: 2002 NCAA championship in women's track & field, 2005 & 2007 National Championship in women's equestrian, and 2005-2007 Hunt Seat National Championships in women's equestrian.

Also, the men's and women's track & field teams have produced many NCAA individual champions, world championship medalists, and Olympic medalists. The men's baseball and basketball teams have also produced Olympic medalists.

Other significant accomplishments include: 2005 NCAA runner-up in women's track & field; NCAA runner-up three times in baseball (2002, 1977, 1975); 1993 NCAA runner-up in men's soccer; and 2005 & 2006 NIT championships in men's basketball.