Shortly after the university's inception in 1956, a contest was held that would determine the university's mascot. Among the finalists were the Brahman, the Olympian, the cougar, the buccaneer, and the golden eagle, and the Brahman bull was ultimately selected and unveiled as the mascot on November 17, 1962.[2][3] Rocky's name was chosen as a play on the popular American delicacy Rocky Mountain oysters. His middle initial "D" stands for "dogie", a term referring to a motherless calf, reflecting Rocky's past.[4]
Rocky started out in 1965 as a toy sold by the USF bookstore. His image was officially trademarked by the university in 1976, and debuted the next year. His birthday is celebrated every year during USF Week in April.[5]
The USF athletics teams were known as the Golden Brahmans until the earlier 1980s, when the name was simplified to the Bulls. Rocky was redesigned in 1986 and 2003.[6]
Rocky won the Capital One Mascot Challenge in 2013, besting Mike the Tiger (LSU), Sparty (Michigan State), and, in the finals, Raider Red (Texas Tech). Rocky is the first mascot to go undefeated in the Capital One Mascot Challenge.[7]
rocky, bull, officially, rocky, bull, mascot, university, south, florida, anthropomorphized, bull, typically, seen, athletic, dressed, athletic, gear, usually, football, basketball, jersey, occasionally, other, attire, like, shirt, rockyuniversityuniversity, s. Rocky the Bull officially Rocky D Bull is the mascot of the University of South Florida He is an anthropomorphized bull who can typically be seen at athletic dressed in USF athletic gear usually a football or basketball jersey but occasionally other attire like a USF T shirt RockyUniversityUniversity of South FloridaConferenceThe AmericanDescriptionBullFirst seen1965 1 History EditShortly after the university s inception in 1956 a contest was held that would determine the university s mascot Among the finalists were the Brahman the Olympian the cougar the buccaneer and the golden eagle and the Brahman bull was ultimately selected and unveiled as the mascot on November 17 1962 2 3 Rocky s name was chosen as a play on the popular American delicacy Rocky Mountain oysters His middle initial D stands for dogie a term referring to a motherless calf reflecting Rocky s past 4 Rocky started out in 1965 as a toy sold by the USF bookstore His image was officially trademarked by the university in 1976 and debuted the next year His birthday is celebrated every year during USF Week in April 5 The USF athletics teams were known as the Golden Brahmans until the earlier 1980s when the name was simplified to the Bulls Rocky was redesigned in 1986 and 2003 6 Rocky won the Capital One Mascot Challenge in 2013 besting Mike the Tiger LSU Sparty Michigan State and in the finals Raider Red Texas Tech Rocky is the first mascot to go undefeated in the Capital One Mascot Challenge 7 Footnotes Edit Traditions University of South Florida Chickens Camels and a Bull named Rocky University of South Florida The First 50 Years Traditions University of South Florida www usf edu Retrieved 2023 02 06 Schedule USF Week www usf edu Retrieved 2020 10 17 Rocky the Bull University of South Florida www usf edu Retrieved 2020 10 17 Rocky Wins Capital One Mascot Challenge USF Athletics Retrieved 2020 10 17 External links EditHistory of Rocky the Bull This article about a sports promotional or other mascot is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rocky the Bull amp oldid 1138369899, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
