O.K. here it goes what kinda of bull are we!

[gainesvillebull]

Brahma or another random type bull?

I say Brahma and where can I get a Brahma Battalion t-shirt.

[Rizman]

See the hump, it is for water and long period of drought.  It makes us tougher than an ordinary bull.

[Cow Pie]

where can I get a Brahma Battalion t-shirt.

I'll post a link to Zazzle or Cafe Press once I make the image large enough for shirts... give me about 2 weeks, should have it ready in time for the Cincy game 

[Apis Bull]

Why be discrimitory?  We welcome bulls of all shapes and sizes and of all nationalities.  We need to be inclusive, not exclussive.

[D1DDY]

our bull logo is green..

rocky is gray..

i'm confused...

[Velcro]

Isn't it Brahman, Brahma is something like a chicken, right?

http://usfweb2.usf.edu/History/rocky.html

Chickens, Camels and a Bull named Rocky

by Patricia Abdou, USF Oracle, August 28, 1989

When the issue of a school mascot was first raised in 1961, "Rocky" the Bull was far from first choice.

The process of choosing a mascot was apparently not a smooth one. University of South Florida Chickens, Roosters and Camels were all included for serious consideration. Even the Desert Rats, named after a group of men who played intramural sports and were the forerunners of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, was contemplated, but proved to be another failed attempt.

Gerald Stack and Jack Boyd, members of USF's charter class, planted the seed for what later became the school mascot, the Brahman Bull.

Stack said the issue first developed during committee meetings to construct the school's constitution. It was at this time that he and Boyd brought up the idea of the bull.

Boyd said it was a natural thing for them to choose the Brahman bull because both of their partners were breeders of the animal.

Although the name was put forth, it was never officially used. Stack left USF after only one semester and the idea was either lost in the shuffle or just temporarily forgotten.

The idea re-emerged in the fall of '62 when a representative from the class ring company announced that one side of the class rings would be left blank for the school mascot. Rejecting the representative's idea of a sailfish, the University Center sponsored a contest to name the school mascot.

Robert Bickle, another member of the charter class and presently a law professor at Stetson, submitted the Golden Brahman as his choice of mascot.

In the election, five finalists were selected: the Buccaneer, the Golden Brahman, the Olympian, the Cougar, and the Golden Eagle.

The Buccaneer, which received the most votes, was originally not adopted because it was believed that a junior college in Pensacola had the same mascot. The Golden Brahman, which had lost to the Buccaneer by only three votes, was chosen instead.

After it was learned that the junior college mascot was in fact the Pirate and not the Buccaneer, a 12-member judiciary committee decided that the Buccaneer would serve as the USF mascot.

With the decision came controversy. Many students were unhappy about the lackadaisical way in which the contest was run, while others thought that both choices were unfit to be the official mascot.

A petition was formulated and collected more signatures than the actual number of votes in the original election. A run-off election was granted between the Buccaneer and the Golden Brahman. The Golden Brahman was victorious and was officially unveiled Nov. 17, 1962.

Bickle takes no credit for coming up with the name, saying the suggestion was made one evening during a discussion of the issue and that he was just "elected to represent a group of friends" who collectively came up with the idea.

The rationale for the idea, he explained, was that since Florida was a cattle-raising state, like Texas, they wanted something comparable to the Texas Longhorns.

Once all conflict was cleared up, the Golden Brahman successfully remained the mascot until the early '80s.

"The athletic department decided to change the mascot to the Bulls around 1982 for promotional reasons, to advertise basketball games and homecoming events," said Marshall.

Today "Rocky" the Bull still serves as the official mascot and still carries the spirit of USF.

[Velcro]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma_(chicken)

If you make a shirt with "Brahma" on it, you deserve to be made fun of ;D ;D

[Bullshutter]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma_(chicken)

If you make a shirt with "Brahma" on it, you deserve to be made fun of ;D ;D

we shud make fun of u for referencing wiki

[gainesvillebull]

Still want the shirt!

[Mag Pie]

http://www.gousfbulls.com/pics5/0/OU/OUDCHLTSBXNELTF.20070507160530.jpg?SPSID=36763&SPID=2933&DB_OEM_ID=7700

http://www.gousfbulls.com/pics21/0/MU/MUBCCGEWKMHOSOQ.20070422231323.jpg

http://www.gousfbulls.com/pics30/0/KA/KAESKYFTJCSKOZW.20070507160540.jpg?SPSID=36763&SPID=2933&DB_OEM_ID=7700

http://www.gousfbulls.com/pics27/0/DW/DWXHGNQNNDXGEAF.20070507160550.jpg?SPSID=36763&SPID=2933&DB_OEM_ID=7700

Those don't have that weird hump...