USC also had a canine mascot named George Tirebiter, starting in 1940. He chased cars through the USC campus until he was run over in 1950. The Trojans enjoyed three George replacements through 1957.

USC was at a standstill. “Tirebiter is dead!” read the Daily Trojan’s front page headline on September 20, 1950. It was only three years after the beloved canine was crowned USC’s official mascot. For ...

“USC’s mascot horse is a symbol of ancient Troy. Its rider, with costume and sword, is a symbol of a Trojan warrior,” the final paragraph said. “The name Traveler, spelled with one ‘l ...

At a recent rally of the USC Black Student Assembly, Saphia Jackson, co-director of the group reminded that “white supremacy hits close to home” and referenced the name of the Trojans mascot ...

(Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Some say the prankster feud between the USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins all started in the 1940s when USC’s mascot, a dog named George ...