USC Football Should Bring George Tirebiter Back

USC football needs to embrace their rich history and bring back canine mascot George Tirebiter.

At the south end of Trousdale Parkway, facing the route to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, sits the iron bust of one George Tirebiter. His copper nose has grown silver from the touch of many a Trojan pat. This statue and Tirebiter’s paw imprints in cement, which can be found in the graduate study lounge of the student center, are all that remains of USC’s former mascot.

In 1940, a stray and somewhat wild mutt wandered onto campus. No one knew where he came from or if he even had a previous owner. The only thing people knew was that this animal was a menace. Tirebiter got his name because he…