South Carolina Gamecocks Throwback CrewneckWe traveled back to the 1990s for inspiration for this design, reimagining this timeless logo with the flourishes you know and love from throwback college gear. For USCs famous garnet and black colors, however, youd need to go back to the 1890s. The colors were unofficially associated with the school in 1895, and officially adopted five years later, after realizing their newly selected mascot, the gamecock, had primarily garnet and black feathers.