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DEL.ICIO.USIs Spurrier pulling a Mark Richt?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Steve Spurrier has been telling some of the “media boys” (sorry ladies, that’s what he likes to call them) who cover South Carolina that he may turn some of the play calling duties over to Steve Spurrier, Jr., this season.
The Head Ball Coach says he needs to spend more time looking at the big picture of his program instead of doing all of the offensive game planning. Spurrier is convinced that “Bubba,” as he is known in the family, is ready. After watching his team come unglued after a 6-1 start last season, Spurrier just says he is re-thinking the way he does some things.
Georgia coach Mark Richt made the same decision last season when he turned the play calling over to Mike Bobo. Richt was ready to let go of those duties in order to concentrate on the details that make a program successful. Given the way Georgia finished the season, you would have to say that Richt’s decision was a good one. It was part of the natural maturation process of a very good head coach.
But when it comes to Spurrier, I’ll believe it when I see it. As he approaches the age of 63, calling plays and out-thinking the opposing defensive coordinator still gets his competitive juices flowing. By calling the plays, Spurrier is STILL the quarterback. He can’t make the throws, but he can set up an offense, better than anyone I know, so that the quarterback knows WHERE he should throw the ball.
When Spurrier was at Duke, a reporter asked him who his starting quarterback would be and he said, in effect: “I don’t know. But he’ll average over 300 yards (passing) a game.” The point was, Spurrier knew that whoever took the snaps, he could “coach them up.”
Spurrier is one of the most competitive people I’ve ever met at any level of sport—or life, for that matter. Regardless of what happens at South Carolina, his legacy as one of the game’s great coaches is secure. He’s got plenty of money. The pursuit of fame and fortune is not why Steve Spurrier is still coaching instead of retiring to the new home he is building in Florida.
The thing that keeps the HBC in the coaching profession, with all of its frustrations, is the competition. Calling plays still gives him the opportunity to test his skill to move a football against another talented person trying to figure out a way to stop him. That’s why Spurrier always had so much admiration for Bill “Brother” Oliver, the long time DC at Alabama and Auburn. He knew that if he beat Brother, he had beaten the best.
To the great competitors that feeling, that “juice,” is why you get up in the morning and go to work when you’re already financially secure.
I’m just not sure that Steve Spurrier can give that up.
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By GeoffDawg
April 8, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
Spurrier would sooner sit on a pineapple then step out of the spotlight.
By Boop
April 8, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
I don’t know about that, but I do know about this – Harvin is hurt and the USC transfer sucks. Gators have got problems.
By Hershel
April 8, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this
The man hasn’t done much since I called him out. Best to stand on the sidelines and keep his mouth shut.
By shane #1
April 8, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this
Pulling a Mark Richt? SOS has His kid on the payroll and now Junior is going to call plays? It sounds more like pulling a Bobby Bowden to Me, and We all know how well that worked out.
By GeoffDawg
April 8, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this
Seriously, if it’s his own kid calling the plays, we all know who’s really going to be pulling the strings. It sounds like Steve-o is setting his son up for a head coaching job down the line ala Lou and Skip Holtz.
By RAMBLE ON!
April 8, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this
What is important to note Tony, is it’s Masters Week.
Let’s take a moment and give thanks to GT, without us, there is no Masters.
By PTC Dawg
April 8, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this
As long as he’s Coaching at South Carolina, does it really matter?
By PTC DAWG
April 8, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this
Remember Ramble On!, without a certain UGA Grad, Nathaniel Edwin Harris, there might not even be a GT. But there is, and for that we are glad, for our football more often than not ends on a good note. And that’s the way Mr. Harris would have wanted it, I’m quite sure of that. :)
All that aside, enjoy the Masters. It’s a great week for sure.
By GeoffDawg
April 8, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this
Hmm, I was unaware of that PTC Dawg. It appears that Georgia really is their daddy.
By Dick Rod
April 8, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
The Masters? Are you kidding me? “A good walk spoiled.”
I’d watch Central Arkansas A&M vs Valdosta State before wasting my time watching golf.
By RAMBLE ON!
April 8, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this
PTC Dawg, you got me!
By hotrod
April 8, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this
spurrier? who gives a s&%t ,I wish he would go on a hiking trip in the mountains and dissapear, maybe a bear appitizer
By Spike
April 8, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this
Tony, puhleeze. His ego is as big as all outdoors, he can’t give it up.
By Bill
April 8, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this
Well poop nice to know you keep up with every minute of Gator football.
Time to set you straight.Harvin has had his heel problem since he was in high school. This surgery was to relive that problem and the other problems it caused in his leg.
You don’t know any more that anyone else how the procedure went.I do know this.Harvin will be back in plenty of time for the start of fall practice if all goes well.He will also be pain free for the first time since since high school.And you thought he was fast the last 2 years.
Now on to Moody.He struggled early in spring practice.He had troube picking up the offense he had never played in.
Nearing the end now he has a grasp on the offense with his best practice of the spring yesterday.
Take off your red and blck glasses so you can see the real world once in a while.
By AltamahaDawg
April 8, 2008 11:58 AM | Link to this
Is Spurrier pulling a Richt and going overseas to visit the troops and help the less fortunate?
By mpd
April 8, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this
Man, you uga people still let SOS get in your heads like that?? Take a deep breath and enjoy the spring flowers….
By Florida=OVERRATED
April 8, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this
I knew that Harvin was fast, but that is all he is. He is an overrated one dimensional player only good for a couple of highlight reels, not winning alot of games. See last year as proof.
As for Moody, in the interest of full disclosure its appropriate to point out that he was practicing with Florida all through the 2007 season. This spring is not the first time he has seen the offense. That is simply not true. I have no idea why Florida fans were so big on a guy that obviously couldn’t cut it at USC. I thought Florida had higher standards than that.
By Whitegoat
April 8, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this
The OBC is in your heads and you just cannot shake him out. He spanks your butts yet again in Columbia. Circle the date. Yeah buddy. Fear the Gamecock crow!! The big goat always bleats!!
By Mark Z
April 8, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this
F**K Spurrier
By DawgFan96
April 8, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this
Florida=OVERRATED is an idiot for saying that Harvin is a one trick pony. I’m the biggest UGA fan in the world and I can admit that Harvin is one of the most dynamic players I have ever seen in the SEC
By GatorGuy
April 8, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this
Florida=OVERRATED You must not have watched Harvin play. What is his one dimension? scoring TD, big plays? speed? He’s about the 4th fastest player on the team. He’s a WR and RB. If it were not for Brandon James, he’d be returning kicks and punts too.
As for Moody, he spend most of the fall with a hurt shoulder. When he was healthy, he was on the scout team as a redshirt. How much attention from coaches and how many reps do you think guys on the scout team get? Let’s wait until at least one game has been played to judge him.
By Dorsey Hill
April 8, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this
Since Spurrier left the Gators, where he had better talent than 98% of the teams he played, he is 33-36. Less than impressive.
Doesn’t anybody wonder why Spurrier can not get a top flight QB into Columbia? I mean he’s this offensive guru right? But no top QB out of high school wants to learn whatever it is he has to offer.
3rd down conversions are the hallmark of good offensive play calling: USC was 12th in the SEC in 2007, that’s last for you Chicken fans. Mississippi State did better. That’s pathetic.
Much like Mike Tyson who will be remembered for the butt-kickings he received in his late career rather than his early dominating work, Spurrier should have hung up the cleats after 2001.
But who knows maybe it isn’t him maybe its just being stuck in NEVERLAND (short for ‘Never won a Championship land’), otherwise known as the University of South Carolina.
By Florida=OVERRATED
April 8, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this
“Harvin is one of the most dynamic players I have ever seen in the SEC”
Wow. That’s quite a statement about a guy that didn’t even crack the all-SEC first team last year. It would be a minor miracle for this guy to get through a season without getting dinged up and missing some practices and games. Injuries will continue to plague him because he is small and not built for day to day life in the SEC. How dynamic is he standing on the sidelines?
We were led to believe that Harvin was the second coming of Reggie Bush. Sorry, I’m not buying it. Harvin is only a factor in about 3 or 4 games a year. Look at the stats. He is not consistant. Hence, OVERRATED. Just deal.
By quaildawg
April 8, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this
Geez guys…everyone has their concerns that are being addressed via spring ball and pre-season camps. (we at UGA are not alone in this regard ie. kicking game) but UF’s primary problems aren’t whether Harvin recovers or Moody picks up the O. It’s Defense…plain and simple. Find a pass rush to give their young corners some protection otherwise it’s 8-4 again.
By Cuz
April 8, 2008 1:00 PM | Link to this
From a Dawg fan, a pain free Harvin should be a concern. I did not know he had that problem, he looked pretty good the games I watched him play. My guess is he gives up playing on Saturdays and starts playing on Sundays soon.
When the OBC gives up calling plays, he will get his Green Jacket and just play golf. Wait a minute, Billy Payne is the chairman at the Augusta National. Will a Dawg let the evil genuis in as a member? Enquiring minds want to know.
By quaildawg
April 8, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this
As for Spurrier. Love him or hate him great Coach period! You win at Duke and you can Coach em’ up anywhere.
By Gen Neyland 1
April 8, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this
Sure, Mr. Ego will hand over the tough ones to Jr..” 4th and 25 from our 15. What say we try the punt play, Jr..?”
By ARdawg
April 8, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this
The Old Ball Sack at this point in time has age and victories over Richt but little else. He might even attempt to emulate him and his organizational chart but the fact remains, Richt is a fine coach and a class act. Spurrier couldn’t qualify to dust off his jock strap.
By mars
April 8, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this
Whitegoat, we’re gonna bleat your @$$!
By Whitegoat
April 8, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this
You know how your dog reacts when they have a tick in their ear? They moan, whimper, stratch, drag their ear on the ground and are just generally miserable until it is removed. That is how all of you dog fans appear at the mention of the OBC. You cannot not shake him and you never will. Yeah buddy. Come on to Columbia. Spanked again.
By Miles
April 8, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this
Steve Spurrier is simply the best college football coach in the country.
By bullwinkle
April 8, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this
Hey Dick Rod. I go and watch Valdosta State football all the time. You can walk in and sit on the 50 yard line about 15 feet from the field and watch great football. And lest anyone forget, Valdosta State won the D-II national championship last year in what is commonly called a “playoff” system. One day Division I will wake up and smell the playoff coffee. VSU football is fantastic. Go Blazers!
By Johnny Danger Dawg
April 8, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this
Fans always eventually get mad when coaches give jobs to their kids. Look at Bowden, Holtz, and even Donnan. Let’s all hope Jon Richt goes to the NFL and then becomes an assistant coach at Clemson.
By JW
April 8, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this
I wish Richt would pull a Spurrier and win the National Championship!!!!!!!
By paulwesterdawg
April 8, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this
As we approach the 7th Anniversary of Spurrier being relevant nationally, let’s all hold hands and sing Glory to His Visored Greatness.
Wait. He won fewer games at Carolina the past 3 seasons than Gailey won at Tech? And he has a losing record at SC against UF, UT, Clemson and UGA. How can that be? He’s a genius!
When he retires in 2 years after 5 years of futility and Independence Bowl collapses, will South Carolina finally give up on football?
Who will be their savior now that Holtz, Spurrier and Deitzel all proved that even National Title winners can’t win in the Newark of the South?
Well…there’s always Joe Pa.
“Brian Van Gorder is the answer.” - Gamecock Nation
By gamecockfansarefunny
April 8, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this
i heard the gamecocks have a goal to reach the music city bowl next year. don’t you at least need a winning record to go to a bowl?
By FlDawg
April 8, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this
S.S. is just like all the others from that academic wasteland and mediocre sports program, UGA/Dawg “wanna’ bes”.
By ARdawg
April 8, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
By Miles April 8, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this Steve Spurrier is simply the best college football coach in the country.
As Triumph the Wonderdog would so eloquently state “For me to POOP on”
By UGA was the first to do everything...
April 8, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this
What is it with UGA fans thinking they were the first to do everything? You didn’t invent the blackout and Richt wasn’t the first HC to hand the offensive reigns over to his OC. Get over yourselves!
By Atlanta Gator
April 8, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this
I understand the historical reasons for the animosity that many Dawg fans feel for the Evil Genius, but give the guy a break. He took over a multi-year rebuilding project from Lou Holtz, and the Gamecock program has shown definite signs of life during his tenure, but the program hasn’t turned the corner yet. “Coaching up” the ‘Cocks may be harder than SOS’ achievements at Duke, where the ACC competition was easier and the Duke alumni’s expectations were not unrealistic. Most years while he was the OBC at Florida, his talent was equal or better than most of his SEC competitors, especially after 1993 or so. Even with his last two recruiting classes, USC’s talent level is typical of a middle-of-the-pack SEC team, and the SEC is only getting tougher.
As good a coach as he is, SOS is going to need a lucky break or two before he can make his peculiar brand of magic work in Columbia. In particular, the program needs a signature win or two, and SOS desperately needs a talented quarterback who is not a head trip. Without that, there is no “fun” in his “fun & gun,” regardless of who is calling the offensive plays.
By Hey GoatBoy
April 8, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this
“Hey Whitegoat -
Little confused here. You said “He spanks your butts yet again in Columbia”, but yet I seem to recall being in the stands the last time they played in Columbia. Now it’s coming back to me. That’s right we beat the high and mighty goatfuc8ers 18-0 at night, nationally televised. So suck on this…”
By Spurrier, not Richt
April 8, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this
I’m hope Spurrier isn’t pulling a Richt, he’d have style his hair like a butt crack.
By connorsgp
April 8, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this
I’ll keep reminding you bull puppy fans that no matter who suits up in 2008 for the Gators they are going to kick UGA’s rear end this year it ain’t even gonna be close…..you national champ wanna be touts will be beaten down like we usually do—it was 2007 that was an abberation—with Teabow hurt and a bunch of greenies in defense you damn near lost last year—this year will be back to normal…Gators 48 puppys 17…take that to the bank
By VanDSIRROM
April 8, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this
Miles said: “Steve Spurrier is simply the best college football coach in the country.”
Miles must be right. SOS got lil’ ‘ole SC all the way up to #6 in the polls last year…but wait, that Clemson grad, Bobby Johnson and Vanderbilt went and showed everybody how to kick SOS’s butt.
Oh well, guess Miles missed this one.
And now the whole country (ESPN) will get to see it happen again on Sept. 4th.
By Whitegoat
April 8, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this
I rest my case. The man is so inside of your stupe heads that it borders on the insane. The tick will always be in your ear. You still lose in Columbia. You cry…you blame the refs…you say Richt is to conservative…you what if a dog had wings reasons. You still lose. The Big Goat Bleats!! EM
By Freehawk
April 8, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this
16-12 was all a dream.
According to UGA, they won the SEC, and the National Championship last season. Then they defeated the New York Giants for the Super Bowl and the Palermo team for the World Pizza Championship.
Or maybe they didn’t play in the SEC championship game, and then played the worst of all the BCS teams in a bowl.
Florida fans, congratulations on yet another 3rd place finish in the SEC East, which seems to be Urban’s place 2 out of 3 seasons. Why should Moody have any trouble in that offense? Tebow occasionally throws it in Harvin’s direction and lets him run around. Anywhere in the red zone, nobody but Tebow is allowed to touch the ball.
By dawgy
April 8, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this
Somebody should remind Ramble On! that the Chairman of the Augusta National is Billy Payne, a georgia bulldog. I’d love to compare Payne’s finances to all the dorks’ on here who always like to claim techies are more successful than georgia grads.
By michaelgee
April 8, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this
UGA fans can always “hope” that Spurrier would do something different, especially since he “knocked UGA” out of a NAT Championship shot last year.
Steve Spurrier “OWNS” Mark Richt.
Poor old dawgs can’t beat the old man anyway, LOL.
By shane #1
April 8, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this
connorsgp, Florida leads the nation in shark attacks, lightening strikes, and financial fraud. So, even if I took it to the bank, I couldn’t get it cashed! South Carolina leads the nation in smack talk by 6-6 teams that have never won the SEC. Spurrier’s problems stem from the fact that He is coaching in a small state with a limited pool of athletes, and He has to compete with Clemson for those. To make matters worse the State is raided by larger programs like UGA, UF, and UT. SOS is a good coach and upsets one or two of the Big Boys every year, but He can’t compete cosistantly because He simply doesn’t have the horses.
By Spike
April 8, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this
Hey Big Goat… How come Spurrier can win at Duke and not at USC?
By BigGCock
April 8, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this
Wait a dog gone minute! Can someone please tell me if UGA scored a TD in last year’s game VS Scar?
Let’s talk about the last time the dawgs got manhandled - 10/16/07. It wasn’t that long ago…
Ya’ll are a bunch of delusional fools if you think that UGA will go unscathed with that schedule. Wake-up and come to the realization that UGA will lose at least 2 games.
Ya’ll are good but the D is suspect and there aren’t any WRs that are difference makers.
One thing to keep in mind, SCAR D should be much stronger than last year. If we figure out how to stop the run, watch out because we’ll be beating some ya’ll down again!
By Whitegoat
April 8, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this
I do not know sparky but we beat the dogs. It will happen again in Columbia. Yeah buddy, that tick sure does bother me. Bleat on!!
By PTC DAWG
April 8, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this
I’ll take UGA and 31 vs the Gators for ANY amount you want to lay.
I’ll say this, you sure are drinking early today.
I’m not saying we’ll beat UF per say, but I will say we’ll win the SEC East. If anyone seriously thinks UF will win the East with a ONE man team, they are delusional. As good and tough as Tebow is, he will be worn down EVERY year the way Meyer usess him.
By paulwesterdawg
April 8, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this
“Steve Spurrier owns Mark Richt.”
That’s why they are 2-2?
2001 - SOS (at UF) 2005 - CMR 2006 - CMR (shutout) 2007 - SOS
So…how is that owning Mark Richt?
Just out of curiosity, where do the Gamecocks display Danny Wuerffel’s Heisman Trophy?
By Gamecock Henry
April 8, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this
Yeah just wait till the fire Richt and Fire El Willie O bloggers come out late here at the AJC on Sept 13. They wont be able to use the young excuse then. Im just waiting to see the OH NO! TWO IN A ROW!!!!! on the faces of dawg fans while in disbelief. We Gamecoks love tp spoil the Dawgs Party. Just think, if the dawgs would have Scored a TD on the mighty Gamecock defense they would have gotten to play in the SEC Championship game. NOTE KEY WORD>>> PLAY. LSU was the Best team last year no Question about it! Just think ,if it werent for that Vandy Fumble and Mr. Tebow not being 100 % the dawgs wouldve suffered two more losses. BTW that Soulja Boy Dance in the endzone against the gators have earned the puppies some PAYBACK… Bad Idea in the long run!!!! Auburn has a score to settle with the pups as well. What a BIG TARGET on these doggies. They wont be able to handle the PRESSURE and OVERATED HYPE!!!! Hawaii what a JOKE! ENJOY THE EASY BOWL WIN
By Gamecock Henry
April 8, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this
Paulwesterdawg…… its Displayed right beside George Rogers Trophy.
By dawgy
April 8, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this
Henry: yeah, the Sugar Bowl win was nice. what bowl were the lamecocks in last year? Have they ever been to a major bowl? They’ll upset one or two teams every year, but face it, it’s a loser program, with a loser tradition. Not to mention a loser fanbase.
By m
April 8, 2008 6:30 PM | Link to this
Either Spurrier or his son would do a million times better calling plays than Chan Gailey ever did. Thank God and Greyhound he is GONE.
By Richard
April 8, 2008 6:35 PM | Link to this
Hotrod,put your mean spirit away and learn how to spell “disappear” and “appetizer”! Where did you try to get an education? Can you get a refund?
By TDone
April 8, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this
All things SEC, Tony. All things SEC.
By FL DAWG
April 8, 2008 6:52 PM | Link to this
GA’s D will not be suspect this year count on that. The D line will reload at DE and there are some pretty talented inside guys. Then the 2nd string comes in and are just as good. The LB’s are all very fast and skilled. The 2nd stringers will do just as well with their limited playing time. The CB’s are all experienced and are very athletic. Remarcus Brown, Prince Miller and Asher Allen are all excellent corners. The one question is S and John Knox, CJ Byrd and Reshad Jones are proving they are all ready to play.
The offense is more questionalbe than the D given the O line. However, the O line has plenty of talent, they just have to get it together. The O line will ultimately determine how well MS does, with good protection MS will be very good. Especially if he can take care of the ball and not make bad decisions. If MS has the time, we have the receivers. The O-line will also ultimately determine how well KM and CK will do.
The biggest question of all is the kicking game, hope BW is ready when he comes in. We have got to have a kicker.
By Bob
April 8, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this
South Carolina fans need to take a long walk off a short bridge. That’s all I’ve got to say. My lord this is a thick bunch.
By FL DAWG
April 8, 2008 6:58 PM | Link to this
Dawg Fans, just a word of caution, lets wait and see how well our O-line does this season. Lets hope CSS has them coached up and ready to play from game one. We don’t need for them to hit stride in the middle of the season like they have the last two years. Both seasons ended with an impressive run, just to start over the following. Dawgs have to be ready on day one and that is the coaching staffs responsibility.
Now to throw away caution, the dawgs have every opportunity to do something really special this year. Dawgs will want revenge against USC and UT. They will also know that they are in for fights with AU and UF. They will also want to vent some frustrations against LSU. Motivation should not be a problem this year. GO DAWGS!!!
By SECCoachnDallas
April 8, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this
Spurrier coaching SCUM COOTS to a conference championship is funny. They have never won an outright championship at the State Farmers Market Football Stadium and never will. I foresee Spurrier leaving Columbia as soon as the house in Florida is finished and South carolina has padded his 401K. In three years he has won 20 games and they call him a GENIUS…Guess what we call those COOT Fans(it is not genius)?
By SECCoachnDallas
April 8, 2008 8:16 PM | Link to this
To Gamecock Henry,
Judging by your inability to spell and compose a simple sentence, I assume that you the closest you have come to attending the University of South Carolina was pushing a broom after hours.
Please go back to your world of mediocrity,
SECFan
By Bill
April 8, 2008 8:19 PM | Link to this
FL Dawg, if revenge were a factor, the ‘sniffers would have had more wins against the Gators. They have had plenty of reasons for revenge. Revenge is the most overplayed motive in sports. One team wants revenge while the other wants to do it again. Dawgs will fall in Columbia and their national championships will go down the toilet at the hands of Spurrier. Again.
The Gamecocks will do a 180 on defense. More depth than ever and a proven DC spells trouble for all the naysayers.
By ARdawg
April 8, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this
heehee heeeee
These SCcock are funny! Instead of dreaming the impossible dream maybe you should set your goals on a more attainable. The smurf turf bowl might be available and welcome your 2008 6-6 record in Boise. I don’t think GT will make it this year
By Zeb McKluskey
April 8, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this
Connorsgp, one should not smoke crack and type on the keyboard at the same time. Didn’t your mom tell you not to be on the computer anymore? Don’t forget to wear your helmet to school tomorrow. And learn how to spell “Teabow’s” name right you stupid moron.
Henry, Henry, Henry. Are you just hoping that the success the OBC had at Fla is going to magically ooze it’s way into Columbia?? Yeah,yeah,yeah, I know you guys got us last year. Big props. I, for one, don’t dog Spurrier. I think he’s a great coach and he can definitely get in some heads, but dude, let’s compare records last year. Why on earth are you SO SURE it’s gonna be a beatdown anywhere for the dawgs this year? Tennessee was the closest last year, and you’re talkin about the Gator loss to us, and your little win? Come on man, let’s just live in reality and we’ll see on the field. One thing’s for certain, neither you, nor I, are going to be on that field on any given Saturday this year. Enjoy the recliner.
By michaelgee
April 8, 2008 9:37 PM | Link to this
“Spurrier owns Richt” who won the last time they played?
“Spurrier owns UGA” look at the history, go ahead.
How’d it look?
By FL DAWG
April 8, 2008 10:04 PM | Link to this
Bill, thanks for the info, I feel relieved to know that the Gators looking for revenge won’t be a factor next year. I’ll just chalk that one up as two in a row over the Gators.
As for SC you don’t have QB yet, your O line is subject and there are not great backs to run behind an average at best line.
Your D was horrible against the run, once that was figured out, no one had a problem with it. Look for a steady dose of being overpowered in the trenches this year.
To the Ga game specifically, Both D’s should be extremely good this year. GA probably has more depth on the D than USC. Also given a new D coordinator, SC may not have all the new schemes down as of yet. I give the D to UGA. As for the O, both teams have questions on the O line. Ga will return 3 starters most likely and have to break in a new center. The O line is about a draw. Ga gets the edge at QB (we have one). Stafford improved from year one and looks to be improving going into his 3rd year. RB’s Ga is over the top with 3 or 4 very talented backs in Moreno, King, Samuels and Jackson. WR is a draw. Ga WR are improving, but the OBC develops better receivers than QB’s. He has had more receivers make it in the Pro’s than QBs. I might even give an edge to SC in that department. Overall, I think it will be a great game just like all the rest of the games between the two. There are very few blowouts in this series. It will be a great game just like all the SEC games. I just don’t see SC beating Ga this year, revenge or no revenge.
By FL DAWG
April 8, 2008 10:10 PM | Link to this
SC has a successful season if they win one of two games, UGA or Clemson…make it three games, you can throw UF into that mix now.
By Dawg2
April 8, 2008 10:48 PM | Link to this
You gotta love the Gamecock fans. They know in their hearts that the Georgia Team they saw at the beginning of the year, is a shadow of the team that finished the season. As poorly as our kids played in that game, we still should have won it… Two ‘wide open’ receivers both missed and a dropped ball in the end zone.. (And I’m not taking anything away from the GC’S - they played their heart out in that game and deserved the win).
While I highly doubt Georgia will win them all this year, I’m pretty confident that one of them will be against South Carolina..
As for Spurrier… It does appear that everybody has pretty much caught up with him and he is handicapped at South Carolina. I think if he had it to do over again, he would have waited for a ‘LSU or Alabama’ to pop up… After really struggling to recruit, he has a solid group come in two recruiting cycles ago, but this year they dropped back again… He has to be getting frustrated… And cannot get the big QB recruit that he really needs to run his offense.
Personal believe that if USC struggles ‘again’ this year, he just might call it quits and go hit golf balls on a full time basis…
Like Lou Holtz said, it’s just asking too much with Florida, Tennessee and Georgia in the East…
Stick to baseball guys…
By P Dawg
April 8, 2008 11:13 PM | Link to this
It’s quite obvious that spurrier is tired of trying to make a winner out of sc and he is making the initial steps to set his son up for a job. If spurrier can’t do it, who can? Sucks for the c** nation!HAHAHA!!!
By War Eagle
April 8, 2008 11:14 PM | Link to this
I have respect for Steve Spurrier, he was not kind to Auburn or UGA, Tenn and SEC during his tenure at Florida. The guy can coach with the best. He has his personality as all coaches do. UGA has same opinion as Auburn toward the MANY Bama coaches since coach Bryant. The best bring out the “best of this and that”, which will always exist in football or any sport. The SEC community is fortunate to have coaches as Richt, Fulmer, Tuberville, Myers Spurrier and other capable HC. One last note, my prayers go out to Bobby Hoppe, Chattanooga, Tn,, former team mate at Auburn, All SEC RB, in his passing, he was a good one.
By P Dawg
April 8, 2008 11:19 PM | Link to this
They suck at baseball too, or at least they did Sat.
By Potato Dawg
April 9, 2008 12:24 AM | Link to this
Sir, I know Mark Richt and Steve Spurrier is NO Mark Richt!
By shane #1
April 9, 2008 7:39 AM | Link to this
War Eagle, My condolences to You on the loss of Yout team mate. You are right about SEC coaching. If Spurrier and Fulmer are not winning like Thay have in the past it is not because They have slipped, it because every other SEC team has gotten better. I cannot think of a team in the SEC, even traditional whipping boys Missy State and Vandy, that I would call badly coached.
By oldfaithfuldawg
April 9, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this
Coach Spurrier owns us by HIS record, but anyone can own any team coached by Goff and Donnan. CMR ans SOS are 2-2 as opposing coaches. That’s not owning someone. Remember all those other FL coaches’ efforts before you found the right guy. All this who owns who stuff is a bunch of bull about nothing.
By gdawginkalamazoo
April 9, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this
Atlanta Gator, He took over a multi-year rebuilding project from Lou Holtz…. Thanks for the laugh! I think they have been “rebuilding” since day one.
By BC
April 9, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this
Harvin sucks, he’ll be runnin’ the same old wide receiver lateral b.s. this season and it’s going to be funny watching Rennie Curran hone in on him and take him down right when he gets around the corner in this year’s game.
And honestly, if you’re such a great running back that was recruited by USC, couldn’t get it there, and Florida is the pity school that picks you up and you can’t get the offense after a year and a half? Really?
I guess it is hard to get UF’s offense seeing how there are six main plays…Harvin end-around left, Harvin end-around right, Harvin screen, Tebow off-tackle left, Tebow off-tackle right, Tebow up the middle. That’s probably why he can’t get the offense, there’s no need for a running back in it, or maybe he’s just not a good lead-blocker.
UGA: Knowshon Moreno, Caleb King, Tavarress King, Michael Moore, AJ Green, Matt Stafford, Mohammed Massoquoi, Kenneth Harris, Brannon Southerland, c’mon…we all know who is winning this year. UF should keep running Tebow so he can get injured again, haha. It was great watching him cry last year.
So, with that said, UF fans need to look at the facts and realize “Hey, this year’s gonna be a great rebuilding year.” And UGA fans can look at towards this year and say “Hey, we’re stacked…let’s not lose focus and we have the NC won.”
Last point, I have never thought there could be a better year than the one coming up for there to be 4 unbeaten teams at the end of the season. I’m predicting the winner of the SEC Championship, winner of OSU/USC, Oklahoma, and a mixer team like Hawaii to be undefeated at the end of next year, and yet again the BCS will get it wrong and screw two teams out of a true shot at a NC. That would be bad :)
By Blue
April 9, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this
Richt doesn’t get enough credit. Weis is giving up play calling duties as well.
Richt was the first. He was also the first to utilize a change of pace quarterback. All the talking heads at ESPN said it was a terrible move to sub in Shockley for Greene.
Fast forward and you got the talking heads praising Urban for changing the pace with his quarterbacks.
Richt is a leader among his peers even if the talking heads don’t admit it.
By StAug Dawg
April 9, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this
JW,
He has already had a year similar to the “miracle gator season of 1996.” He just didn’t get the lucky breaks that SOS received on a platter. (See the 2002 season) Georgia didn’t get the breaks that year that UF got in 1996. Actually, it was more like the UGA season from 2007, only UGA didn’t get into the BCSCG. At least 4 major upsets had to occur in order for UF to get the chance to re-play FSU, a team that was obviously inferior to UF that year but outcoached SOS during their regular season win. It’s almost as lucky as an SEC team drawing Ohio St. in the BCSCG. Speaking of that, how many teams in the SEC do you guys think could have beaten Ohio St. in the past 2 years? In my opinion, LSU, UF, UGA, AL, AU, UT, ARK,UK
By johnson is a johnson
April 9, 2008 10:22 PM | Link to this
Hey FLA fans. If Florida is so awesome, please move back there. We already have plenty of rednecks.
By JJ the Jet Plane
April 9, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this
For whitegoat and any other SC or Fl fans out there. I’ll admit Spurrier was in our heads while the “OPENLY GAY-TORS” were kicking dawg a* for a decade. Now it’s just a matter of having someone to hate. Fulmer is a prime candidate,but he can’t put together a cogent sentence. Spurrier is the KING. He is the best ball coach in the country, no doubt. He is just FUN to HATE. Look at the rash of S%&T he used to give to Ray Goff (spurrier called him Goof).
What I don’t understand is why he chose to go to South Carolina. They can’t recruit, they can’t BUY decent players. But the SOB can coach. Look at what they did to us (UGA)last year. His team just petered out down the stretch last year. No character when it came nut cutting time, no HEART. I wish him the BEST. If UGA gets beat by them at Williams Brice, then we deserved it, we weren’t ready to play.
GO DAWGS AND BEST OF LUCK TO COACH STEVE SPURRIER - THE COACH WE ALL LOVE TO HATE..BUT WE LOVE HIM!
By snow dawg
April 9, 2008 10:49 PM | Link to this
IT’S NOT JUST DAWG FANS THAT DISLIKE SPURRIER, IT’S THE WHOLE SEC. WHY? BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT HE IS THE “BEST COACH IN THE COUNTRY”, AND THAT ON ANY GIVEN SATURDAY HE CAN WHIP THE A&* OF ANY SEC TEAM WITH A TEAM OF MUCH LESSER TALENT. HE IS THE BEST DAMN BALL COACH I’VE EVER SEEN. HE IS AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN THE BEAR, JOE PA, OR BOBBY BOWDEN EVER WERE IN THEIR PRIME…HANDS DOWN!
By 1980 Quarterback
April 9, 2008 11:10 PM | Link to this
To my friend T. Barnhart. It’s good to know that there are rabid football fans the year round. Seems the Old Ball Coach is pulling a CMR. I don’t think Bubba is up to the task. I think after the first offensive series against UGA Steve will take the headset back, ala Jessie Palmer - remember how he used to do his QB’s when one did something he didn’t like. After G-Day I have to tell the Dawg Nation, I think this is the best Georgia team I’ve seen in 25 years.
I don’t usually go out on a limb, but I’m so stoked about this upcomong season I’m going to do just that. Georgia will win the SEC. I think Bama will win the west but the Dawgs will win it all. As far as the NC? If the Dawgs can keep their skill players healthy and don’t have ovr 1 loss, I think they will win the Big Enchalada.
On a closing thought, Spurrier has been and still is one of the best in the country. It’s no crime to want to play well against one of the best coaches our sport has to offer.
Go Dawgs and to hell with Ga. Tech.
By SOS
April 9, 2008 11:21 PM | Link to this
South Carolina 16, Georgia 12
By Brokenknuckle
April 10, 2008 3:54 AM | Link to this
How many nc does Mark Rich have? Spurrier got more sec champs than Mark Richt right?
By Rennie Curran
April 10, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this
I like Percy Harvin. He was real gracious after I dropped him in his tracks for a loss on a crucial 4th and short last year.
By ATLgamecock
April 10, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this
I can go down this list and pick out alumni from redneck fans easily. Hint: Redneck fans are the ones with intellectual inferiority complexes and have to latch on to the closest football team’s successes to feel better about themselves.