ajcsportstalk

By sec_fan

September 14, 2006 11:24 PM | Link to this

Spurrier bad mouthed FSU players and coaches while at Florida. Now that he has lost twice to UGA in his SEC return I guess it’s time to bad mouth the dogs.

By dawgswood

September 14, 2006 11:27 PM | Link to this

Spurrier is just trying to grasp at whatever straws he can. They took a physical pounding and our defense may be the fastest the Dawgs have ever had. SC is not the recruiting ground FL was and he’s in trouble.

By socal

September 14, 2006 11:28 PM | Link to this

Hey, missed penalties can change the outcome of a football game. Then again, losing 18-0 does take some of the air out of that argument. Steve Spurrier is a great coach, but his past two jobs are solid proof that it takes more than a great coach to win. Maybe he needs to come up with another trick play to get some points since running the same one against UGA didn’t take. In the coming weeks it will be interesting to see if Steve can come up with new excuses for losing, or simply stick with the ref conspiracy theory. By the end of next year he’ll probably quit, just like in D.C. when he was proved human.

By reality check

September 14, 2006 11:30 PM | Link to this

Wow.

Steve, would you like some cheese with that whine?

You were whipped like a rented mule. Accept Reality.

Mules everywhere must be terribly embaressed by your whining.

You were a great coach, Steve, one of the best. So was Lou Holtz. So was Paul Deitzel before Holtz.

Steve, great men have tread where you are now treading and they came up short. There is something about the gamechickins that overcomes great coaches.

It isn’t your fault, Steve. Please don’t tarnish your legacy. Take your whipping like a man.

By gamecock

September 14, 2006 11:32 PM | Link to this

Pathetic. Take it like a man Steve. Whining does not become you.

By BirdMahn

September 14, 2006 11:32 PM | Link to this

Steve Spurrier has always acted like a spoiled little brat. A classless crybaby when he loses. An egotistical jerk when he wins. It looks like he’ll never grow out of it either. But, what do I care. He’s a has been. Go play some golf Stevie! :)

By NWGA Dawg

September 14, 2006 11:32 PM | Link to this

Funny, I saw SC O-Lineman practically wrestling UGA on numerous occasions. Coulda-shoulda-woulda…cry-cry. Like I said in another blog: you should’ve stayed retired ‘Ol Ball Coach…Stay around a few more seasons and your FL legacy will be long forgotten.

By BirdMahn

September 14, 2006 11:35 PM | Link to this

Steve Spurrier has always acted like a spoiled little brat. A crybaby when he loses and an egostistical jerk when he wins. I guess he’ll never grow out of it either. But, what do I care. He’s a has been whose trying to justify his failures.

By 2N4YEARS

September 14, 2006 11:38 PM | Link to this

Halarious! Poor ‘Ol Ball Coach probably still hasn’t sleep this week. Hey Spurrier: In case you haven’t noticed EVERY team in America gets aways with penalties EVERY week! That’s just the nature of the game, it’s not perfect. I’m sure if I went back and looked at film I could find your Gators, as well as your Gamecocks, having penalties that weren’t called. What a joke you’ve become. Go ahead and retire before you have a Heart Attack.

By Dorsey Hill

September 14, 2006 11:38 PM | Link to this

The only way that SC wins that game is if the teams exchanged players and coaching staffs before kick-off. SS is whining like a little girl as he always has. (Look at Bill Stanfill’s description of his girlie screams when he kept pounding on him in ‘66. “[It was] a fun day. Steve didn’t like you to get close or touch him. He’d get up complaining, ‘Late hit, late hit!’ I said, ‘Excuse me, Stevie, I didn’t mean to step on your skirt.’”) He’s never taken his beatings like a man and never will…but they will keep on coming. SC has gotten worse since Holtz left and the downhill spiral will continue until he quits on SC like he did on the ‘skins.

By brett30033

September 14, 2006 11:48 PM | Link to this

I’ll just sum this up for everyone on this blog. This is the reason that NO team likes Spurrier.

If you listen to his press conference, he continually blames everyone but himself, including Blake M, who was 18 of 22 (I think).

I am a huge UGA fan and the fact of the matter is that SC moved the ball to the goal line on us. Clearly they were capable of making plays. I give our D credit because they have played hard all year, but at what point as a head coach do you say, ooops…maybe I called the wrong play there.

Ha, who cares, let him stew and look like an idiot.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

September 14, 2006 11:49 PM | Link to this

He saw the film on Sunday, He’s never listen to the fans before, so I wonder why he waited until Thur. to start screaming? It’s rather sad. To damn bad!!!

By GodHatesTrash

September 15, 2006 12:00 AM | Link to this

Why do you filthy rednecks get so excited about your team penetrating some other team’s end zone?

Y’all are trash.

By Big Mike

September 15, 2006 12:10 AM | Link to this

What a frickin loser, his team blows and he knows it. Blame everybody but yourself. It’s not your fault, blame it on the refs. What a poor sport, this is why the Cocks will never amount to anything, sorry coach and sorry program, and overzealous obnoxious fans that brag every chance they get. Their best player had a mullet(Taneyhill)

By SamoanDawg

September 15, 2006 12:13 AM | Link to this

There were heaps of holding that should’ve been called against them.

Oliver was called for holding on one possession. When they replayed it, I didn’t see Oliver holding at all.

BAD CALL, ref!

It goes both ways brada!

Cry me a river.

By Pete

September 15, 2006 12:16 AM | Link to this

Sounds like the Dawgs penetrated something of Spurrier’s all right…and it wasn’t his end zone!

Sweet…the only thing better than kicking his rear is hearing him whine excuses. Thanks, Steve!

By brett30033

September 15, 2006 12:24 AM | Link to this

God Hates Trash

Clearly a well constructed response. It appears that your Ivey League education has left you, well, that or you are Steve Spurrier undercover, whiny b***

By zoe'sdawg

September 15, 2006 12:30 AM | Link to this

Spurrier, please take your whoopin’ and shut the hell up! We know you hate us, you continuosly rubbed it in our faces while at UFAG. It sucks being on the other side doesn’t it ? As a GA. fan watching the game I was getting p** off watching our DE’s getting tackled and I sure don’t remember seeing many flags thrown for us. 12 or 13 clips or holds………You cry more than my 10 month old daughter.

By zoe'sdawg

September 15, 2006 12:32 AM | Link to this

Spurrier, please take your whoopin’ and shut the hell up! We know you hate us, you continuosly rubbed it in our faces while at UFAG. It sucks being on the other side doesn’t it ? As a GA. fan watching the game I was getting p** off watching our DE’s getting tackled and I sure don’t remember seeing many flags thrown for us. 12 or 13 clips or holds………You cry more than my 10 month old daughter.

By zoe'sdawg

September 15, 2006 12:32 AM | Link to this

Spurrier, please take your whoopin’ and shut the hell up! We know you hate us, you continuosly rubbed it in our faces while at UFAG. It sucks being on the other side doesn’t it ? As a GA. fan watching the game I was getting p** off watching our DE’s getting tackled and I sure don’t remember seeing many flags thrown for us. 12 or 13 clips or holds………You cry more than my 10 month old daughter.

By zoe'sdawg

September 15, 2006 12:32 AM | Link to this

Spurrier, please take your whoopin’ and shut the hell up! We know you hate us, you continuosly rubbed it in our faces while at UFAG. It sucks being on the other side doesn’t it ? As a GA. fan watching the game I was getting p** off watching our DE’s getting tackled and I sure don’t remember seeing many flags thrown for us. 12 or 13 clips or holds………You cry more than my 10 month old daughter.

By Bill

September 15, 2006 12:33 AM | Link to this

Where is the Ivey League?

By John

September 15, 2006 12:34 AM | Link to this

Steve, the fans were booing at you and you pathetic offense. The biggest missed call was when one of the SC defensive backs raped our receiver at the goal line and the ball was intercepted. It is obvious that Spurrier is tryng to deflect the heat off of him, but he is slow (like his offense) doing this as well.

By brad

September 15, 2006 12:34 AM | Link to this

So, Gatormouth is back to his old games, eh? He’d better watch out, we might change that name to better fit his new team affiliation…

I know there were holding calls that could have been made against Georgia, and there were holding calls that could have been made against the Gamecocks. We know that a holding call against Paul Oliver was a horrible call, and we know that the refs blew it on the no-call on interference against MoMass in the endzone, giving SC an interception. The gist of it was, the refs called it more in SCs favor than the ‘dogs. I think that people who live in glass houses should stop throwing stones.

Spurrier hates the Bulldawgs, ever since that loss in his Heisman trophy year. He never will let go of it, will he? I had not heard the Stanfill story, but that just seems to fit so well. Thanks, Dorsey, for posting it. It is certainly one I’ll remember from here on out.

In closing, I forget which blogger posted this one on the AJC website before, I think this (paraphrased) statement puts it best:

“First Paul Dietzel, then Lou Holtz, then Steve Spurrier. Something seems to happen to coaches when they go to South Carolina.”

By Ben There

September 15, 2006 12:35 AM | Link to this

Georgia always gets preferential treatment from the refs. The refs are on the GA Alum’s payroll.

Of course, a patsy out of conference schedule always pads that victory total also — Western Kentucky, UAB, Colorado.

GA only has two tough games this year, and they’ll probably lose both even with the refs on their side — Florida and Auburn.

Tenn. is overrated and Tech will lay down.

Golden Boy Mark Richt, “The Greatest Coach in the Universe”, will never get that national title. He’s guaranteed to blow a game or two every year either with his clock management skills or a screwy QB rotation.

By Trev Alberts

September 15, 2006 12:36 AM | Link to this

Quit crying coach, maybe Lou Holtz has some tissue he can lend you, or better yet a seat next to him at OhioStUSCNorteDameESPN.

By Robby

September 15, 2006 12:43 AM | Link to this

WWHHOOOO HAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!

HHHHHUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…

HAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

=D

By Robby

September 15, 2006 12:45 AM | Link to this

go dawgs

By brett30033

September 15, 2006 12:48 AM | Link to this

to: Ben There

“Golden Boy Mark Richt, “The Greatest Coach in the Universe”, will never get that national title. He’s guaranteed to blow a game or two every year either with his clock management skills or a screwy QB rotation.”

Clearly you are correct. Florida State has improved offensively since his departure…

I detect the anger of a Tech fan, which is weird because they are so good with a coach who was in the pros… hmmm

By mike

September 15, 2006 05:22 AM | Link to this

well…well…well Stevie…your just now figuring out the SEC officials are a joke??? But lets be fair- it’s not only UGA….SC and the rest get away with the same thing….

By Johnny Gamecock

September 15, 2006 05:27 AM | Link to this

I’m glad Spurrier raised this issue. We should get a much better called game against Wofford and if the calls go our way I think we stand a good chance of surmounting the Terriers. Six wins and a bowl are still within our grasp! Go Cocks!

By gdawghome

September 15, 2006 05:45 AM | Link to this

Same Spurrier, different day.

By Jah

September 15, 2006 05:47 AM | Link to this

You can call Steve a lot of things, but he is not stupid. He did this with FSU while at Florida, and what it does is put the issue in the refs head. You could call a penalty on every play if you looked closely, (hold, clip, receiver pick, etc.). Unfortunately, this may end up being an issue in later contests if the refs start looking for it.

By Alan Thompson

September 15, 2006 05:53 AM | Link to this

Hey Spurrier, you got shut out - now shut up! 18 - zip. Deal with it.

By hedgeprunner

September 15, 2006 05:54 AM | Link to this

I watched uga players on the offensive line get away with holding (tackling) the SC defense all night long, thats why Stafford had all the time in the world to stay in the pocket, of course as a TECH fan I am use to seeing this every year we play them, especially when the sec (sorriest officials in the nation) crew officiate the games, I feel your pain MR SPURRIER…

By john

September 15, 2006 05:56 AM | Link to this

What does one expect? UGAg has ALWAYS gotten the benefit of the doubt from the officials.

Move along folks, nothing to see here, move along…….

By JB

September 15, 2006 06:02 AM | Link to this

Pah-Lease!!!!

Quiton Moses has his helmet ripped off and then his jersey gets pulled off his shoulder and ends up stuck under his shoulder pads… On the same play… and there was no flag.

Mohammed Masaquoi gets mugged at the 1 and there’s no flag…

I don’t even want to hear about non calls. What a baby!!!

By JB

September 15, 2006 06:05 AM | Link to this

Pah-Lease!!!!

Quinton Moses has his helmet ripped off and then his jersey gets pulled off his shoulder and ends up stuck under his shoulder pads… On the same play… and there was no flag.

Mohammed Masaquoi gets mugged at the 1 and there’s no flag…

There are more examples.

I don’t EVEN want to hear about the refs in that game. Be a man and not a baby (which I know is tough for him) and take your loss like a man.

By SpurrierLovesCocks

September 15, 2006 06:11 AM | Link to this

Cry me a river,left the Skins, will be leaving Caroline in another year. What a jerk. Can a Ref call a coach after a game? Plan to call The SEC office, all Dawg fan should do the same.

By Johnny Gamecock

September 15, 2006 06:11 AM | Link to this

Hedgeprunner is correct . We will prunn those hedges next year when we get a fair shake from the Zebras. Georgia would never win without favoritism from the refs!!! Reggie Ball would have been given a 5th down had the refs not cheated! Remember: Hey, Let’s give a cheer, Carolina is here, The Fighting Gamecocks lead the way. Who gives a care, If the going gets tough, And when it is rough, that’s when the ‘Cocks get going. Hail to our colors of garnet and Black, In Carolina pride have we. So, Go Gamecocks Go - FIGHT! Drive for the goal - FIGHT! USC will win today - GO COCKS! So, let’s give a cheer, Carolina is here. The Fighting Gamecocks All The Way! We will beat Wofford today!!

By Donald

September 15, 2006 06:15 AM | Link to this

Call the waaaambulance.

By 14 in a row

September 15, 2006 06:42 AM | Link to this

GodHatesTrash is obviously a homo from Midtown who probably got taken by Spurrier

By Dawged Out

September 15, 2006 06:43 AM | Link to this

You didn’t hear the opposing coaches crying when SOS was running up the score while at UF. We should have hung “50” on them. He needs to retire.

By Dennis G. Berdanis

September 15, 2006 06:56 AM | Link to this

All I can say is Spurrier whining about another loss to the Dawgs is music to my ears! After having to listen to him gloating for so many years.

By Rob

September 15, 2006 07:00 AM | Link to this

Steve is wearing his visor too tightly…

By Jennifer

September 15, 2006 07:01 AM | Link to this

This is classic Steve Spurrier. This is why I detest whichever team he coaches. I hated the Gators when he was there (I lived in FL at the time) and now I can’t stand SC. Steve is a jerk. I feel bad for his players, having to put up with his sorry character.

By jon lanz

September 15, 2006 07:07 AM | Link to this

Spurrier is a hoe! He needs his a* kicked off the field! Paul Oliver was called for holding against Rice and it was an awful call. Spurrier, you are our beyatch!

By Lew

September 15, 2006 07:07 AM | Link to this

I have covered college football for the past 38 years for SE Sports. Without question, Steve Spurrier is the poorest sport I have met. Poorest winner— poorest loser. Most people become more mature with age— some just have more birthdays.

I actually thought South Carolina also got away with several holding penalties. But as anyone who’s been around football knows— the referees could call holding on nearly every play. I should know, I was the referee in a game yesterday.

Lew Hege

By DantheDawgFan

September 15, 2006 07:07 AM | Link to this

Sore Winner! Sore Loser! He’s always been like that! Small wonder SOS is one of if not the most hated coaches in college football. I’m loving seeing him cry like a little girl!!

By Bobby Gaston

September 15, 2006 07:10 AM | Link to this

SEC officiating is bad. I don’t know the refs for that particular game. Whether they have UGA ties or not etc,, will probably come out. Spurrier’s comments can only help UGA’s opponents this season. Spurrier, like Gator fans around the country really dislike the puppies, so he is setting up the gators nicely. When Marcus Thomas and Jarvis Moss come at the UGA QB, all they will be able to do is hold.

By Shane Ferguson

September 15, 2006 07:11 AM | Link to this

Please, even if all those pentalties happend against georgia, they still coudn’t put the ball in the endzone anyways.

By LD

September 15, 2006 07:13 AM | Link to this

Comments like Spurrier’s just make me smile. The looks on his face Saturday night were priceless. Having to just stand there and watch Georgia dominant in every phase of the game. Thank you Mark Richt!!!

By gdaadog

September 15, 2006 07:15 AM | Link to this

If you are not cheating then your not trying. Spurrier needs to look at his own team before he calls out others. South Carolina’s o-line looked like the WWF and Monday night raw with all the take downs. Charles Johnson was mugged all night and still was defensive player of the week.

By Kendall

September 15, 2006 07:16 AM | Link to this

SOS coaches for a school that will NEVER win. NEVER has, NEVER will, no matter how much their ignorant fans keep running their mouths. Same story, different year. VD stopped the cocks, so will every other UGA coach.

By steve smithfield

September 15, 2006 07:18 AM | Link to this

Mr. Spurrier should not complain publicly unless and until he has exhausted all official channels of appeal. If the matter were put to a vote in Georgia, he certainly wouldn’t garner much support from the fans here.

By Jake

September 15, 2006 07:23 AM | Link to this

The SEC refs have always been scared to call anything against The Dawgs…especially since Vince had that Officiating crew suspended for the fumble against Ga Tech …

By irving johansen

September 15, 2006 07:23 AM | Link to this

If Spurrier would take the high road once, he’d be more believable. I’m not a UGA fan but Coach Richt is a TREMENDOUS coach. He’s built a Top 5 team and now attracts talent that will assure a Top 5 team every year.

On a 790 The Zone interview last week, Coach Richt told these guys that Jesus Christ is his LORD AND SAVIOUR. He has Jesus to lean on. There was silence after this remark. I hope Coach Richt has some influence on the students and alumni alike—not just at UGA.

It was on this interview that says Coach Richt is more than a leader for only the football team! The SEC should be proud to have coaches like Richt and Tuberville.

By Cedric

September 15, 2006 07:24 AM | Link to this

Spurrier has got to be kidding me. As much as his receivers used to push off at Florida. Now he gets to see what it’s like playing at a school that doesn’t have as much prestige as Florida.

By Bryan Carver

September 15, 2006 07:28 AM | Link to this

You gotta be kidding me. He Techies, get off the blog. I seem to remember getting jobbed by the refs when Jasper Sanks “fumbled” and sealed a win for you. As for USC, I’ll reiterate the no-call on MoMass on the goal line that gave USC an interception as well as the phantom call on Paul Oliver. And I don’t believe it was a ref’s no call that caused Blake Mitchell to fumble at the goal line or the center to snap the ball past Mitchell’s head. As for holding by the line, what interior lineman doesn’t hold? Spurrier’s full of crap if he says “we don’t teach that”. No way a team doesn’t teach how to hold, especially away from the play. I can’t imagine where I’ve seen/heard for linemane to grab the chestplates of the pads rather than the shoulders of the pads. You watch ANY game ANY day of the week and can spot an uncalled hold on EVERY play. I feel so much of Spurrier’s pain, I need to go get a hankey…

By Lew

September 15, 2006 07:29 AM | Link to this

Steve Spurrier seems to be overlooking the awful holding call on paul Oliver near the Georgia goal line.

Too bad he wasn’t coaching N. C. State Saturday. The Wolfpack lost to akron on the last play, 20-17. Problem was— the Akron back clearly did NOT score.

Steve would have had a coronary!

By Gators

September 15, 2006 07:30 AM | Link to this

Irving stop bringing religion into football. You can have discipline/rules without talking about religion. Richt needs to stop doing that as well. UGA is in the deep south, but leave the religious stuff to the church/preachers etc..

By Nikki

September 15, 2006 07:30 AM | Link to this

Spurrier just needs to suck it up. He was complaining about lopsided calls when the refs were swinging in favor of Florida. Just build up your program, Darth Visor. You’ll get calls in your favor for a change.

By kingofthering

September 15, 2006 07:31 AM | Link to this

Georgia should’ve been called for 12 0r 13 holding calls and it’s Spurriers fault! You assclowns obviously have line coaches who teach illegal tacticts and how to get away with it! Our OL situation kept us from winning but that many missed calls DAMN sure didn’t help! SEC Officials will be all over you guys in your next SEC game so I hope you guys are nearly as successful!?

By george

September 15, 2006 07:32 AM | Link to this

i’ve lived long enough to hear Spurrier whine like Goff. life is good.

By JG

September 15, 2006 07:34 AM | Link to this

Boy I spoke too soon. Just before we played them last week, I made the comment that at least Spurrier is not like the ole Tennessee coach Fulmer in that he doesn’t whine, cry and place blame. Should have waited till now to say he is a cry baby like old Phil. Always excuses. You will NEVER hear our Golden Boy CMR place blame on others and whine. GOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSS!

By Walt

September 15, 2006 07:35 AM | Link to this

Steve Spurrier and Joe Paterno (Penn State) are the 2 biggest cry babies in college football. They are the 1st to run a score up on a team but if a team spanks them like the little babies they are, the next time you see them they are on the tv or radio crying that that team should not have done that. GROW UP!!!! If you can’t take it don’t dish it out. When you come in the Dawg House you better be ready!!

By kevin

September 15, 2006 07:36 AM | Link to this

STEVE SPURRIER ONLY WON AT FLORIDA, BECAUSE FLA. HAD THE TALENT. I HAVE ALWAYS SAID HE WAS AN AVERAGE COACH AND IT SHOWS NOW. AN IDIOT COULD HAVE COACHED THE GATORS IN HIS REALM AND WON. AND FOR HIS MOANING ABOUT THE REFS AND PENALTIES, MY 7 YEAR OLD SON DID THE SAME THING LAST WEEK IN REC. BALL. UGA OWNS THE GAMECOCKS!

By Larry

September 15, 2006 07:37 AM | Link to this

Yep. Now you know how it feels. Payback is a b*h, ain’t it? Too bad it’s the kids at SC that have to pay your due…

By Barry

September 15, 2006 07:40 AM | Link to this

Would you expect less from Spurrier? Nothing has changed!

By JDW

September 15, 2006 07:41 AM | Link to this

Steve will always be a whiner. Just so happens I also talked to one of the top SEC officals who watched the game on TV. He thought, with the exception of the defensive holding penalty against GA that kept a SC drive alive, the game was well called.

By Don

September 15, 2006 07:43 AM | Link to this

Tell what offensive play that South Carolina did not hold a Georgia player. I saw one play where Moses got tackled. And the phontom defensive holding against the Georgia DB on the deep pass. The no-calls usually even over over the course of a game. Stop crying Steve.

By tim

September 15, 2006 07:44 AM | Link to this

Cry,cry,cry! How many times did we watch Moses and Johnson get held also. His QB is still walking upright today because his linemen were holding!

By guy

September 15, 2006 07:45 AM | Link to this

Isn’t it sad to see a grown man act like a little child.He’s never gotten over the 1966 season when Georgia’s defense put him on his butt in the Florida game.I was there and I haven’t gotten over it either.Go Dawgs!!!

By DJ

September 15, 2006 07:46 AM | Link to this

You can’t blame GA for calls that weren’t made. I think you need to ask the officials of the game what went wrong. It always easier to place blame on the other team. I don’t think Mark Ritcht was out there making the calls himself. SC is not as good as they think they are. I’m not a GA gan but its good to see that someone thinks GA’s coaches are so d— good that they can teach them the play dirty and slick so the officials can’t pick it up. Good point Sherlock. Lets fire all the SEC officials and bring in the Big 10 to officiate.

By Melinda

September 15, 2006 07:46 AM | Link to this

Maybe if his QB had played better (i.e. not missed the hike) and his receivers had tried throwing the ball only AFTER catching it and not before, none of this would have mattered. Stop whining, Spurrier. You used to whip UGA left and right when you were at FL. What happened? Try getting a good team together and coaching them a bit instead of throwing temper tantrums.

By Rick Prater

September 15, 2006 07:48 AM | Link to this

Sour grapes. He needs to get ready for this weeks game and forget Georgia. It is over.

By Damon

September 15, 2006 07:50 AM | Link to this

SS has always been a whiner if he looses but I can see his argument if the Head Ref says they should have been called and they were not. Who knows if they had been called the game would have turned out differently probably not as Stafford was smokin during that game. But if they call it for one team they need to call it for the other and none of the favoritism that I have seen in SEC officiating the past couple of years.

By Brett

September 15, 2006 07:50 AM | Link to this

Steve, you are definitely where you belong because you are such a coc…well I won’t resort to name calling here.

That fact is that Spurrier has always been this way. Anytime he loses, he throws one of two things…either the visor or a tantrum. Sometimes both. He did the exact same thing with FSU. Remember his precious Danny, the wonder QB, who won the Heisman? FSU tore his rear out of the frame and Spurrier threw fits, saying the ‘Noles were trying to physically harm him. It probably reminded him too much of what Georgia did to him when he was QB at Florida. Spurrier will always be this way. I’m actually more suprised that he waited 4 days to whine. Usually it would be right after the game!

By dawgrph

September 15, 2006 07:50 AM | Link to this

Wow…it sure is nice to hear SS whine like the 4 year old he is. kinda torn between being mad at his whining and crybaby attitude or being just plain happy to hear him make poor excuses for getting his clock cleaned in front of a home crowd. did spurrier and chuck amato go to the same school of classlessness when it comes to making excuses. better increase your dose of testosterone stevie, you ain’t a man yet!

By oldbeck

September 15, 2006 07:52 AM | Link to this

It is whining. Until they have one official per player, someone will always miss a call.

By Doug

September 15, 2006 07:53 AM | Link to this

Looks like the stress of having a punchless offense and an idiot, bar-fight-starting QB is getting to the Ol’ Ballcoach. You’re not in Gainesville anymore, Toto.

By Wahwaah

September 15, 2006 07:54 AM | Link to this

This is what you call LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSER talk.

Besides, they called the same game both ways: held and clipped our interior line all night.

By mikegadawg

September 15, 2006 07:55 AM | Link to this

What a big baby and it’s just like Spurrier to whine when he loses……..penalties not being called works both ways not just “FOR” one team…….Spurrier knows that just like we all do. NOw you know why the Florida A.D. didnt rehire Spurrier way back when…..if you discount being a winning coach on the field, off the field he’s got no integrity and is just an embarassment.

By jim

September 15, 2006 07:56 AM | Link to this

Funny the Refs were against him in the NFL too! Most likey the only the only reason he isn’t on the hot seat to be fired is SC can not find anyone to take the job.

By Big Bad Wolf

September 15, 2006 07:57 AM | Link to this

Reality to Spurrier: Your fans were booing because your team stinks. Your fans were booing because you made several bad coaching decisions (i.e. running a sweep in the endzone.) Wake up and smell the coffee Steve - you ain’t at Florida anymore. Try as you might, you are at the coaching graveyard of the SEC. Good luck against Wofford!

By TDub

September 15, 2006 07:59 AM | Link to this

I have one word for Spurrier: meow.

By Phil Hale

September 15, 2006 07:59 AM | Link to this

Yea Spurrier, you do that, start holding more and clipping, the refs won’t call it on you. Those are very good ways to coach you’ve always been tops with your ethics.

By Carla Jackson

September 15, 2006 08:01 AM | Link to this

I am a Georgia fan and the game I was watching on Sat. night just showed pure dominance of Georgia over the gamecocks. Coach Spurrier is such a bad sport and he needs to relize he is not at Florida anymore and there were several holds on Georgia that the Gamecocks were commiting that were not called and I just think Spurrier needs to get a hold on the discpline of his team I mean his QB in a bar in the middle of the week fighting where is the discpline at? All I have to say is GO DAWGS.

By OSU Fan

September 15, 2006 08:03 AM | Link to this

GA Tech Fans: I love how you talk about Mark the golden boy when you can never win the big one. I was looking for you to win over ND and you losers just lost it. Boy was I disappointed for you. You would never make it in the SEC.I have never been a fan of the SEC but I will give it to LSU, Auburn,and GA they look better than I thought. So Tech fans, get a life. May you should get Spurrier to coach there.

By DrewDawg

September 15, 2006 08:06 AM | Link to this

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER 1990 GA VS UF???*

The worst officiated game I’ve ever been to was the “Rain Game” of ‘90 in the old Gator Bowl - when the whiny Spurrier “called timeout” just as Zeier threw the winning touchdown with 12 seconds left on the clock…I didn’t hear any whining from Spurrier then! The Dawgs lost due to the poor calls - and did I hear a Georgia coach whining about it? All I heard were drunk Florida fans screaming “Spurrier is God!” while we dodged beer bottles hurtling from the upper deck. Spurrier - you disappoint me - I thought you were the semi-classy coach that was affected by the classless Gaytor fans…seems it was a symbiotic relationship!

Dawg fans - isn’t it just due justice to hear this “old ball coach” whine about referees?!?

GO DAWGS!!! BE FLORIDA!!!

By JT

September 15, 2006 08:07 AM | Link to this

Spurrier, Your team SUX, face it, you will never have the teams you had at Fl, so quit your cryin, and just admit it, you can’t beat the Dawgs no more Pal. You should have went back to Fl, or just retired all together. Go Dawgs!!

By Mark Thomason

September 15, 2006 08:09 AM | Link to this

All I have to say is a loss is a loss. I love the simple fact that Stevie is so upset about losing that now he is blaming the officals for missed calls. What are we in Middle School? Give me a break. Steve is just not use to losing against Georgia, but I have bad news for him: get use to it. Also were was that c** and fire last weekend.

By Carlton Powell

September 15, 2006 08:11 AM | Link to this

In the past, I have always voiced the opinion that SOS wasn’t REALLY such a bad guy. After complaining FIVE days after the game was played, I now think he is a complete jerk. Hey, SOS just STFU(you can fill in the words) and take the loss, and go on. Trouble is, if anyone saw the way he looked by the end of the third quarter last Saturday night, he KNOWS he’s in BIG trouble. He looked lost and confused. He NOW realizes SC ISN’T FLA. Heard one coach say there were about three players that could start for UGA on SC’s team. That’s about right. NOW, he really DOESN’T have a QB he is comfortable with. And, just wait ‘til the Vols, Gators, AU Tigers get through with him. THEN he will have something to whine about. I have lost whatever respect I may have had for SOS. I predict he’ll give this SC experiment about two more seasons. Things are NOT gonna improve THAT much. He ought to figure out a way to get out with whatever respect he has left.

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 15, 2006 08:14 AM | Link to this

Wow! Refs didn’t call it???? Is that what he was crying about DURING the game?

Here is a suggestion for all the stadiums that Spurrier will be visiting this year (probably his last). Play two songs over the PA system over and over. First song by Steve Miller “Take the Money and Run”, and “Cry Me a River” (don’t know the artist). Obviously like with Washington he went with the easy money. Although he learned how to lose in Washington his ego just can’t take it anymore. He will never win at SC, he is an arse that won’t get the top recruit from anywhere anymore.

This week Richt and UGA makes the cover of the Wheaties box…..meanwhile in Columbia Spurrier and SC unveil the new cover of the EX-LAX box being distributed throughout the Southeast. Says Spurrier “If you are full of it this will help…..that or blame the refs”

By JT

September 15, 2006 08:14 AM | Link to this

Hey Tech Fans, how many of your players are actually Engineers? You guys Suck, and always will. You will always be looking up at the Dawgs, so put a pipe in it, you Losers!! Fl and Auburn fans you’re just p** cause the Dawgs OWN The SEC now !!

By daxxed

September 15, 2006 08:14 AM | Link to this

I agree, that there was too much holding not being called. But it is not just the Ga and SC game. TN beat AF by holding that was not called. And I agree that if it is not to be called,use it, til you lose it.

By David

September 15, 2006 08:15 AM | Link to this

Spurrier’s one of the best coaches in football, but he’s also one of the biggest jerks. Some people never grow up.

By Jon

September 15, 2006 08:17 AM | Link to this

as the dawgs always say:

“If you ain’t cheatin, you ain’t tryin.”

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 15, 2006 08:18 AM | Link to this

“I heard our fans booing a lot the other night and….

That Stevie is what the fans learn at PAVLOV’s… you boo when you see suck asre football. Kinda like when the bell dings…..drool.

What he should have sadi at the press conference is “I have the same thing to say as the number of points we posted this week .. NOTHING, NADA, ZIP.”

By david

September 15, 2006 08:18 AM | Link to this

I happen to disagree with several of you about Spurrier being classless. he has a lot of class, it just happens to all be low!!! the jerk had to blame somebody for the loss, surely it couldn’t have been his fault! Mark Richt is not only a better coach than Spurrier, he’s a far better man!

By Jay W

September 15, 2006 08:20 AM | Link to this

Spurrier’s Pathetic. Good thing Johnson and Moses weren’t being held.

By tracyb

September 15, 2006 08:22 AM | Link to this

Okay, I’m seeing Tech fans post on here about how bad the officiating is in the SEC and how UGA gets all the breaks and that’s just the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.

Do you have any clue as to where the Head of SEC Officials went to school? OH YEAH< TECH!!! Get a clue.

By bob

September 15, 2006 08:23 AM | Link to this

I guess he’s got to spin this to some psychological positive in any possible way after losing what?? 5 in a row now…..

By Michael

September 15, 2006 08:23 AM | Link to this

BOO HOO HOO Visor boy. Had the yard birds won the game and committed the same so called penalties would you still be whining?

By robert

September 15, 2006 08:24 AM | Link to this

unbelievable!! there isn’t a football game on the planet on any given saturday that isn’t flawed in some way by the refs, it works both ways. but now steve spurrier has the chance to request a review and he came out on the short end of the stick when he did. face it steve, it was a dog day afternoon for you and i loved it!!

By GW

September 15, 2006 08:25 AM | Link to this

I wonder how many holds by USC were missed by the officials according to the “head of officials?” The refs in the SEC are terrible but 12 or 15 missed holds and clips?

By irving johansen

September 15, 2006 08:26 AM | Link to this

Gators, I’ll bring religion into football any time I want. So you think religion should be left only to the Preachers/Churches? Oh ok. Gotta admire that open attitude about things!

Keep it up Coach Richt!

By hirsutedawg

September 15, 2006 08:26 AM | Link to this

Hedgepruner sounds like a saladtosser. Stay off our blog and worry about Troy St. You Tech “fans” kill me to my soul, always more worried about whether the Dawgs win or lose than your own program. When you start filling up your own dump of a stadium every week and beat the Duke’s & Wake’s of the world on a consistant basis, we’ll talk. What a bunch of nozzleheads.

By doghater

September 15, 2006 08:27 AM | Link to this

Great question considering you are asking a bunch of idiot Georgia fans… biased much?

By Jonathan

September 15, 2006 08:30 AM | Link to this

Bad officiating has been , and always will be part of the game. BUT - good teams win and mediocre teams lose. 18 - 0 is arguably an accurate depiction as to which team represented the better performance on that day.

By T. Bolton

September 15, 2006 08:31 AM | Link to this

Spurrier simply got out coached, and his team got out played. It wasn’t the best called game on BOTH sides. Funny how he failed to mention the pass interference that should have been called on the SC player covering MoMass that led to an interception, or the lame pass interference that was called on P.Oliver. Bad calls are a part of the game, always have and unfortunately always will. That being said I don’t think anyone who watched that game saw 18 pts worth of bad calls!If this is what Spurrier needs to tell himself, SC boosters, and fans to feel better about getting embarrased on national TV, then so be it. It’s a “W” for us and a loss for them and no matter how many times he cries to the media or throws his visor nothing will change that. It’s just a shame he can’t give CMR and the Dawgs the respect they EARNED on Sat. Go Dawgs!

By DunwoodyDog

September 15, 2006 08:32 AM | Link to this

Penatalties that weren’t called on UGA, you’ve got to be kidding me. If is weren’t for the refs almost total lack of calling holding, I doubt Blake Mitchell would have live through the game.

The Dawgs defensive line was held on almost every play.

Visor Boy this is really low, even for you.

By WhoCares

September 15, 2006 08:34 AM | Link to this

like AJC didn’t know what the outcome of this “blog” would be - why is it worth even discussing

Maybe instead we should discuss why Georgia is still and will probably always be one of the stupid states as far as education. Hmm… Ponder!

By Slawdog

September 15, 2006 08:35 AM | Link to this

Coach Steve has difficulty taking a loss. He must be a Democrat. But he’s partly correct in his assesment of calling penalties and not just those he claims were missed UGA vs USC. Calls are blown from the PeeWee’s to the Pro’s week in and week out. Sooner or later, they’ll catch up and even out. Coach Steve needs to practice what coaches preach: No excuses!!!!

By Miguel

September 15, 2006 08:35 AM | Link to this

All you GA PUPPY fans are just happy becuase you FINALLY get a chance to beat Steve. You couldn’t beat him with the Gators. Every year I read that GA will win the SEC and have a chance at the national title, but you guys suck!!!! Just remember….FLORIDA GATORS owns GA!!!!!! Beat the gators for hree straight years, when some SEC championships on a yearly basis, then start talking.

IT’S GREAT TO BE A FLORIDA GATOR!!!!!!!!!

By WhoCares

September 15, 2006 08:35 AM | Link to this

I agree with doghater!

By RunningDog

September 15, 2006 08:38 AM | Link to this

Bad calls go both ways and are never an excuse for losing. Maybe UGA should have been call for more penalties. SCAR certainly got away with their share, including constant holding on Moses, and Massaquoi getting mugged on that goal line INT.

By Ivey Mock

September 15, 2006 08:38 AM | Link to this

Steve Spurrier meet Chuck Amato.

By Mac

September 15, 2006 08:40 AM | Link to this

Maybe the “ole ball coach” would of been happy if we just ran the score up on him. Like he would always do. How does it taste Steve, taste some of your own medicine. I can’t wait until next year whipping we are gonna put on him! Get over it and stop crying this is FOOTBALL Spurrier!

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 15, 2006 08:41 AM | Link to this

WhoCares ….. Probably the last time we get to rip on ole ball coach. Can’t let the opportunity slip by. And even if it isn’t better run with it….

By loosecannon

September 15, 2006 08:41 AM | Link to this

What a f*** looser, sour grapes , he talks alot o s** but can’t take it, hopefully he will be a complete loser with the limp cocks and fade into the sunset

By Enoyls

September 15, 2006 08:42 AM | Link to this

Awwww, What a pansy.

Call the WAAAAAAAmbulance for poor wittle Spurrier

18-0 says it all, We won, you LOST

What are you going to cry about after your next loss?

Welcome to your first shutout in 20 years

GGB

By loosecannon

September 15, 2006 08:43 AM | Link to this

There’s having a discount on mullets at walmart hair

By Dawgfan#1

September 15, 2006 08:43 AM | Link to this

Look Stevie! I personally saw one of your lineman reaching back to grab Charles Johnson on camera close up and it was never called. Mitchell completed the pass for like 20-30 yards and a first down deep in GA territory. Why don’t you get your blinders off and put your crying towel up. Let’s face it. You have lost your touch and your grip on reality, not to mention your ability to win.

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 15, 2006 08:43 AM | Link to this

Now we know where Mitchell learned how to sucker punch…Guess the Ole Ball Coach teaches more than just football.

By loosecannon

September 15, 2006 08:45 AM | Link to this

I thinking about being a gayter for halloween, just not sure how to dress up as ugly, smelly, rude, and stupid as a 2x4

By Jerry Kirkpatrick

September 15, 2006 08:45 AM | Link to this

While I seriously doubt the poor officiating effected the overall outcome of this game it is a significant problem throughout football. Officials are paid to be fair and make the right calls. Unfortunately they read the papers and look at the ratings and make a lot of calls based who the team is. I personally think Steve Spurrier has a great point and something should be done about incompetant officiating.

By Dirty

September 15, 2006 08:46 AM | Link to this

All you GA PUPPY fans are just happy becuase you FINALLY get a chance to beat Steve. You couldn’t beat him with the Gators. Every year I read that GA will win the SEC and have a chance at the national title, but you guys suck!!!! Just remember….FLORIDA GATORS owns GA!!!!!! Beat the gators for hree straight years, when some SEC championships on a yearly basis, then start talking.

IT’S GREAT TO BE A FLORIDA GATOR!!!!!!!!!

By bigdog

September 15, 2006 08:47 AM | Link to this

spurrier meet holyfield, should have quit while you were a head, er…a dick

By bill

September 15, 2006 08:47 AM | Link to this

Maybe if you lifted up your head steve, instead of hanging it in shame. Then you wouldn’t have to form your opinions using tape. They should re-name Brice stadium.. the “elephant grave yard”. It’s where old coaches go to lose, make excuses and watch their careers die.. Ring a bell Lou? So Steve what is your excuse for your utter failure in the NFL? They never call clips on the Arizona Cardinals? One word WHAAAAAAAAA!

By Nikki

September 15, 2006 08:49 AM | Link to this

You UGA fans crack me up. Ya’ll hate Spurrier so much cause he is a great coach and when he was with UF the Gators beat the dogs so many years in a row that I have lost count. How many years has it been since UGA has beaten UF…is it 13 or 14 now?

By TitletownUSA

September 15, 2006 08:49 AM | Link to this

Hmmmmm, the refs missed 12 or 13 no-calls on UGA? So how many did they miss on the Cocks? Or are we supposed to believe that the refs only made mistakes on one side of the line of scrimmage?

Speaking of missed calls, how about the phantom defensive holding call on 3rd and long on Paul Oliver? Even the announcers (replay after replay) caught that mistake in the Cocks’ favor. Without that call, that’s one goal line opportunity taken away from them.

The sad truth is, UGA would’ve won that game regardless. We could’ve started Mickey Mouse at QB and it wouldn’t have mattered because our defense outscored their offense.

By doghater

September 15, 2006 08:50 AM | Link to this

Doghater- Biased? Would you not say that on almost every play during a football game a referee could probably throw a flag? No need to answer because the answer is yes! Penalties had nothing to do with Blake Mitchell fumbling the ball 3 times!! Keep drinking your Haterade!

By Lane4411

September 15, 2006 08:52 AM | Link to this

The key to Spurrier’s comments was “head of officials”, this comment could hurt the dogs in the future, as the officials could be more prone to throw the flag. Psychological!!!!!

South Carolina is not a talented ball club, GA., will have to play @ a much higher level, to retain rankings. With only 8 offensive lineman, 2 gimpy, depth will be a major concern, throughout the year.

Regarding WhoCares, comments concerning Georgia being a stupid state. Please review academics, based upon demographics, you will be impressed. WhoCares, do you understand demographics-doubt it?

By Brian

September 15, 2006 08:52 AM | Link to this

what steve was really saying was “Georgia steals all my top in state talent and thats why they win every year”! Or at least that what he should say. Its about recruiting and then winning Steve. Not winning just because your are the ole ball coach. You have NO TALENT and until you find another job somewhere else you will continue to have no talent. The Dawgs, The Vols, UF, and others will get your talent again this year because you whine, and get your arse kicked all year!

By GGK

September 15, 2006 08:53 AM | Link to this

Is South Carolina a little different than Florida, Ole Ball Coach?

By Jim Bakker

September 15, 2006 08:55 AM | Link to this

Brother Richt would not teach nor would he allow such unethical tatics. He’s a fine Christian man.

By ron

September 15, 2006 08:56 AM | Link to this

The only clip that I know for sure that happened was when Blake Barnes hit that guy from behind in that bar the other night-and that one was called by the police! 15 yards-loss of job!

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 15, 2006 08:56 AM | Link to this

Dirty,

when some SEC championships on a yearly basis, then start talking.

Played for it three of the last five. WON TWO. Trying to make a point??

Nikki,

Key word in your post WHEN SOS was with UF. AND WHY didn’t he go back?????

By Jeff

September 15, 2006 08:57 AM | Link to this

What a whiner, has he ever lost a game without “cheating” being involved? I guess it actually takes talented football players to win a game, not just a coach with a big ego.

By Dr. Dawgpound

September 15, 2006 08:57 AM | Link to this

DrewDog, that rain game was 1993

By G8R H8R

September 15, 2006 08:58 AM | Link to this

Unfortunately, mistakes by the refs are a part of the game. I seem to remember a certain visor-wearing crybaby being the beneficiary of a timeout called after the ball was snapped in 1993, thus nullifying the winning touchdown for the Dawgs. Suck it up and move on to the next game.

By Dustin

September 15, 2006 08:59 AM | Link to this

Shut your mouth Gaytor!!!

CMR in the house! (Jesus too!)

By Palmetto State Dawg

September 15, 2006 09:05 AM | Link to this

Spurrier, you are such a whining jack a*. Goes back to your playing days at UF, when Bill Stanfill made you his b*** one afternoon, and it made you so mad. I live in Columbia, and my wife & I were at the game on Sat. night at the chicken house. How about the pass interference on Momass at the goal line?? I saw SC’s tackles holding Johnson & Moses basically every play, but that never got called. A Gamecock fan sitting behind us summed it up perfectly, “They’re just bigger, stronger and faster than we are”. Spurrier, you are & have always been a sore loser. Get over yourself bud.

By Gomer -Bainbridge

September 15, 2006 09:07 AM | Link to this

A win is a win . Steve , why don’t you cry to someone who gives a DA_N. S-sick T-tricky E-eat my grits V-vaseoline works good. E-every year are we going to have to hear this.

By RLU

September 15, 2006 09:08 AM | Link to this

Whining, as usual!

By 2N4YEARS

September 15, 2006 09:08 AM | Link to this

TO hedgeprunner : You’re right. The SEC ref’s do suck most of the time. Like about ‘99 or so when we made a touchdown and it was ruled a fumble AFTER he was clearly down in the endzone BEFORE the ball was ripped out, and GaTech won that game. Good luck with your GaTech degree. Hope you move on up within the ranks at that landscape company your working for.

By norwood

September 15, 2006 09:08 AM | Link to this

The ole ball coach should be worried about getting points on the board instead of crying

By Palmetto State Dawg

September 15, 2006 09:09 AM | Link to this

Uh Nikki, it has been 2 years since we beat Florida, not 13 or 14. You must have been cooking your husband’s dinner in the kichen when that game was being played & you lost count. We beat UF in 2004 you moron.

By Susan

September 15, 2006 09:10 AM | Link to this

These comments are even an all time low for Spurrier. Poor Spurrier……NOT….

GO DAWGS…

Maybe he should try coaching instead of mouthing off…..

By Brock

September 15, 2006 09:11 AM | Link to this

Spurrier was just restating what the officials told him 5 days after the game. It seems like if Spurrier was unhappy with the officiating during the game you would have seen that “visor” come off onto the field. Spurrier is a brillant man that expects nothing than the best effort from the players, coaches, referees and fans. You can’t blame him for this.

By ChucktownGamecock

September 15, 2006 09:12 AM | Link to this

I admit, UGA was the better team and deserved to win, but it was the head of officiating of the SEC that contacted Steve and informed him that the calls weren’t made. If it were the other way around, you couldn’t blame Coach Richt for being mad.

By A Small

September 15, 2006 09:14 AM | Link to this

When your referred to as the “Ole Ball Coach” and you are known for your offense and you are playing against your arch recruiting rival and you get goose-egged….it has to be because you were cheated. If you watch that game again either side can find “missed calls” that benefit the “other team” and that is true of most games that are played. Spurrier used to get under my skin. Now he is kind of funny.

By drdawg

September 15, 2006 09:17 AM | Link to this

Spurrier is an immature person who needs some anger management. His so-called “genius” is a rather simple offensive scheme that works with enormously talented players. You could take his plays and someone’s grandmother would have won with Florida’s talent.

By Jay

September 15, 2006 09:19 AM | Link to this

When did Spurrier turn into a puss? Oh,I know, when he started losing.

By dean

September 15, 2006 09:20 AM | Link to this

Steve Spurrier is a whining, snivling not too smart, spoiled brat. He should have stayed in Florida where his program was already established. He has made his bed, and you know the rest. Nobody Cares!!

By Dirty Dawg

September 15, 2006 09:21 AM | Link to this

Here’s this Dawg’s take, in case anybody cares:

Spurrier’s sarcasm has historically been reserved for when he was winning…guess since that ain’t gonna happen at SC, he’s got to resort to whining.

The old ball coach complained about his players before and after the game - telling the SC faithfull that he’ll get his ‘kind of players’ one day soon (does that mean he can’t win with Holtz’s kind of players - and when will Lou start to realize Steve is a bad guy and stop picking him to beat Georgia?). Funny, seemed to me that the problem Saturday night was with their play calling in the Red Zone - last time I checked that a coaching thing.

And talk about penalties not called…in watching the replays (in slow motion, over and over) of last January’s Sugar Bowl you could count two or three, or more, holds on every play from the WVa’s O-line and they didn’t called at all (my theory of the success of the spread offense is based on the ability of the offensive line to hold without detection - after all the holes are already there, all you have to do is keep the defense from moving)…and you didn’t hear Mark Richt complaining.

Somehow I don’t think a home crowd booing is a particularly objective witness…and why wasn’t pass interference called on that SC goal line interception? Then again we wouldn’t have had the safety and, once again, marvel at ‘the old ball coach’s (tobc)’ play calling on that run.

Steve’s complaining will cause Mark Richt to take back all the nice things he said about ‘tobc’ - although I suspect he did it tongue in cheek in the first place.

And finally, Ben There, get ready to change you name to Ben Dover, there’s a guy in North Georgia - lives along the Cahulawassee - that has a present for you.

By zekemire

September 15, 2006 09:21 AM | Link to this

Dead on! The SEC officials constantly make calls favoring the “successful” programs against the other schools teams! This includes basketball and all other sports where officials have freedom to interpret! Watching several replays of the “safety”, in all, the ball was across the goal line, meaning, it was no safety! Does not matter where the runners feet are, just like a touchdown, nothing could cross the goal line except the ball and the hands of the player! Same here! NO SAFETY!

By GT

September 15, 2006 09:26 AM | Link to this

He won’t be losing long and I’ve got the feeling he will have 400 lb men sitting on the corners as his receivers stand wide open. The one thing new with Georgia is they actually have a coach that is in the same league with Spurrier brainwise. This will develop into one of the great series in the country before it is over.

By pitbull

September 15, 2006 09:27 AM | Link to this

Buy Spurrier a dress and make him a cheerleader. What a girly wuss!

By Dirty

September 15, 2006 09:28 AM | Link to this

Hey Dustin - We eat you PUPPIES for FUN!!! Get a real team to be down with.

Hey gdawginkalamazoo - Ya’ll won “2”…played in “5”..that let me know you guys are not a championship squad. Key word was WIN!! Not GO!! Gators won SIX SEC championships, plus a national championship in 1996. Gators owns Ga…it’s a fact. We are 15-2 (Ga won 1997 & 2004) against you PUPPIES since 1990.

You GA FANS SUCK!!! Face it, the SEC is between UF & UT in the east.

IF YOUR NOT A GATOR, YOUR GATOR BAIT!!!!

By Luxomni

September 15, 2006 09:31 AM | Link to this

Dawg fans complaining about somebody else whining? I guess you have to protect your trademark or else lose it, right?

Hunker down you whiny dawgs.

By ME

September 15, 2006 09:31 AM | Link to this

Spurrier,

Just throw you stupid visor in the trash can next time and get over yourself!

By OSU Fan

September 15, 2006 09:32 AM | Link to this

If the officials are the ones who told Spurrier about the the calls ,then they all should be fired. They have just admitted that they don’t know what the hell they are doing. If the shoe was on the other foot, I don’t believe that Richt would have reacted the way Spurrier did. But not matter what any of us think, it is still a L in the column for the Cocks! Sorry, I meant Gamecocks!

By Bama Backer

September 15, 2006 09:34 AM | Link to this

Spurrier is correct. If you watch the replay of the game you will see that UGA was egregious in their blocking fouls. I have found that Spurrier has always been very forthright and speaks the truth. He is not afraid to call out officiating, but when he does, he is correct. Even te head of officials agrees with him.

By Cambo

September 15, 2006 09:37 AM | Link to this

The officiating was horrible, but it was horrible on both sides of the ball. The ref especially!

By Rachel Glover

September 15, 2006 09:39 AM | Link to this

Hey Steve, stop whining in your Cheerios! You had several opportunties to score, hey ya’ll even intercepted the ball 3 times. Field goals score points too, but with you it was all or nothing. When you went for it and got nothing, you should have expected it. Sic ‘em dawgs!!!!!!!

By jon lanz

September 15, 2006 09:39 AM | Link to this

Spurrier is a b*** a* hoe! All you tech and TN fans can go to hell!

By Jon

September 15, 2006 09:42 AM | Link to this

You can’t spell PetroSun Independence bowl without USC. He has gone from Steve Superior to Steve Posterior, too bad one of our players wasn’t around to hold Blake Mitchell when he got in that slap fight at the bar.

By chip jones

September 15, 2006 09:44 AM | Link to this

Dogs/Cocks replays today at 1 p.m. on ESPNU. Look for all the bad calls AGAINST Georgia. Too bad Spurrier isn’t still a gator. He’s at his best against the ground and on his belly. Hard to throw a punch with those stubby little arms.

By Mit

September 15, 2006 09:45 AM | Link to this

Funny, I never heard Spurrier complain about the officiating in any of the games against Georgia in the nineties. Stats and complaining about officiating are only for losers.

By Tom House

September 15, 2006 09:45 AM | Link to this

Steve Spurrier is a bully and a sore loser. He is well known for his running up of the score against teams that were not on par quality wise with his former team; The Florida Gators. The officials never see every infraction, but, for him to say the flags were very one sided is a sign of his poor sportsmanship and his whiney attitude. He should just admit that his team got beat by a better team.

By slam bam

September 15, 2006 09:46 AM | Link to this

great blogs. thanks DAWGS,CMR.

By Rob Hicks

September 15, 2006 09:46 AM | Link to this

Hey Steve, that booing you heard was for you! Your team is called the GameCOCKS and trust me you are the biggest one of them all!! You prove it every week!

By jon lanz

September 15, 2006 09:47 AM | Link to this

The refs were on the take when UGA played Tech when they claimed Sanks fumbled the ball. GO f*** yourselves!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Dirty

September 15, 2006 09:47 AM | Link to this

Hey Dustin - We eat you PUPPIES for FUN!!! Get a real team to be down with.

Hey Palmetto State Dawg - 15-2 MORON!!!

Hey gdawginkalamazoo - Ya’ll won “2”…played in “5”..that let me know you guys are not a championship squad. Key word was WIN!! Not GO!! Gators won SIX SEC championships, plus a national championship in 1996. Gators owns Ga…it’s a fact. We are 15-2 (Ga won 1997 & 2004) against you PUPPIES since 1990.

You GA FANS SUCK!!! Face it, the SEC is between UF & UT in the east. If you guys would have beaten Steve when he was at UF, you puppies would have valid points.

IF YOUR NOT A GATOR, YOUR GATOR BAIT!!!!

By Bill Gause

September 15, 2006 09:49 AM | Link to this

Wow. The UGA fans on here SO want to hate Spurrier for something… In the above article he never berrated the officials. He simply pointed out what the head official said. If the shoe were on the other foot and it was Richt making the same comments, UGA partisans would find them perfectly reasonable AND they’d be hollering about how everyone loves Coach Spurrier and gives him the breaks!

Fact of the matter is that USC doesn’t have the players UGA has… yet. And in order to upset a team of UGA’s quality, you have to play your best, and hope the other team doesn’t get an advantage somewhere. Officials missing calls is an advantage that the underdog can’t overcome, no matter how hard they play. UGA might not have needed an edge to beat USC Saturday, but they apparently got one. And UGA not getting that edge might not have allowed USC to win, but it sure didn’t help.

If you want to dis on Coach Spurrier because you’re a Georgia fan and you lost to him all those years when he was at Florida, go ahead. But don’t pretend that he said something unreasonable or untruthful. He’s still one of the best coaches if not THE best coach in College football.

By Bryan

September 15, 2006 09:50 AM | Link to this

Sorry for the off topic - but I can’t find if tomorrow’s UAB will be televised. Will it be a radio only broadcast? Thanks!!!

By stone

September 15, 2006 09:50 AM | Link to this

Calls are missed every game on both sides of the ball. Stop whinning, shutup and accept that the dogs defense was the dominating factor. Oh ball coach crying. boo hoo hoo

By James

September 15, 2006 09:51 AM | Link to this

This is such a joke. Pollack still has a Gamecock attached to him from the games over there in 02 and 04. The cocks were holding our guys on every play, not to mention the pass interference that wasn’t called on the interception at the goal line. Every time we go to Columbia the ref’s refuse to call holding. SOS has just realized that he isn’t in Gainesville anymore and he is not getting the recruits he is used to. I wonder if he wishes he were on a golf course counting his money from Snyder?

By Cuz

September 15, 2006 09:52 AM | Link to this

New year same whine. Face it Steve you were outcoached. Now take it like a man. You are an embarrasment to the coaching profession.

By jon lanz

September 15, 2006 09:53 AM | Link to this

F*** Spurrier and anyone who likes that crabby SOB!! UF fans can go staight to hell, as well as Tech and UT fans!!!!!!

By John

September 15, 2006 09:54 AM | Link to this

Stevie ole boy….You need to teach your kids how to do a lot of other things before holding if you plan to compete with those of us in the SEC elite. Now we know why God made little green apples. Good luck you ole ball coach. Up unitl today I always respected your way to win. I guess you learned the boys pretty good in the swamp ..how to hold and clip… ciao

By Kevin

September 15, 2006 09:54 AM | Link to this

hey folks, get a life. i’ve just moved here, and cannot for the life of me understand why adults in this community live their lives to see a group of overgrown 19 year olds bash each other’s heads in every Saturday. You work all week, then go and get sloppy drunk at a ballgame on Saturday, and you are too hungover to spend any quality time with your children on Sunday. Then it’s off to work again on Monday.

No wonder students in Georgia are so stupid, their parents prioritize college football over their development.

Grow up people! Unless you have relatives or friends playing, it doesn’t really affect your life, does it?

By Pete Thomas

September 15, 2006 09:56 AM | Link to this

While Spurrier was coach of Florida Coach Suprrier was successful in having the Fla Legislature aid in deleating the Univ of Miami from the Fla schedule after Miami whipped the toothless gators. Maybe he can have the Univ of Ga removed from his schedule after the dogs chewed up the roosters.

By Jack

September 15, 2006 09:56 AM | Link to this

I have never seen a football game that all of the possible penalties were called. It usually equals out. Some time you get the bear and sometime the bear gets you. Spurrier is known for his whining and acusations of unfair and dirty play by his opponents when he loses, but never a word when he wins.

SO SHUT UP AND WUIT WHINNING.

By Tripp

September 15, 2006 09:56 AM | Link to this

I’m sure this questiona has been asked before, but I wonder how many suspect calls went Florida’s way when he was there. Needless to say I don’t remember him whining about them.

By godawg

September 15, 2006 09:56 AM | Link to this

Assault charges against SC QB Blake Mitchell have been dropped. Guess that was a bad call that Stevie got reversed on review.

By Dawg alum

September 15, 2006 09:56 AM | Link to this

IF YOUR NOT A GATOR, YOUR GATOR BAIT!!!!

Hey Bill, that’s “YOU’RE.”

By Brandon

September 15, 2006 09:57 AM | Link to this

By jncfromindy

September 15, 2006 09:58 AM | Link to this

UGA SUCKS! GO YELLOWJACKETS, OOPS, YAW SUCK TOO! GO IRISH!

By Bob

September 15, 2006 09:59 AM | Link to this

The reason Spurrier said that there were holding calls was that he received a call from the head of SEC officiating admitting 12-13 mistakes.

He makes no excuses for anything. He doesn’t let his players have 20 chances even if they beat up cops. He runs a clean program unlike many in the SEC.

Lastly, it seems like Spurrier still has a thorn in the UGA fanbase because of how bad he used to pound your teams in the 90s. Pretty pathetic but that envy will come back when SCar starts beating down UGA in a year or two.

Riddle me this, who’s put out the most top 25 picks in the draft over the last 4 years? UGA or SCAR? It’s quality not quantity pups.

By U can't count

September 15, 2006 09:59 AM | Link to this

Why dont you gnats just put up or shut up. techies will just keep on losing to the BIG DAWGS.

By Techie

September 15, 2006 10:00 AM | Link to this

Kevin, move back up north…this is college football country. It’s what we live for…even us Techies…

That being said, NCAA football and basketball officiating is HORRIBLE and has gotten WORSE AND WORSE over the last few years…GT lost to ND for a number of independent reasons, one of which being POOR OFFICIATING. Heck, GT beat UGA 51-48 because of POOR OFFICIATING. It’s eggregious, it’s obvious, it’s detracting from an enjoyable game experience.

The Dawgs always cheat and lie anyway, everyone knows that. :)

4.17 - the average number of years between UGA NCAA violations

By NC Dawg

September 15, 2006 10:03 AM | Link to this

Not sure which Carolinas coach is more pathetic: Spurrier for whining about the officials or Amato for whining about Akron’s “nonqualifiers.” Both, by the way, are wrong. The refs missed plenty of calls on both sides in the Dawgs game, and NCSU’s graduation rate is worse than Akron’s.

By aj

September 15, 2006 10:03 AM | Link to this

miguel…learn some grammar and use that spell check pal.

By U can't count

September 15, 2006 10:03 AM | Link to this

Bryan I live in athens GA> the game will be on pay per view on charter cable

By godawg

September 15, 2006 10:04 AM | Link to this

Hey Kevin, you said: “i’ve just moved here, and cannot for the life of me understand why adults in this community live their lives to see a group of overgrown 19 year olds bash each other’s heads in every Saturday. You work all week, then go and get sloppy drunk at a ballgame on Saturday, and you are too hungover to spend any quality time with your children on Sunday. Then it’s off to work again on Monday.”

You pretty much just hit the nail on the head. Now step outta the way or pack up your crap and move back to where you came from.

By Ron

September 15, 2006 10:07 AM | Link to this

Hey, Steve. You can’t score points on the other team’s holding penalties.

By Think of it this way...

September 15, 2006 10:13 AM | Link to this

I think it’s just sour grapes personally…

By Tripp

September 15, 2006 10:13 AM | Link to this

If I were Steve Spurrier, I’d be worrying about those quality fumbles that took him out of the game instead of the calls that weren’t made. I believe those had just as much to do with South Carolina getting beat as anything.

By Matt

September 15, 2006 10:14 AM | Link to this

So Rat Boy’s whining about getting shut out for only the second time in his career? So, why isn’t he making sure that his QB’s not in a bar getting drunk and into fights (no matter if it was over his girlfriend or not) instead of in the dorm room studying his hind end off so that he a) doesn’t get kicked out of school for flunking out and b) doesn’t get shut out again?!? Spurrier is placing blame in the wrong direction. If he’s upset about how Mark Richt has been coaching his team, then maybe he should take a few pointers. You know, actually trying to recruit guys who aren’t complete hoodlums. Trying to make them better people and TRY to keep them out of trouble (btw, I know that there has been problems at UGA, but how many of them are still playing for the team right now, or who haven’t made a pentance of games or many, many hours of drills?). I hate to see Spurrier get thrown to the wolves down at USC, but it’s going to happen. He’s got the same problems there that Lou Holtz did, and he’s got the same recruiting problems that Holtz did as well. Maybe the Visor will get a clue and go back to somewhere small and make them a power like he almost did with Duke back in the day. Oh, btw… GO DAWGS!!!

By Dirty

September 15, 2006 10:16 AM | Link to this

Hey Aj/Dawg alum, I guess you stupid a* dawgs are wearing off on me..

By Kyle

September 15, 2006 10:18 AM | Link to this

Steve is struggling. With a porous o-line and a D-line that applied little pressure all night, could this be an attempt on his part to try to boost the psyche of his lineman?

That was a horribly officiated game sprinkled with too many no calls, blown calls, and a significant phantom call (by a ref out of position to make the call).

Of course, yall are spot on about his attempt to bring increased attention to the Dawgs in games that follow. He’s pulled that one out of his tool kit several times before.

By the way

I feel for SC, I do. Their unrealistic expectations reminds me of the futility we felt against TN during the 90s. TN simply had at least 3-5 stars whose stars shown brighter than UGA’s. By the way, it’s nice that Richt and staff has shut down the Georgia border to TN - it’s reaped huge dividends to UGA and who hasn’t noticed that TNs recruiting has slipped.

Anyway, during that era, UGA’s best hope of winning was to play a perfect game and hope that TN was off. I feel for you.

It’s a tough row to hoe for SC as well. Recruiting in SC is simply tougher in South Carolina.

By Dirty Dawg

September 15, 2006 10:19 AM | Link to this

Bama Backer? My aunt fannie’s underwear…no bama guy has used the word egregious in a sentence since ‘Ears’ Whitworth.

And in case nobody’s noticed, we said that we could expect this from this ‘Tech guy’ - Redding the SEC Supervisor of Officials - as soon as he took over from ‘our guy’ Bobby Gaston (and where is the fellow that called that fumble on Jasper?).

And as for that other ‘dirty’, you obviously are a more ‘recent’ FLAfan, otherwise you’d have a memory of all those years when you guys wanted the game moved out of Jacksonville cause we owned your ‘laid-back a**es’…and will again this year. The FLAfan arrogance was hatched under Steve Superior and regardless of the lousy efforts of late seems to remain in tact. I’ll never forget a guy calling into a radio station in Atlanta, at the start of the season after Nebraska had ‘handed the gaytors their head’ in the previous year’s Championship bowl game - and berated UT fans as being nothing but a a bunch of hillbilly rednecks and that Fla would win just because they were a ‘better class of folks’ - not just players, but people. In response to which a mid-western transplant, without an SEC school to root for, called in to remind people that after having witnessed the beating fla took from Nebraska and to hear the arrogance of that fla fan, said a lot to him about the total lack of class that UFans possessed and that he would look forward to their getting their butts beat everytime out - yeah, Spurrier did that for you guys - you’re arrogant to a fault and proud of it and you’ll be calling for ‘Rural’ Myer’s head in a couple of years.

By Mt Plea dawg

September 15, 2006 10:19 AM | Link to this

As a dawg living here in the chicken nation, I can say that the reason Spurrier will never make USC a winner is that no one wants to play for him. Georgia, Clemson and others kill him in the recruiting of in-state players. We all know he took the job thinking it would get him a membership at Augusta. With Bulldog Billy Payne at the helm there now….a classless Spurrier will continue his post coaching years at the local muni.

By Rob Hicks

September 15, 2006 10:20 AM | Link to this

Hey Kevin, Why are you in a college football blog then? “For the life of me” I can’t figure it out!! Come out of the closet Kevin! There isn’t any football going on in there!

Hey Florida fan, your ol Ball Coach is just geting his now, ok? Deal with it. Besides you don’t own us. We own you. We’ve been playing that game longer than the last 15 years but of course you won’t, can’t, refuse to deal with things like facts. Back to your trailor.

By Chip

September 15, 2006 10:24 AM | Link to this

Spurrier is now, what, 11-3 vs UGA?

Last year’s and this year’s USC teams are not very good and the best you can do is average 17.5 on him?

What happened to the half a hundred y’all are supposed to hang on him every year?

He owns your sorry butts and always will. Deal with it.

By Brooks

September 15, 2006 10:24 AM | Link to this

I don’t know if someone already mentioned this but I only remember the “Cocks” only being called for 2 holds last Saturday. If you watched film of the game you would see Quentin Moses being held constantly. How about the phantom “holding” penalty called on Paul Oliver? That wasn’t anywhere close to a hold. All the linesman saw was #4 on the “Cocks” players back and threw the flag. It is so typical of Spurrier to whine after losing a big ball game. He reminds of a kid who doesen’t get his way so they go sit in the corner and pout. Face it “Ole Ball Coach” you ain’t coaching at Florida anymore. You have inferior athletes to most of the teams you play. You will never win the conference let alone make a trip to the Dome. South Carolina is a bust and always will be. Spurrier is just a spoiled brat-plain and simple. Anything to make himself feel better. Football is all about execution. Taking the blame for failure and being a man. Steve go tell your mommy and shut up you sore loser. GO DAWGS

By McDonoughDawg

September 15, 2006 10:27 AM | Link to this

It’s beyond Funny that the Florida fans are still riding SOS’s coattails. The football trophy case only has to cover the years HE was there. Other than that, UF has won exactly SQUAT….

IF any Florida fan ever talks football, there is only a VERY narrow window they want to discuss. SOS’s years, period. It’s like they hever had a life, or team, before or after him. The trophy case speaks to that directly.

By Kevin

September 15, 2006 10:28 AM | Link to this

Thanks for the reply GoDawg, I guess you’ll just have to put up with working for folks like me for the rest of your life. Too bad you’ll never retire because your stupid kids will be too poor to take care of you in old age.

But hey, you sure did have a good time watching those ballgames! What an impact you are making on society! You must be proud.

Next saturday, spend some time with your kids. take a hike. learn something. put down the beer.

By sobegape

September 15, 2006 10:28 AM | Link to this

Has this ‘head of officials’ come forward and collaborated Spurrier’s version of that alleged conversation? Some of you are acting as if you heard the conversation and know for a fact that this ‘head of officials’ actually said what Spurrier is reporting. On top of being a whiner, it his highly likely that he is also a liar.

By j heaton

September 15, 2006 10:30 AM | Link to this

what a freakin’ cry-baby…he is about as sorry a human being as i know…he cant stand up like a man and give Georgia credit for kicking his a—…instead he said they did it illegally…what a sorry S.O.B.

By Bob

September 15, 2006 10:32 AM | Link to this

It’s bad when a guy who can not write a good sentence can call Georgians “stupid.” Kevin must not have a life.

Football is great entertainment… it sure beats most other forms of television and movies these days.

Steve Spurrier is an excellent coach who just got out coached and wants to whine about it.

By AtlantaNative62

September 15, 2006 10:32 AM | Link to this

Yes, Spurrier is whining. However, there is a larger issue here. The “elite” teams get away with things that other teams do not. Case in point, Notre Dame got away with holding on almost every play - on both sides of the ball - against Tech. The “helmet to helmet” penalty on Tech would not have been called on ND. The funny thing about Spurrier is that his UF teams did the same. He’ll do the same ultimately at SC as well.

By Ken Tucker

September 15, 2006 10:33 AM | Link to this

You can’t spell sucks without USC. You’re in charge now, SOS, and your offense SUCks! Take it like a man, not a weenie.

GO DAWGS!

By Lake Rat

September 15, 2006 10:34 AM | Link to this

By Ray

September 15, 2006 10:34 AM | Link to this

Hey, thats the breaks. Infractions don’t get called on both sides of the ball all the time. If Spurrier thinks that his players never comited a foul that didn’t called then he is just fooling himself. Wakeup and smell the coffee.

By Dirty

September 15, 2006 10:36 AM | Link to this

Hey Dirty Dawg, 15-2 since 1990 baby. Won Six SEC, one National championship. You guys have TWO SEC championships???? Yeah, Nebraska beat us, but the PUPPIES didn’t. You puppie fans are funny. GO GATORS!!!!!

By By GOSH

September 15, 2006 10:41 AM | Link to this

Hey Dirty Speaking of history, check the overall Ga vs Fl series (46 to 36 wins). Seem Fl will have to beat Ga 10 more year just to catch up. GA has done a Tony Danza (Urban dictionary)on Fl historically.

By lee

September 15, 2006 10:44 AM | Link to this

What concerns me as a UGA fan is that if the SEC office did say these things I wonder if we are going to recieve to much attention in this area from SEC refs in the future.I wonder if Phat Phil is going to be calling the sec officials office before our game telling them to watch for the holding etc.

By dawgsrhypocrites

September 15, 2006 10:44 AM | Link to this

godawg states,”Assault charges against SC QB Blake Mitchell have been dropped. Guess that was a bad call that Stevie got reversed on review.”

Kinda like Tavares Kerney being cleared of cheating, but still faced punishment for the confrontation with the teacher? You know what they say about people who live in glass houses…….

By gldawg

September 15, 2006 10:45 AM | Link to this

“The Best coach in the country”…give me a break. It took him until Thursday to come up with this lame excuse. The reason he is now using the refs as an excuse is because he sees his pathetic act of throwing his players under the bus is beginning to run thin with his “team”. Players are starting to quit on him as he apparently has on them.

Spurrier has zero class. I am friends with several FL fans and even they were somewhat glad to see him go. While they acknowledge the winning was great (and a change from their past), they openly admit that he was an embarrassment to the instution - even in winning.

When he wins, he takes the credit. When he loses it is everyone else’s fault. Be a man Steve…step up and take the blame. Every quality coach in the country will step up and protect his players (at least publicly). You resort to calling your players “stupid”, “slow” and blaming the refs for your ineptness. He will do at SC what he did with the skins. He will quit on them when he discovers he can’t win there.

Spurrier, if you want to talk about blown calls, consider Massaquoi being mugged on the goal line which led to an interception. Can you say “25-0” had that call be made properly? Good teams overcome bad calls. It is a part of sports.

Regarding the Gators dominance over the dawgs for the past however many years (it hurts to count)…I must concede, FL has owned GA recently. But lets consider the entire body of work…GA leads the all time series 46-36-2. You have a long way to go before you can even call it even!

By mbran

September 15, 2006 10:45 AM | Link to this

Regardless, Spurrier owns UGA!

By dawgsrhypocrites

September 15, 2006 10:54 AM | Link to this

You dawgs remember what you are saying now. Let’s see how the stories change if you lose a game that had a lot of blown calls….

By godawg

September 15, 2006 10:55 AM | Link to this

Kevin, thanks for your concern, but I’m set for retirement, my daughter won’t have to take care of us. She’s away in grad school btw and doesn’t have much time to come home on weekends. Enjoy yours while you can though, they grow up fast.

By ChampDawg

September 15, 2006 10:57 AM | Link to this

A DOSE OF REALITY FOLKS—- SC is a better team than the 18-0 score would indicate and UGA is not what the 18-0 score indicates (only 3 pts in the secong half— come on, that doesn’t sound like SEC powerhouse material to me, not yet). Having said that, Spurrier is an ego manic cry-baby. Always has been always will be. The only reason he took the SC job is becuase it’s a good place to play golf when not playing football. Hey Stevie— go hit a few and releive some tension.

By steve

September 15, 2006 11:00 AM | Link to this

My 8 year old whines less than Spurrier!

By Clint

September 15, 2006 11:01 AM | Link to this

I thought the game was called in favor of the Gamecocks. Moses got his helmet pulled off on one play and nothing was called. Charles Johnson was held most of the night, but had a great game reguardless. Massaquoi was interferred with on the goal line int. that Stafford threw. Refs miss calls for both teams in every game. It wasn’t the refs fault that SOS called a toss play from the endzone that resulted in a safety, and killed any momentum that SCU would have had going into the second half.

By Dirty Dawg

September 15, 2006 11:01 AM | Link to this

Since I no longer attend ‘The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party’ - more content to get drunk and watch it on the tube at home - I’ll give this to whichever of you cares to use it. Suspect that t-shirts and bumber stickers - or just white shoe polish on windows - with ‘FUUF’ on it/them might just ‘get the fight started’.

And while I’m at it, spoke to ‘first time attendee’ at a South Carolina game this week. They were amazed at the drunken brawl that it represented…empties everywhere…’Chicken-headed drunks’ falling all over themselves…a veritable phalanx of ill-mannered, slobbering PEEDEE-country peckerwoods encircling the stadium…and these ‘first-timers’ weren’t even UGA fans.

Obviously Adams hasn’t gotten out much - the GA/UF weekend is a party Mike, get over it. Aren’t you content having all your own lackeys in charge of everything in Athens, you want to legislate fun too?

By JM

September 15, 2006 11:04 AM | Link to this

Spurrier is a homo. Period.

By Tommie Crook

September 15, 2006 11:05 AM | Link to this

Steve, you old rooster. You’re little chicks cannot fly. Your wings have been clipped. The gamecocks have been grounded. The foxes know how to get in your pen. Steve cannot crow like the head rooster anymore. Mother hen and her baby chicks.

RUFF!!!!RUFF!!!!

By Ga Peach

September 15, 2006 11:08 AM | Link to this

Hi Kevin, in the immortal words of Lewis Grizzard, “Delta is ready when you are!”

By SnellvilleDawg

September 15, 2006 11:11 AM | Link to this

Hey Steve! Why not just go ahead and tell everyone why you have such a disdain for UGA: In three years as a starter at University of Florida, including your Heisman year, you NEVER BEAT GEORGIA! In spite of your failures as a player you have an unbelievable record as head coach at UF and you showed a lot of class during that time. But Coach, come on! I guess you missed the times when your OL tackled Charles Johnson and nearly undressed Quinton Moses while holding him by the jersey! I guess your failure in the NFL has had a profound effect on your ability to accept the butt-kicking you got last Saturday night!

Snellville Dawg

By Michael

September 15, 2006 11:18 AM | Link to this

Unlike most UGA fans my arch nemesis opponent due to Philip Fulmer is Tennessee. I’ve always at least respected Steve Spurrier because I enjoyed watching his offensive ingenuity. Also my Dad always said “it ain’t bragging if you can back it up” so his mouth hasn’t always bothered as much as most UGA fans. One of the reasons I despise Fulmer is he never gives the Dawgs credit even when we whip them. For example in this week’s press conference he was talking about how these weeks game will decide the SEC East. Hello! Both of you gotta play the Dawgs! Our Defense looks extremely stout & if Stafford grows on the job there’s no reason to believe we can’t compete for the SEC East title. So comments like that annoy me & renew my dislike for Fulmer.

Now ole Steveie boy is blaming the officials & saying UGA cheated which combined to help them win. OK Mr. Ego you left Florida because you saw that the top level recruits can be as bad as pros, which you saw first hand when dealing with Rex Grossmen. Then as you admit now you went to the Redskins because they offered you the most money but might not have been the best team for you to try your “System” on the next level. So when you come back you go to a place where there’s not much tradition & you’ll be the man. It’s proven that South Carolina as a state doesn’t produce the talent Florida & Georgia does so now you gotta actually recruit harder just to compete with you alma matta & Georgia both of which are now recruiting top recruits on a national level. Where did the offensive genius go?!? So far in your time at SC we’ve seen basic offense with a few trick plays through in. Your defense is decent so if you can figure out the offense you all might win 8 games but beating UGA & Florida on a regular basis is going to take more work. SEC officiating always sucks & usually it seems like there harder on the Dawgs than any other team. Now you’re saying you were told we played dirty & it wasn’t called? That should be handled in private by the officials coming to UGA & saying look we’ve looked at the tape here’s where your guys are breaking the rules please stop it because next time we’ll call it. If I recall correctly quite a few calls kept you in that game. The score wasn’t indicative of the butt whipping you got UGA should have had a few more scores. So don’t go Fulmer on us, if you do will you turn in another school in to save SC from NCAA sanctions committed during the Holts era? LOL! SC is not Florida it’s not going to be easy to win there & compete for SEC East every year. Bottom line is you got your butt kicked now SHUT UP & take it like a man! You’ve got enough issues to worry about!

Syvelle Newton is going to start at QB LOL!?! From watching the game I was impressed with the poise of Chris Smelly, it’s obvious he should be the starting QB. So now are we going to Steve run the spread O with a running QB? That might help him this year but not in the long run unless he recruits to that. So he should take his lumps now with Smelly then they’ll be good in two or three years.

By Karl Blaeser

September 15, 2006 11:19 AM | Link to this

I love it!!!! Give the baby his bottle! Thank you Stevie for coming back to the SEC and giving us the chance to get even. You got whooped last Saturday night! Deal with it.

By Kmack

September 15, 2006 11:19 AM | Link to this

Spurrier needs to learn how to take a loss, and quit running his mouth about the refs. The calls were both ways. I remember on several occasions, south carolina lineman holding the dawgs defensive front… To bad they werent strong enough to hold them long enough for south carolina’s delinquent quarterback to get a pass off. So all this talk about the refs just is an excuse for how unevenly matched USC was for the. Georgia Bulldogs! Suck it up and prepare for next week Spurrier. Go Dawgs!

By Karl Blaeser

September 15, 2006 11:20 AM | Link to this

I love it!!!! Give the baby his bottle! Thank you Stevie for coming back to the SEC and giving us the chance to get even. You got whooped last Saturday night! Deal with it.

SoCal Dawg

By Fred

September 15, 2006 11:24 AM | Link to this

Po old steve, the “Officials” told him that The Dawgs were guilty of 10-15 infractions that were not called. If so, why didn’t they call them? The game was poorly called… as are most of the SEC games… both sides. You have to feel sorry for the “Old Coach”… dumped from the NFL… College, next… and there is nothing left except Pee Wee (where the parents would not put up with the way he treats his players). The way he “berates” his players is a crime. There are few men that can put up with his treatment… He had a talented QB that he drove to self destruction after the game. Blake, you are not the first, and probably won’t be the last before USC sees the light and dumps that “Bum”. USC, you have great fans, great facilities and a great school. You deserve a coach that is not a self centered ego maniac.

By WAR EAGLE

September 15, 2006 11:24 AM | Link to this

Steve-Your team scored ZERO points. Quit Whining-this is USC and not FLA-you are not favored by any means. Now all we need is for UT and UF to beat Steve. First, Go Vols! Send Steve to 3 losses.

By mountain fan

September 15, 2006 11:26 AM | Link to this

ESPN ran a copy of the Sugar last night. WV is still running!

By I Can Read, Can You?

September 15, 2006 11:30 AM | Link to this

If you people would read the entire story (or if the AJC rag would print the truth) maybe you would realize where the quote originally came from. Rogers Redding, the SEC’s coordinator of officials, informed Spurrier this week that the crew that worked Saturday’s USC-Georgia game missed “12 or 13” holding and clipping penalties on the Bulldogs. (From The State) Spurrier didn’t make this up, he was quoting the SEC’s coordinator of officials. The HEAD OF THE OFFICIALS IN THE SEC said that his crew missed the calls. If you are going to post your comments, at least try to sound halfway intelligent…

By Jessica

September 15, 2006 11:33 AM | Link to this

spurrier obviously cant win with dignaty nor can he loose with it.. suck it up you whiney head. you lost to UGA two years in a row and its because we have the better players and the better coaches… face the facts… YOU DONT HAVE IT ANY MORE!!!

By Trey

September 15, 2006 11:35 AM | Link to this

Typical Spurrier excuses - I recollect Quentin Moses helmet ripped off and he still pressured the quarterback. Bottom line is - Spurrier is nor at UF anymore, and although he still motivates players, he will never have the same recruiting success he enjoyed in Fla. Oh, by the way, It seems he was quickly forgotten in Gainsville.

By Palmetto State Dawg

September 15, 2006 11:36 AM | Link to this

Dirty, you’re calling me a moron, but you said that the SEC East is decided between UF & Tenn? What are you smoking? I seem to recall the Dawgs in the Dome last year. I seem to recall the Dawgs kicking UT’s a* 5 out of the past 6 years. Hate to break it to ya, but the SEC East title runs thru Athens, and will for a long time. When was the last time that UF made it to the Dome? GA has won more games that any SEC team this century so shut up, and get your facts straight you douche bag. Go Dawgs!!!!

By TN Dawg

September 15, 2006 11:36 AM | Link to this

HILARIOUS I love this. Spurrier’s done everything but bawl openly this week.

Guess he missed the erroneous holding and pass interference calls against the Dawgs, and all the times our guys were wrestled to the ground or held with no call.

Love ya, Loser Steve. Keep being you.

By Fred Jackson

September 15, 2006 11:37 AM | Link to this

Spurrier is a sore loser. Not setting a good example for any sports fan. He has other concerns abut his QB. Needs to accept loss and go on.

By Matt

September 15, 2006 11:37 AM | Link to this

Spurrier’s players tackled our defensive linemen in the backfield and no calls were made against them. They’re still holding Quentin Moses! He’s a sad apple that is looking for someone to blame…the answer, Stevie, is in the mirror. You really are a c**.

By DAVID

September 15, 2006 11:40 AM | Link to this

WHAT ABOUT THE PASS INTERFERINCE ON THE 1

By Forever_UGA

September 15, 2006 11:41 AM | Link to this

Spurrier better quit throwing that visor so much from now on….. He’ll need it to keep the foreskin out of his eyes! 18-0 says it all!!!!!

By SuwaneeDawg

September 15, 2006 11:42 AM | Link to this

I haven’t read all of the responses here but I’m sure this will be a common comment -how many times did we see Charles Johnson getting dragged to the ground by his shirt collar?!?! I’ll answer that - a-friggin’-lot! I wonder if the referees also told him that they made a bad call on Stafford’s interception at the goal line which was obviously a hold? I guess we should have expected this. The whole “They’re just better than us,” routine after the ‘97 UGA-uf game was only good for one run.

I kept wondering after SC hired him if my opinion of him would change since he was no longer with uf. Nope. You can take him out of fla but he’s still a Lizard, through and through.

Just once, ONCE, I want to lay 50 on that jackass. Just to see how his eternally constipated look contorts so much his face morphs into Gabby Hayes.

Take your beatings like a man, @$$ monkey.

By Tech Fan

September 15, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this

Spurrier said, “I’m not berating the officials, but we learned later the head of officials said, ‘Hey, those should’ve been called,” Spurrier continued …

By mayanbenny

September 15, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this

this win just keeps getting better and better.i loved the bill stanfield story and posting a shutout on spurrier is better than scoring 50 on him.stevie you couldn’t beat bowden and now you can’t beat cmr so quit whining, pick up your ball and run along home.god i do love this.

By Tybee Island Dawg

September 15, 2006 11:49 AM | Link to this

South Carolina: “The place that ruins the reputations of formerly great coaches”

By Reality Check

September 15, 2006 11:51 AM | Link to this

I watched that game and am unbiased. There’s a lot of exaggerating going on from UGA fans. The truth is UGA didn’t look that much better than USC. USC moved the ball on UGA and should’ve scored a number of times, but weren’t able to capitalize. I think UGA would’ve won regardless, but I can’t blame a couch for being sour over 12 or 13 admittedly missed hold/clips. That’s way too many missed calls. Also, Lou Holtz didn’t do bad over there. He had a couple of 8 & 9+ win seasons, and beat UGA and Ohio State 2 yrs in a row.

By Ian

September 15, 2006 11:52 AM | Link to this

I was at that game. There were plenty of missed calls on both sides of the ball. Spurrier should stop whining and focus on getting his house in order (at least 12 arrests since January, including Mitchell this week). Maybe then he’d have something to crow about, instead crying sour grapes over a loss where his team played poorly.

By Doug

September 15, 2006 11:57 AM | Link to this

So just because Steve Spurrier says it, you believe it? Since when do heads of officials call specific coaches after the fact and confess how bad the officials screwed things up?

If the refs botched so many holding calls, the head of officials should have taken it up with his own squad. Blabbing about it to Spurrier is almost as pointless as Spurrier whining about it on his radio show.

And as has been made clear, there were plenty of flagrant calls that should’ve gone Georgia’s way but didn’t. Wonder if this head of officials guy was kind enough to call Mark Richt after the game and pour his heart out about that, too?

By Don

September 15, 2006 11:58 AM | Link to this

I’m sure Spurrier’s Duke, Florida, and SC teams have always been squeaky clean in their wins over the years as well.

By Eric

September 15, 2006 11:59 AM | Link to this

BWAHAHAHAHA

The thing Spurrier is REALLY whining about is taking a job in the armpit of South Carolina, at the biggest Coaching Graveyard around, with a team that are historical losers, and that he won’t be able to shine at.

Nice move Stevo… enjoy your time in heyall

By TheSage

September 15, 2006 12:00 PM | Link to this

You pup fans ought not to start posting records. I think Spurrier pretty much owns you, last weeks game nonwithstanding. It hurts you because he is 100% right. Georgia has always been one of the unspoken favorites, and the officils give them more than just leeway every week. That is why going out of conference, such as bowl games, sees Georgia frequently getting waxed like against West Virginia. You should also notice that Georgia rarely travels out of section for their non-conference, choosing never to have a big intersectional match on the road ala Texas-Ohio State or USC-Notre Dame. No, they love staying close to home with their chummy refs. Ever wonder why Georgia wins but still does not command respect from either Tech, Auburn, Tennessee or Florida? Think about it.

By Corey

September 15, 2006 12:03 PM | Link to this

In the land of coaching graveyards that pathetic sore loser is grasping at straws. He’s in trouble a lot sooner than most thought and will try to whine his way out of a job he now regrets taking. I was never a Spurrier fan but gave him credit for being a coach who knew what he was doing. I hope he gets pounded from here on out. All games and refs have missed calls but 12-14 per game, you can bet the SEC office would hand out suspensions for that many blown calls. He’s now an embarassment to the most powerful conference in the land. GO TERRIER’S!

By Mike T.

September 15, 2006 12:05 PM | Link to this

The University of South Carolina needs to do the right thing and put ole Stevie in the road.

By jaybird

September 15, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this

SEC officiating has always been horrible, but it didn’t make a difference in the Georgia-South Carolina game.

I think the mindset of most SEC coaches is that you better take advantage of every bad call that goes your way this week because chances are good they could very well go the other way the next week.

At least the introduction of instant reply starting with the 2005 season has been a great tool in correcting 90% of bad calls regarding possession plays such as fumble or no fumble, complete pass or incomplete pass, touchdown or no touchdown, in bounds or out of bounds, first down or no first down on a fourth down play etc..

By correcting these types of plays, the chances of making sure the better team wins the game have been greatly increased. Had college football used instant reply over the last 20 years, the outcome of hundreds of games would have been different.

I can think of at least 15 televised games last year that would have had different outcomes without replay correcting the original call, which was clearly wrong.

But when it comes to holding, clipping, chop blocks, and illegal blocks in the back, there is nothing that will ever be able to done to correct missed calls on those those types of plays, if they aren’t called on the spot.

By the Big E -- Circa 1964

September 15, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this

From The Desk Of The Former Golden Falcon and “You Know What Jersey Number” (Pun intended): There might be a select few that know what a “thick-headed MICH” implies == a “stubborn IRISHMAN” (Enjoy the following Lesson To Those Who Appreciate Who IS Talking In This Ledger) === Well here is the Reality Check: It Simply Does Not Matter When Coach Steve Spurrier Decided To React To The Media’s Questions About What He Believes He Viewed On Film… Be it 70 minutes or 70 Hours or Even 70 Days After ANY Game Is Completed … When YOU Are Right == You Know You Are Correct … How The Ole Ball Coach Speaks His Mind Is NOT The Point +++ The Hard-Cold Facts That He Faced A Younger Version Of Himself In Terms Of Winning Football Games Might Be Another Reason For the 18-0 Outcome… What Is Truly Unfortunate IS The “Fountain of Misinformation” That most of the preceding 200+++ Replies to the Alleged Sports Journalism Article Authored On This Website…. There Are ONLY The Following Sources of TRUTH In this Matter == the Human Eye Reviewing EXACT Film of the NCAA Football game involving the University of Georgia at THE University of South Carolina == another SEC War in Columbia on September 9th, 2006 at Williams Brice Stadium where Yours truly played Circa 1982-83…. My Only Wish IS That Coach Spurrier replied with ZERO Comment to ANY Media regarding this matter for both (future) Hall Of Fame Coach & Player along with this former Fightin’ Gamecock are quite aware by our combined Century of living that those who wear the “striped” uniforms will make mistakes just like players & coaches SO therefore getting involved with alleged sports media on such foolishness IS Really A Waste of Valuable Time Preparing For the Rest Of This (minimum) Seven Win Season — NOT Bad For A Team with far less resources than UGA… Since South Carolina could have very easily LOST 37-13 vs. the deserved Top Ten-Ranked Bulldogs OR possibly staged a 21-13 Gamecock Upset ONLY If Blake Mitchell had not shown such little confidence and Played How He Received Leadership Direction at LaGrange High School here in the Peach State — (from the great coach there, who yearly contends for GHSA Titles)…. Well You Have Heard More than Enough On this Matter AND The Remarks About The Media ONLY apply to this Article As The AJC sports department generally does a solid effort on NCAA Coverage. Good Luck Bulldogs AND May One Of Our Programs Win The Eastern Division Once Again This Season Like in 2005….

By Mike T.

September 15, 2006 12:10 PM | Link to this

The University of South Carolina needs to do the right thing and put ole Stevie in the road.

By Clay

September 15, 2006 12:10 PM | Link to this

The number of posts ahead of this is so long I don’t expect anyone to read it unless he is really bored. I watched SC play MS State a week earlier and thought those were two of the worst teams I had ever seen masquerading as SEC teams not named KY or Vanderbilt. After UA “routed” Vandy by 3 points, I apologize to Vandy. The real test of whether the officials said what they are quoted as saying will be determined by whether SOS is fined by the SEC for his comments. No fine……SOS is accurately stating what he was told. That still does not make up for the fact that SC has a lousy team, bad officiating or not.

By the Big E -- Circa 1964

September 15, 2006 12:10 PM | Link to this

From The Desk Of The Former Golden Falcon and “You Know What Jersey Number” (Pun intended): There might be a select few that know what a “thick-headed MICH” implies == a “stubborn IRISHMAN” (Enjoy the following Lesson To Those Who Appreciate Who IS Talking In This Ledger) === Well here is the Reality Check: It Simply Does Not Matter When Coach Steve Spurrier Decided To React To The Media’s Questions About What He Believes He Viewed On Film… Be it 70 minutes or 70 Hours or Even 70 Days After ANY Game Is Completed … When YOU Are Right == You Know You Are Correct … How The Ole Ball Coach Speaks His Mind Is NOT The Point +++ The Hard-Cold Facts That He Faced A Younger Version Of Himself In Terms Of Winning Football Games Might Be Another Reason For the 18-0 Outcome… What Is Truly Unfortunate IS The “Fountain of Misinformation” That most of the preceding 200+++ Replies to the Alleged Sports Journalism Article Authored On This Website…. There Are ONLY The Following Sources of TRUTH In this Matter == the Human Eye Reviewing EXACT Film of the NCAA Football game involving the University of Georgia at THE University of South Carolina == another SEC War in Columbia on September 9th, 2006 at Williams Brice Stadium where Yours truly played Circa 1982-83…. My Only Wish IS That Coach Spurrier replied with ZERO Comment to ANY Media regarding this matter for both (future) Hall Of Fame Coach & Player along with this former Fightin’ Gamecock are quite aware by our combined Century of living that those who wear the “striped” uniforms will make mistakes just like players & coaches SO therefore getting involved with alleged sports media on such foolishness IS Really A Waste of Valuable Time Preparing For the Rest Of This (minimum) Seven Win Season — NOT Bad For A Team with far less resources than UGA… Since South Carolina could have very easily LOST 37-13 vs. the deserved Top Ten-Ranked Bulldogs OR possibly staged a 21-13 Gamecock Upset ONLY If Blake Mitchell had not shown such little confidence and Played How He Received Leadership Direction at LaGrange High School here in the Peach State — (from the great coach there, who yearly contends for GHSA Titles)…. Well You Have Heard More than Enough On this Matter AND The Remarks About The Media ONLY apply to this Article As The AJC sports department generally does a solid effort on NCAA Coverage. Good Luck Bulldogs AND May One Of Our Programs Win The Eastern Division Once Again This Season Like in 2005….

By Ben There

September 15, 2006 12:10 PM | Link to this

Georgia always gets preferential treatment from the refs. The refs are on the GA Alum’s payroll.

Of course, a patsy out of conference schedule always pads that victory total also — Western Kentucky, UAB, Colorado.

GA only has two tough games this year, and they’ll probably lose both even with the refs on their side — Florida and Auburn. Tenn. is overrated and Tech will lay down.

Golden Boy Mark Richt, “The Greatest Coach in the Universe”, will never get that national title. He’s guaranteed to blow a game or two every year either with his clock management skills or a screwy QB rotation.

By Mike T.

September 15, 2006 12:11 PM | Link to this

The University of South Carolina needs to do the right thing and put ole Stevie in the road.

By the Big E -- Circa 1964

September 15, 2006 12:12 PM | Link to this

From The Desk Of The Former Golden Falcon and “You Know What Jersey Number” (Pun intended): There might be a select few that know what a “thick-headed MICH” implies == a “stubborn IRISHMAN” (Enjoy the following Lesson To Those Who Appreciate Who IS Talking In This Ledger) === Well here is the Reality Check: It Simply Does Not Matter When Coach Steve Spurrier Decided To React To The Media’s Questions About What He Believes He Viewed On Film… Be it 70 minutes or 70 Hours or Even 70 Days After ANY Game Is Completed … When YOU Are Right == You Know You Are Correct … How The Ole Ball Coach Speaks His Mind Is NOT The Point +++ The Hard-Cold Facts That He Faced A Younger Version Of Himself In Terms Of Winning Football Games Might Be Another Reason For the 18-0 Outcome… What Is Truly Unfortunate IS The “Fountain of Misinformation” That most of the preceding 200+++ Replies to the Alleged Sports Journalism Article Authored On This Website…. There Are ONLY The Following Sources of TRUTH In this Matter == the Human Eye Reviewing EXACT Film of the NCAA Football game involving the University of Georgia at THE University of South Carolina == another SEC War in Columbia on September 9th, 2006 at Williams Brice Stadium where Yours truly played Circa 1982-83…. My Only Wish IS That Coach Spurrier replied with ZERO Comment to ANY Media regarding this matter for both (future) Hall Of Fame Coach & Player along with this former Fightin’ Gamecock are quite aware by our combined Century of living that those who wear the “striped” uniforms will make mistakes just like players & coaches SO therefore getting involved with alleged sports media on such foolishness IS Really A Waste of Valuable Time Preparing For the Rest Of This (minimum) Seven Win Season — NOT Bad For A Team with far less resources than UGA… Since South Carolina could have very easily LOST 37-13 vs. the deserved Top Ten-Ranked Bulldogs OR possibly staged a 21-13 Gamecock Upset ONLY If Blake Mitchell had not shown such little confidence and Played How He Received Leadership Direction at LaGrange High School here in the Peach State — (from the great coach there, who yearly contends for GHSA Titles)…. Well You Have Heard More than Enough On this Matter AND The Remarks About The Media ONLY apply to this Article As The AJC sports department generally does a solid effort on NCAA Coverage. Good Luck Bulldogs AND May One Of Our Programs Win The Eastern Division Once Again This Season Like in 2005….

By Ben There

September 15, 2006 12:13 PM | Link to this

Georgia always gets preferential treatment from the refs. The refs are on the GA Alum’s payroll.

Of course, a patsy out of conference schedule always pads that victory total also — Western Kentucky, UAB, Colorado.

GA only has two tough games this year, and they’ll probably lose both even with the refs on their side — Florida and Auburn. Tenn. is overrated and Tech will lay down.

Golden Boy Mark Richt, “The Greatest Coach in the Universe”, will never get that national title. He’s guaranteed to blow a game or two every year either with his clock management skills or a screwy QB rotation.

By Sherri

September 15, 2006 12:15 PM | Link to this

Waa Waa Waa - nuf said!

By Ben There

September 15, 2006 12:16 PM | Link to this

Georgia always gets preferential treatment from the refs. The refs are on the GA Alum’s payroll.

Of course, a patsy out of conference schedule always pads that victory total also — Western Kentucky, UAB, Colorado.

GA only has two tough games this year, and they’ll probably lose both even with the refs on their side — Florida and Auburn. Tenn. is overrated and Tech will lay down.

Golden Boy Mark Richt, “The Greatest Coach in the Universe”, will never get that national title. He’s guaranteed to blow a game or two every year either with his clock management skills or a screwy QB rotation.

By Mike T.

September 15, 2006 12:16 PM | Link to this

The University of South Carolina needs to do the right thing and put ole Stevie in the road.

By rumpus

September 15, 2006 12:16 PM | Link to this

Your headline misrepresents what was stated by Coach Spurrier. You take out of context the words that best fit your agenda( making out Coach Spurrier into something he is not-a whinner. Your reporting on what was stated and its intent gives the media a bad name. Why don’t you print everything that Coach said on the subject, especially that officials missed calls on USC. At no time did he use the calls as an excuse or indicate they affected the score. Grow up.

By Size Matters

September 15, 2006 12:17 PM | Link to this

I would be willing to bet that the same head of officiating called Mark Richt to let him know that they should have called 10 - 12 holding calls on SC. No way it was a one-sided conversation. And in fact, the SEC should be pressed on this issue. It is not good for the conference and they should respond to Steve’s assertion to confirm that it is indeed accurate. Carter, I assume you are already on that one…

Good news is that you will never hear a word of it from Mark Richt. You know why? Because it doesn’t matter. Nothing is going to change the score or the outcome. Nothing.. It’s done, and Spurrier had better work on getting Syville Newton ready instead. I learned along time ago that what you read or hear is usually about 1/2 the story.

By Brooks

September 15, 2006 12:17 PM | Link to this

Reality Check, who are you fan of? Besides yourself.

By the Big E -- Circa 1964

September 15, 2006 12:18 PM | Link to this

From The Desk Of The Former Golden Falcon and “You Know What Jersey Number” (Pun intended): There might be a select few that know what a “thick-headed MICH” implies == a “stubborn IRISHMAN” (Enjoy the following Lesson To Those Who Appreciate Who IS Talking In This Ledger) === Well here is the Reality Check: It Simply Does Not Matter When Coach Steve Spurrier Decided To React To The Media’s Questions About What He Believes He Viewed On Film… Be it 70 minutes or 70 Hours or Even 70 Days After ANY Game Is Completed … When YOU Are Right == You Know You Are Correct … How The Ole Ball Coach Speaks His Mind Is NOT The Point +++ The Hard-Cold Facts That He Faced A Younger Version Of Himself In Terms Of Winning Football Games Might Be Another Reason For the 18-0 Outcome… What Is Truly Unfortunate IS The “Fountain of Misinformation” That most of the preceding 200+++ Replies to the Alleged Sports Journalism Article Authored On This Website…. There Are ONLY The Following Sources of TRUTH In this Matter == the Human Eye Reviewing EXACT Film of the NCAA Football game involving the University of Georgia at THE University of South Carolina == another SEC War in Columbia on September 9th, 2006 at Williams Brice Stadium where Yours truly played Circa 1982-83…. My Only Wish IS That Coach Spurrier replied with ZERO Comment to ANY Media regarding this matter for both (future) Hall Of Fame Coach & Player along with this former Fightin’ Gamecock are quite aware by our combined Century of living that those who wear the “striped” uniforms will make mistakes just like players & coaches SO therefore getting involved with alleged sports media on such foolishness IS Really A Waste of Valuable Time Preparing For the Rest Of This (minimum) Seven Win Season — NOT Bad For A Team with far less resources than UGA… Since South Carolina could have very easily LOST 37-13 vs. the deserved Top Ten-Ranked Bulldogs OR possibly staged a 21-13 Gamecock Upset ONLY If Blake Mitchell had not shown such little confidence and Played How He Received Leadership Direction at LaGrange High School here in the Peach State — (from the great coach there, who yearly contends for GHSA Titles)…. Well You Have Heard More than Enough On this Matter AND The Remarks About The Media ONLY apply to this Article As The AJC sports department generally does a solid effort on NCAA Coverage. Good Luck Bulldogs AND May One Of Our Programs Win The Eastern Division Once Again This Season Like in 2005….

By the Big E -- Circa 1964

September 15, 2006 12:18 PM | Link to this

From The Desk Of The Former Golden Falcon and “You Know What Jersey Number” (Pun intended): There might be a select few that know what a “thick-headed MICH” implies == a “stubborn IRISHMAN” (Enjoy the following Lesson To Those Who Appreciate Who IS Talking In This Ledger) === Well here is the Reality Check: It Simply Does Not Matter When Coach Steve Spurrier Decided To React To The Media’s Questions About What He Believes He Viewed On Film… Be it 70 minutes or 70 Hours or Even 70 Days After ANY Game Is Completed … When YOU Are Right == You Know You Are Correct … How The Ole Ball Coach Speaks His Mind Is NOT The Point +++ The Hard-Cold Facts That He Faced A Younger Version Of Himself In Terms Of Winning Football Games Might Be Another Reason For the 18-0 Outcome… What Is Truly Unfortunate IS The “Fountain of Misinformation” That most of the preceding 200+++ Replies to the Alleged Sports Journalism Article Authored On This Website…. There Are ONLY The Following Sources of TRUTH In this Matter == the Human Eye Reviewing EXACT Film of the NCAA Football game involving the University of Georgia at THE University of South Carolina == another SEC War in Columbia on September 9th, 2006 at Williams Brice Stadium where Yours truly played Circa 1982-83…. My Only Wish IS That Coach Spurrier replied with ZERO Comment to ANY Media regarding this matter for both (future) Hall Of Fame Coach & Player along with this former Fightin’ Gamecock are quite aware by our combined Century of living that those who wear the “striped” uniforms will make mistakes just like players & coaches SO therefore getting involved with alleged sports media on such foolishness IS Really A Waste of Valuable Time Preparing For the Rest Of This (minimum) Seven Win Season — NOT Bad For A Team with far less resources than UGA… Since South Carolina could have very easily LOST 37-13 vs. the deserved Top Ten-Ranked Bulldogs OR possibly staged a 21-13 Gamecock Upset ONLY If Blake Mitchell had not shown such little confidence and Played How He Received Leadership Direction at LaGrange High School here in the Peach State — (from the great coach there, who yearly contends for GHSA Titles)…. Well You Have Heard More than Enough On this Matter AND The Remarks About The Media ONLY apply to this Article As The AJC sports department generally does a solid effort on NCAA Coverage. Good Luck Bulldogs AND May One Of Our Programs Win The Eastern Division Once Again This Season Like in 2005….

By chanceman

September 15, 2006 12:18 PM | Link to this

Yes, there was a lot of holding that night. However, it was going both ways. Spurrier does not need to coach that because his players do it really well. Otherwise, his quarterbacks would have been demolished.

Steve, you’re an awesome coach, but stop whinning…you sound a lot like a certain Auburn coach.

By Richard

September 15, 2006 12:20 PM | Link to this

Georgia probably did get away with 13 holds over the course of the game. EVERY team in the country gets away with 13 holds Every game they play. Shut it Steve.

By the Big E -- Circa 1964

September 15, 2006 12:21 PM | Link to this

From The Desk Of The Former Golden Falcon and “You Know What Jersey Number” (Pun intended): There might be a select few that know what a “thick-headed MICH” implies == a “stubborn IRISHMAN” (Enjoy the following Lesson To Those Who Appreciate Who IS Talking In This Ledger) === Well here is the Reality Check: It Simply Does Not Matter When Coach Steve Spurrier Decided To React To The Media’s Questions About What He Believes He Viewed On Film… Be it 70 minutes or 70 Hours or Even 70 Days After ANY Game Is Completed … When YOU Are Right == You Know You Are Correct … How The Ole Ball Coach Speaks His Mind Is NOT The Point +++ The Hard-Cold Facts That He Faced A Younger Version Of Himself In Terms Of Winning Football Games Might Be Another Reason For the 18-0 Outcome… What Is Truly Unfortunate IS The “Fountain of Misinformation” That most of the preceding 200+++ Replies to the Alleged Sports Journalism Article Authored On This Website…. There Are ONLY The Following Sources of TRUTH In this Matter == the Human Eye Reviewing EXACT Film of the NCAA Football game involving the University of Georgia at THE University of South Carolina == another SEC War in Columbia on September 9th, 2006 at Williams Brice Stadium where Yours truly played Circa 1982-83…. My Only Wish IS That Coach Spurrier replied with ZERO Comment to ANY Media regarding this matter for both (future) Hall Of Fame Coach & Player along with this former Fightin’ Gamecock are quite aware by our combined Century of living that those who wear the “striped” uniforms will make mistakes just like players & coaches SO therefore getting involved with alleged sports media on such foolishness IS Really A Waste of Valuable Time Preparing For the Rest Of This (minimum) Seven Win Season — NOT Bad For A Team with far less resources than UGA… Since South Carolina could have very easily LOST 37-13 vs. the deserved Top Ten-Ranked Bulldogs OR possibly staged a 21-13 Gamecock Upset ONLY If Blake Mitchell had not shown such little confidence and Played How He Received Leadership Direction at LaGrange High School here in the Peach State — (from the great coach there, who yearly contends for GHSA Titles)…. Well You Have Heard More than Enough On this Matter AND The Remarks About The Media ONLY apply to this Article As The AJC sports department generally does a solid effort on NCAA Coverage. Good Luck Bulldogs AND May One Of Our Programs Win The Eastern Division Once Again This Season Like in 2005….

By Mike T.

September 15, 2006 12:27 PM | Link to this

The Univ. of South Carolina needs to do the right thing and send Stevie back to the NFL.

By Jack Archer

September 15, 2006 12:27 PM | Link to this

Steve continues to hold his dominance over the Dogs, regardless of his comments. Go back to the UF days, and how many times he waxed those little bulldogs. He spanked them and send packing back to Clarke county time, after time, after time.

I do concede it is whining on his part, but he still dominates UGA with his overall record. UGA will come to a grinding halt with either AU, UT and UF this year, thus then bulldog nation will be whining about cheating on their opponents part or some other lame excuse.

Keep grooming Richt for us, we need him back in Tallahassee in a few years. w.

War Eagle!!! Rocky Top!!! Go Gators!!!

By Ben There

September 15, 2006 12:29 PM | Link to this

Georgia always gets preferential treatment from the refs. The refs are on the GA Alum’s payroll.

Of course, a patsy out of conference schedule always pads that victory total also — Western Kentucky, UAB, Colorado.

GA only has two tough games this year, and they’ll probably lose both even with the refs on their side — Florida and Auburn. Tenn. is overrated and Tech will lay down.

Golden Boy Mark Richt, “The Greatest Coach in the Universe”, will never get that national title. He’s guaranteed to blow a game or two every year either with his clock management skills or a screwy QB rotation.

By the Big E -- Circa 1964

September 15, 2006 12:30 PM | Link to this

From The Desk Of The Former Golden Falcon and “You Know What Jersey Number” (Pun intended): There might be a select few that know what a “thick-headed MICH” implies == a “stubborn IRISHMAN” (Enjoy the following Lesson To Those Who Appreciate Who IS Talking In This Ledger) === Well here is the Reality Check: It Simply Does Not Matter When Coach Steve Spurrier Decided To React To The Media’s Questions About What He Believes He Viewed On Film… Be it 70 minutes or 70 Hours or Even 70 Days After ANY Game Is Completed … When YOU Are Right == You Know You Are Correct … How The Ole Ball Coach Speaks His Mind Is NOT The Point +++ The Hard-Cold Facts That He Faced A Younger Version Of Himself In Terms Of Winning Football Games Might Be Another Reason For the 18-0 Outcome… What Is Truly Unfortunate IS The “Fountain of Misinformation” That most of the preceding 200+++ Replies to the Alleged Sports Journalism Article Authored On This Website…. There Are ONLY The Following Sources of TRUTH In this Matter == the Human Eye Reviewing EXACT Film of the NCAA Football game involving the University of Georgia at THE University of South Carolina == another SEC War in Columbia on September 9th, 2006 at Williams Brice Stadium where Yours truly played Circa 1982-83…. My Only Wish IS That Coach Spurrier replied with ZERO Comment to ANY Media regarding this matter for both (future) Hall Of Fame Coach & Player along with this former Fightin’ Gamecock are quite aware by our combined Century of living that those who wear the “striped” uniforms will make mistakes just like players & coaches SO therefore getting involved with alleged sports media on such foolishness IS Really A Waste of Valuable Time Preparing For the Rest Of This (minimum) Seven Win Season — NOT Bad For A Team with far less resources than UGA… Since South Carolina could have very easily LOST 37-13 vs. the deserved Top Ten-Ranked Bulldogs OR possibly staged a 21-13 Gamecock Upset ONLY If Blake Mitchell had not shown such little confidence and Played How He Received Leadership Direction at LaGrange High School here in the Peach State — (from the great coach there, who yearly contends for GHSA Titles)…. Well You Have Heard More than Enough On this Matter AND The Remarks About The Media ONLY apply to this Article As The AJC sports department generally does a solid effort on NCAA Coverage. Good Luck Bulldogs AND May One Of Our Programs Win The Eastern Division Once Again This Season Like in 2005….

By the Big E -- Circa 1964

September 15, 2006 12:32 PM | Link to this

From The Desk Of The Former Golden Falcon and “You Know What Jersey Number” (Pun intended): There might be a select few that know what a “thick-headed MICH” implies == a “stubborn IRISHMAN” (Enjoy the following Lesson To Those Who Appreciate Who IS Talking In This Ledger) === Well here is the Reality Check: It Simply Does Not Matter When Coach Steve Spurrier Decided To React To The Media’s Questions About What He Believes He Viewed On Film… Be it 70 minutes or 70 Hours or Even 70 Days After ANY Game Is Completed … When YOU Are Right == You Know You Are Correct … How The Ole Ball Coach Speaks His Mind Is NOT The Point +++ The Hard-Cold Facts That He Faced A Younger Version Of Himself In Terms Of Winning Football Games Might Be Another Reason For the 18-0 Outcome… What Is Truly Unfortunate IS The “Fountain of Misinformation” That most of the preceding 200+++ Replies to the Alleged Sports Journalism Article Authored On This Website…. There Are ONLY The Following Sources of TRUTH In this Matter == the Human Eye Reviewing EXACT Film of the NCAA Football game involving the University of Georgia at THE University of South Carolina == another SEC War in Columbia on September 9th, 2006 at Williams Brice Stadium where Yours truly played Circa 1982-83…. My Only Wish IS That Coach Spurrier replied with ZERO Comment to ANY Media regarding this matter for both (future) Hall Of Fame Coach & Player along with this former Fightin’ Gamecock are quite aware by our combined Century of living that those who wear the “striped” uniforms will make mistakes just like players & coaches SO therefore getting involved with alleged sports media on such foolishness IS Really A Waste of Valuable Time Preparing For the Rest Of This (minimum) Seven Win Season — NOT Bad For A Team with far less resources than UGA… Since South Carolina could have very easily LOST 37-13 vs. the deserved Top Ten-Ranked Bulldogs OR possibly staged a 21-13 Gamecock Upset ONLY If Blake Mitchell had not shown such little confidence and Played How He Received Leadership Direction at LaGrange High School here in the Peach State — (from the great coach there, who yearly contends for GHSA Titles)…. Well You Have Heard More than Enough On this Matter AND The Remarks About The Media ONLY apply to this Article As The AJC sports department generally does a solid effort on NCAA Coverage. Good Luck Bulldogs AND May One Of Our Programs Win The Eastern Division Once Again This Season Like in 2005….

By techsucks

September 15, 2006 12:32 PM | Link to this

Hold on now. He didn’t say that the refs cost them the game. The way our D played the other night, they could’ve gotten every call their way and still lost.

But…if you’re a coach and the HEAD OF OFFICIALS tells you that 12-13 clips/holds should have been called..wouldn’t you have some sort of reaction?

In this case I think he was whining to the refs more than saying anything bad about us. How do you say anything to us after Sat night?

By Fulton

September 15, 2006 12:35 PM | Link to this

Dog fans better enjoy beating up on SC while they can. It’s about all you’re gonna do for quite some time.

Arf, Arf !!!

By Mike T.

September 15, 2006 12:39 PM | Link to this

“That is why going out of conference, such as bowl games, sees Georgia frequently getting waxed like against West Virginia” Boy its for sure Sage you need to stay out of the road. Georgia has beaten Ohio St, Wisconsin, Purdue Do these not qualify as out of conference teams.Georgia does more than ok against non conference foes.

By gldawg

September 15, 2006 12:40 PM | Link to this

To Bob who asked, “riddle me this, who has had more top 25 picks in the NFL over the past 5 years”? Answer: UGA 5 / SC 3. Now what was your point? Something about quality over quantity. USC has neither quality nor quantity.

Go back to your chicken coupe.

By Bankshot

September 15, 2006 12:42 PM | Link to this

I love to see Stevie crying on the sideline but is all that saltwater good for the grass?

By Mike T.

September 15, 2006 12:43 PM | Link to this

Keep grooming Richt for us, we need him back in Tallahassee in a few years. w.

War Eagle!!! Rocky Top!!! Go Gators!!!

Something strange here. Its great to be a Gator Hater.

By leifj

September 15, 2006 12:45 PM | Link to this

Spurrier is a whiny loser just like the rest of the Lamecocks. When are you Cocks going to realize that not even the great Spurrier can win there? Isn’t over 100 years of losing enough for you people? I guess not!

By trey

September 15, 2006 12:48 PM | Link to this

hey could have made a good point had he decided to be a bigger man. however, he decided instead to wine like a sore loser. the penalties didn’t change how bad your teams played buddy. how many times were they stopped at the goal line?

By Mt Plea Dawg

September 15, 2006 12:50 PM | Link to this

That’s exactly right…..the reason Spurrier wears that visor is to hide the circumcision scar.

By Sandy

September 15, 2006 12:50 PM | Link to this

Steve should have listened to the pregame prayer that requested no gloating or whining after the game.

By Lee

September 15, 2006 12:51 PM | Link to this

I’m an Auburn fan but this sounds highly unlikely. Spurrier is a big baby it seems. He got whipped and bigger whippins are coming and he knows it. I bet he’s out of there in a year or so.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

September 15, 2006 12:51 PM | Link to this

PROVE IT SOS!!!! IDON’T BELIEVE THAT THE HEAD OF OFFCIALS CALLED SPURRIER!!! WOULD SOME ONE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT!!! PROVE IT SOS!!!!

By Jim Avera

September 15, 2006 12:53 PM | Link to this

Here goes “whiney boy” again. One of the best coaches in college football but he just can’t accept getting his butt whipped. He’s lucky it wasn’t worse as UGA’s team is far superior to his this year. I saw coach Spurrier a few years back at a Blue-Gray practice in Montgomery,AL., when he was the mentor at Duke. His “cockiness” asked me if I wanted his autograph. I said, “No thanks! I am saving space on my UGA hat for Erk Russell, Mo Lewis and John Kasay. Coach Spurrier, would you like some cheese to go with your “whine”?

Sincerely, Jimmy Avera Lifelong Dawg Fan

By the Big E -- Circa 1964

September 15, 2006 01:02 PM | Link to this

From The Desk Of The Former Golden Falcon and “You Know What Jersey Number” (Pun intended): There might be a select few that know what a “thick-headed MICH” implies == a “stubborn IRISHMAN” (Enjoy the following Lesson To Those Who Appreciate Who IS Talking In This Ledger) === Well here is the Reality Check: It Simply Does Not Matter When Coach Steve Spurrier Decided To React To The Media’s Questions About What He Believes He Viewed On Film… Be it 70 minutes or 70 Hours or Even 70 Days After ANY Game Is Completed … When YOU Are Right == You Know You Are Correct … How The Ole Ball Coach Speaks His Mind Is NOT The Point +++ The Hard-Cold Facts That He Faced A Younger Version Of Himself In Terms Of Winning Football Games Might Be Another Reason For the 18-0 Outcome… What Is Truly Unfortunate IS The “Fountain of Misinformation” That most of the preceding 200+++ Replies to the Alleged Sports Journalism Article Authored On This Website…. There Are ONLY The Following Sources of TRUTH In this Matter == the Human Eye Reviewing EXACT Film of the NCAA Football game involving the University of Georgia at THE University of South Carolina == another SEC War in Columbia on September 9th, 2006 at Williams Brice Stadium where Yours truly played Circa 1982-83…. My Only Wish IS That Coach Spurrier replied with ZERO Comment to ANY Media regarding this matter for both (future) Hall Of Fame Coach & Player along with this former Fightin’ Gamecock are quite aware by our combined Century of living that those who wear the “striped” uniforms will make mistakes just like players & coaches SO therefore getting involved with alleged sports media on such foolishness IS Really A Waste of Valuable Time Preparing For the Rest Of This (minimum) Seven Win Season — NOT Bad For A Team with far less resources than UGA… Since South Carolina could have very easily LOST 37-13 vs. the deserved Top Ten-Ranked Bulldogs OR possibly staged a 21-13 Gamecock Upset ONLY If Blake Mitchell had not shown such little confidence and Played How He Received Leadership Direction at LaGrange High School here in the Peach State — (from the great coach there, who yearly contends for GHSA Titles)…. Well You Have Heard More than Enough On this Matter AND The Remarks About The Media ONLY apply to this Article As The AJC sports department generally does a solid effort on NCAA Coverage. Good Luck Bulldogs AND May One Of Our Programs Win The Eastern Division Once Again This Season Like in 2005….

By Bill

September 15, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this

I hate to tell y’all this, but Superior does not really give a flip what we think about him, and never will!!! I am not a spurrior fan, (tennesse fan), but through the years I have noticed that usually, when he complains, he was correct in his complaints, especially the year he complained about FSU hitting Danny W. late. It was obvious that FSU was trying to get him out of the game by pounding him either before or after the whistle, it didnt matter to them, they were willing to take the penalties!! Having said that, I will say that this time, he should have kept his mouth shut, and I’ll bet he now wishes he had!!

By 1 + 2

September 15, 2006 01:08 PM | Link to this

Ben There, you must be an Auburn fan. Go play with your ‘people’s champions ring’. As for you Jack Archer, where do you get your logic? How does a coach own another team, when he loses two in a row, including one on his own turf? True enough, Spurrier beat Georgia when he was at Florida - - 6+ years ago.

What should make Spurrier feel even worse is that he lost to a true freshman at quarterback. A kid that was playing high school football less than one year ago.

By Carla Jackson

September 15, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this

HI Ben There do us all a favor and do not speak the name Coach MARK RICHT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH YOU ARE JUST JEALOUS YOU DO NOT HAVE A GREAT GUY AS A COACH . Mark Richt is a fine man and obviously doing his job right so quit hating and whinning and I will be sure and pray for you and by the way we do not have a pansy schedule all I have to say is 2005 SEC CHAMPS and will repeat this year also. UGA supports Coach Mark Richt and the Dawgs and yes spurrier is a cry baby.

By reality check

September 15, 2006 01:43 PM | Link to this

I have a question and a comment.

My question is, doesn’t the SEC have a rule prohibiting coaches from speaking out about officiating?

I thought they did, just to prevent the kind of poor sportsmanship Spurrier is exhibiting.

The comment is to reply to Brooks. I’m a Georgia fan. Anybody capable of reading and applying logical thought would know that.

What team do you pull for, Brooks? I haven’t seen you on this blog before and the only thing you had to say was to take a shot at me. This blog is about Georgia football, Brooks. It isn’t about me. But if you don’t like me, that’s fine.

How are you related to Carter?

By godawg

September 15, 2006 01:43 PM | Link to this

If the NCAA Take back the title from the 2004 Trojans, do they givde it to AwDarn or the Sooners?

By Bullard

September 15, 2006 01:47 PM | Link to this

There are tons of flags that do not get thrown in every game. Everyone know this. So why would someone be complaining or whining?

Every year I hear the same crap from UGA fans. Were so great we will win the SEC. Bla Bla Bla…… Let us not forget that UGA lost to FL and Auburn last year. IF SC had not beat FL, UGA would have stayed home….again watching FL on TV.

The best thing last year was the Sugar bowl. I was there…..there is nothing like seeing UGA fans cry. I mean come on, This is little WV and we are almighty UGA… How can we lose???? What happened??? It was a beauty of a game….I will never forget it….EVER!

I think all UGA fans should take their heads out of their butts. Any and every game is decided on the field and can go either way.

Watch out for UT, FL, Auburn and GT….. I would hate for UGA to not make the SEC big game again…..

Have a good season and try not to cry too much with each lose.

By War Eagle

September 15, 2006 02:16 PM | Link to this

I like and respect Steve Spurrrier, his coaching success at Duke and Florida was unreal. Coach Spurrier has to develop his own QB and offense, which I say he is the best, with years to coach. Don`t sell him short because he will be huge at SC or move on searching. My opinion best offensive minds in football today is Spurrier, Al Borgas and head coach at ND.(forgot his name)

By BullDawg Rick

September 15, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this

SOS used to be a Great Coach… He’s now relegated to “Whinning” and not “Winning”

By Steve Watson

September 15, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this

Dorsey Hill had it right. ‘66 Dawgs led by Bill Stanfill and George Patton beat Spurrier and the gators like a drum only one week after Stevie kicked the field goal to beat Auburn in the final seconds. When the Gator Nation and Stevie had eveything on the line, UGA delivers the big one upside their collective heads. Stevie was humiliated and will never forget. With the Gamecocks it’s just the next chapter. Whine on SOS !!!

By Teacher Man

September 15, 2006 02:27 PM | Link to this

Spurrier wears his visor to conceal his circumcision scars

By gator the dog catcher

September 15, 2006 02:28 PM | Link to this

Let me steal a line from UGAY fans here. Who owns the OVERALL record with UGAY and Spurrier?

By Indydawg

September 15, 2006 02:35 PM | Link to this

Or Steve could recruit some players who could play…

Whine, whine, whine…..

There are some new DAWGS on the block….

By Palmetto State Dawg

September 15, 2006 02:37 PM | Link to this

Hey War Eagle, I wonder if you’re a little biased towards Al Borges???

By War Eagle

September 15, 2006 02:50 PM | Link to this

Palmetto State Dawg, I would say YES, YOU WOULD BE ALSO IF HE WAS AT UGA, GREAT COACH WITH VISION…Coach Tuberville might have made himself a legend with that HIRE. He is paid alot of money, so any school wants him they better have a big BANK. good luck Saturday Palmetto.

By Doug

September 15, 2006 02:52 PM | Link to this

Dog catcher, don’t y’all have a game against the Vols tomorrow? If I were you I’d spend a little more time worrying about that than defending the name of your man-crush Spurrier.

The fact is it’s been five years since Stevie Boy last beat the Dawgs. Keep living in the past if you want to — we Dawg fans are looking to the future.

By Merry

September 15, 2006 02:59 PM | Link to this

Now correct me if I’m wrong, but Steve Superior was quoted after the game saying “We were dumba**es”. Probably the only truth from his mouth about the whole game. To quote from BB7 to Spurrier - “take your salary and go buy some dignity.”

By Dirty

September 15, 2006 03:06 PM | Link to this

GO GATORS!!!! GO GATORS!!!!

IT’S GREAT BEING A FLORIDA GATOR!!

By Gerald Solomon

September 15, 2006 03:10 PM | Link to this

Spurrier was not complaining when he was running up “a half a hundred points” on UGA when he was at FL and had all the talent.I really thought he had learned about humility since he became the head coach at USC .He can’t even recruit his own state.He is still living his defeat at the hands of UGA the year he won the Heisman.I didn’t see him challenge a single call during the game.Holding can be called on any play. dawgs816

By jon lanz

September 15, 2006 03:12 PM | Link to this

F*** every Tech and UF fan! Every one of you can go straight to hell!

By Robby Rowden

September 15, 2006 03:15 PM | Link to this

They should lock Spurrier in Gitmo for those comments. Has he no shame. He makes me embarassed to be an American with those statements. He is a criminal, plain and simple. I had to sit down in a dark room and meditate to get over his worthless comments. I’m still not totally over it.

By jon lanz

September 15, 2006 03:24 PM | Link to this

If I see him on the street I will kick him square in the nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!! F*** SPURRIER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Brock D. Shiffer III

September 15, 2006 03:27 PM | Link to this

Wow that’ alot of penalties missed against the offense. But was it the offense that held them to a big fat 0 points? Spurrier has never lost a game he couldn’t blame on someone else!

By drdawg

September 15, 2006 03:28 PM | Link to this

Honest Gators will tell you that the only reason they tolerated Spurrier was because he won. How long will it take the good people of USC to realize it isn’t worth it?

By Todd A

September 15, 2006 03:32 PM | Link to this

Need to start referring to Spurrier as the Ole BAWL coach.jeez.

By luda

September 15, 2006 03:33 PM | Link to this

Ha! What a girl! Stop crying and start figuring out how you are going to win more games. I’m glad I’m a dawg cause I would be ashamed to be SC right now.

By makito

September 15, 2006 03:42 PM | Link to this

Coach Spurrier is absolutly right. Without the constant help of the refs these dogs couldn’t find a fireplug. The score should be corrected by the SEC to what it would have been without the scam, USC 24 - Dogs 0. When UAB gets raped by the refs tomorrow it will be clear to the world that the fix was in.

By ATLCock

September 15, 2006 03:42 PM | Link to this

GA fans are such classless rednecks … I think that especially so after reading this mind numbing rhetoric … I feel like my brain is sliding out of my ears: get a life - the refs were paid, Carolina should have won the game. Period. Go Cocks!

By Lou Boltz

September 15, 2006 03:53 PM | Link to this

The Cocks should have won this game! It’s not fair, it’s not fair. Why do we suck, we have Steve Spurrier? Oh that’s right, we got rid of the greatest coach ever, Lou Holtz. I am the Lizard King respect me if you dare. HAR HAR HAR WEGL WEGL is gay

By Palmetto State Dawg

September 15, 2006 03:54 PM | Link to this

War Eagle, it doesn’t take a great coach with vision to turn around and hand the ball off to a stud like Irons.

By 59bulldawg

September 15, 2006 03:54 PM | Link to this

Even if there were uncalled clipping penalties, it wouldn’t have helped that pitiful and highly over-rated (that’s for you Lou Holtz you moron) SC chicken offense cause. Spurrier your offense still scored zero points. You and your “mini-me” Lou Holtz, who always covers for your a* on tv are both whining idiots.

By Professor Don K. Punch

September 15, 2006 03:55 PM | Link to this

I love it, Spurrier is becoming UGA’s beeotch. He can’t take it, LOL.

By Palmetto State Dawg

September 15, 2006 03:59 PM | Link to this

ATLCock, I live in Columbia, and these USC fans are about as redneck as they come. Your coach Stevie is the one that is classless by whining about the refs. SC holds Moses & Johnson all game, pass interference on our receiver at the goal line never called, ridiculous pass interference on Paul Oliver called…..but yeah you guys should have won the game. Gimme a break!

By The Answer Is

September 15, 2006 04:02 PM | Link to this

Wa Wa Wa Wa …. South Carolina fans need to just clean out their diapers and get over it. They were beaten by the class of the SEC and crying will not help that. When you are surrounded with inferior talent, inferior coaching and inferior fanbase, what did you expect. Just remember C** fans, Georgia will beat you like a red-headed step-child each and every year until you take you program to Division 1-AA where you belong. The moral to the story is …. While Georgia strives for superiority in the best conference in the country, South Carolina strives to make the Poulan Weed-Eater bowl.

By ATLCock

September 15, 2006 04:03 PM | Link to this

Jesus - need I say more? I rest my case …

By chip

September 15, 2006 04:05 PM | Link to this

Here we go again. UGA fans being the little b**es that they usually are. Just because you won two years in a row against Spurrier makes you so powerful. Richt would have been complaining the same way if the tables were turned. I know how UGA fans feel about Spurrier. And that is cool. It is great to see what Richt has done for UGA. But, when the refs miss almost 15 holding and clipping penalties, then there is something seriously wrong. The SEC needs to just shut their mouths and let it go. The fans weren’t booing Spurrier at all. They were booing every bad call and missed call that the refs made. I was there and I have seen the game on replayed on TV. The calls that were missed are the ones that aren’t shown on TV. I give UGA credit. They do play good, but don’t say that Spurrier is the bad guy here when the refs are the ones that messed up the game. That game had all the elements to be one of the best UGA-USC matchups in a long time, and the refs ruined it. Yes, I am an USC fan. Always have and always will be. I used to cheer for UGA too, until Michael Adams came and ruined it for me. I can’t stand that guy! He is nothing but a crook in my eyes. But, oh well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I do like what Richt is all about though. At least he is trying to make the program a respected program and not full of thugs like Clemson and Miami.

By Heywood Jablome

September 15, 2006 04:07 PM | Link to this

How great would it be if Houston Nutt coached for the Game Cocks. I would Tee Hee all day long.

By Ben Dover

September 15, 2006 04:10 PM | Link to this

When The Cocks play the Dawgs, there new mascot will be Ben Dover. Because that is what they do when they play a real team. Columbia is like a third world country.

By dawgcatcher

September 15, 2006 04:14 PM | Link to this

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, uh, uh, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, sniff, sniff, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

By 59bulldawg

September 15, 2006 04:15 PM | Link to this

Well Chip I agree with you! Michael Adams is a crook. Who says Dawgs and Cocks can’t find common ground?

By reality check

September 15, 2006 04:16 PM | Link to this

Well, I guess the question I asked earlier has now been answered.

Spurrier apparently broke a conference rule by whining about the officiating. Too bad we will probably never know how it is resolved since it is going to be handled as an “internal matter”.

To me what he did is very poor sportsmanship. He seems to be losing it just like Holtz did.

It is amazing to me how South Carolina fans are coming back on the blog talking trash about next year already. You people are delusional and have zero credibility. The Auburn, Tennessee, and Florida fans have the status to talk some trash. Like the Dawgs they have actually won championships and they are worthy opponents who most years will be in the championship hunt. The gamechickins have never won anything of substance. All you have is an alligator mouth hooked up to a chicken a*.

By MC

September 15, 2006 04:31 PM | Link to this

Steve Spurrier, Cory Boyd, Sidney Rice….name three cocks that will in YOUR WIVES MOUF and Athens, next year kicking your DAWGS arses up and down the field.

By alcors11

September 15, 2006 04:36 PM | Link to this

Oh come off it Steve. Your whine is sour and it does not become you. Your team was beaten. Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 15, 2006 04:39 PM | Link to this

Teacher Man. LMAO! Funny one dude.

By Brad

September 15, 2006 04:40 PM | Link to this

Of course, we all know what gracious losers the Bulldogs are.

By optimist_dawg

September 15, 2006 04:41 PM | Link to this

Everyone knows how easy it is to be misquoted by the press. I think that Coach Spurrier was just misquoted, and the following is his real statement to the press. “It is always a disappointment to lose, and the students, the fans, the rest of my coaching staff and I are all very disappointed with our loss to Georgia this past Saturday; however, we lost to a very good team, a team that has a lot of talent and depth at all positions. They are well coached and came to our house believing they could win and ready to play. The officials may have missed a few calls, but it should not have affected the outcome of the game. Some calls went our way and some did not. Seldom does a single call determine the outcome of a game. Our goal now is to put this game behind us and start preparing for our next game and look forward to the remainder of the season. Now, if there are no more questions, I need to go find a shoulder to cry on.”

By "Good"Dawg!!!

September 15, 2006 04:42 PM | Link to this

I watched the game live on ESPN. Without replay, I saw a lot of holding on S.C.against a big and fast UGA defense . The big “Cry Baby” has lost 2 straight to UGA, who he did own at UF, but who beat him and deprived him and UF of an SEC championship in ‘66, the year he won the Heisman. Anyone who reveals confidential information from the SEC Supervisor of Officials, makes deragotary remarks about Peyton Manning, Ray Goff, and Bobby Bowden isn’t good for college football. Take your coaching skills you “Old Ball Coach” stick “em !!!

By Scott

September 15, 2006 04:43 PM | Link to this

I think Dawg Fans should send Mr Spurrier a truckload of those Special Edition UGA Wheaties boxes.

By Big Bad Dawg

September 15, 2006 04:45 PM | Link to this

I can not read this are you guys men or a cry babby? When we lose we dont blame the Refs. every game they miss calls on both teams. Face the fact we are bigger stronger and better than every before. Oh i no you thought we lose so many to the pros that we would fall off. Ha, ha,ha,ha, we get better each year while your teams get worse. Not the Refs. its your coach and the talant is better so cry cry cry while we win win win. Guess what THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!!! GO DAWGS SIC UM WOFF WOFF WOFF!!! We want call them off next time you haters!!!

By MC

September 15, 2006 04:55 PM | Link to this

Yall need to get the off Spurrier fing case Jawga fans. I mean, I agree, Spurrier needs to move on and concentrate on his freaking inept Offense right.

By the way, when did Jawga fans become gracious losers?

By jon lanz

September 15, 2006 05:02 PM | Link to this

AtlCOCK, If I see you on the streets I will kick you square in the nuts. USC fans are dumb a* bastards! Go to hell you trick a* hoe!

By alex

September 15, 2006 05:03 PM | Link to this

Maybe the fans were booing cause of how bad the gamecocks were playing that game. They had the opp to put up at least put up 14-17 points on the dawgs

By jon lanz

September 15, 2006 05:11 PM | Link to this

F*** THE FOLLOWING TEAMS…LAMECOCKS,UT,UF,TECH and any one else who would dare talk s** about the DOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!!!

By jon lanz

September 15, 2006 05:20 PM | Link to this

I am tired of the lame a* excuses spewing from the mouth of punks like Spurrier! The dumb a* USC fans hold on to his every work. Your players are d******* and so are your fans!!!!!!!!!!

By Buck Cochran in the NW

September 15, 2006 05:25 PM | Link to this

Beofre I had to take care of some bitness, I posted a comment that I didn’t believe SOS and said “PROVE IT”. Now we find out that the SEC offical RETURNED SOSs PHONE CALL. There’s step #1. If I could have a wish this afternoon, it would be that I was a trial lawyer and lived down there. HANDLED IT INTERNALLY MY EVER LOVING DAWG BUTT!!! I’d call’m on it! If you’re going to make public charges and work for a public entity, then you’re going to tell people what happened!!! Gray Area? Now I know SOS planned the whole deal so that his charges would hit the media and there would be no way for anyone to know the truth because it’s in that infamous area. Does anyone really believe that SOS didn’t know exactly what he was doing? I hope that Barnhart or some other newspaper person would stay on this and lets get the truth as to what was said and who said it.

By makito

September 15, 2006 05:31 PM | Link to this

jon lanz… were you one of the officials at the game?

By matt

September 15, 2006 05:42 PM | Link to this

just because you hate bulldogs doesnt mean you had to throw that hail mary. I know for a fact that you are a poor sport just go back to Florida get out of South Carolina before they get hated and go back and mess up Florida sore loser

By mc

September 15, 2006 05:43 PM | Link to this

JAWGA fans, Michael Adams, and Mark Richt….

Name A loser, a nonboozer, and a snoozer (looking)

By mc

September 15, 2006 05:46 PM | Link to this

Ray Goff, Jim Donnan, and Jan Kemp

Name doofe, goofe, and a ugly alumni pooach!

By mc

September 15, 2006 05:50 PM | Link to this

Vince Dooley, Herschal Walker, and Harry the dog

Three peole that have not been in Barbra Dooleys bed in 30 years.

By mc

September 15, 2006 06:02 PM | Link to this

Florida State, hair replacement Center, and the tanning bed.

Name three places that Mark Richt will be going back to in the near future.

By Corey

September 15, 2006 06:12 PM | Link to this

Maybe the SEC office will discipline the “Ol Ball Coach” instead of responding to all the email sent to rreddings@sec.org for an explanation on why no suspensions were handed down to the “zebra” crew members. Mediocrity is accepted in the conference of that school on North Ave but has no place in the SEC. GO DAWGS!

By Susan

September 15, 2006 06:17 PM | Link to this

Spurrier is still the epitome of a WHINER! and always will be, apparently…poor red-neck ignorant loser! He can’t handle getting soundly beat, as a gentleman & good-sport would do.

By 59bulldawg

September 15, 2006 06:17 PM | Link to this

Spurrier, Cocky, and MC

Name the coach who spoke too many words, the Carolina bird, and a turd.

By Jim

September 15, 2006 06:26 PM | Link to this

Typical Spurrier, blame the refs on bad or missed calls. He has done this for years in order to get the refs calling games the way that he wants it called.

By Big Dawg

September 15, 2006 06:32 PM | Link to this

Did he watch the same game I did? His offensive line was holding on almost every down and that last interception should have been pass interference or at least holding. The Ol Ball Coach should stop crying and worry about the rest of the season, because the DAWGs totally dominated his team. Besides about half of those wins at Florida versus us were gifts from bad call from the referees that went his way.

By MailDawg

September 15, 2006 06:39 PM | Link to this

I know why the old ball coach wears a visor, so he can cover up where he was circumcised.

By New Man Law

September 15, 2006 06:54 PM | Link to this

From here on out, any game (football, baseball, basketball, yahtzee, Chutes & Ladders, etc.) played between any two teams or individuals from both GA and SC shall get to hold the monicker “Peach State” until the next game is played. Right now, GA holds the monicker due to UGA and the Falcons winning last weekend.

—Man Law

By Marvin Sorrells

September 15, 2006 07:29 PM | Link to this

Spurrier has always been a sore loser, especially to Georgia. While there weren’t too many for him, one was especially bad. That was the one when we felt sorry for him and all the Ga. players stood still to see if he could complete a pass and perhaps get in the record books. He’s never recov ered from that one. How embarassing! If you want to see real character wait and see if Richt even replies to such sour grapes.

By John

September 15, 2006 07:30 PM | Link to this

Susan you are calling Spurrier a redneck? That is quite funny. The majority of the UGA fans are huge rednecks. UGA, Auburn, Ole Miss, Bama etc are redneck schools. Spurrier is definitely a southern guy growing up in Tenn, but he is a bit different than the rednecks associated with these schools. Irving, you are a typical UGA fan. Leave the religion at home. We are talking about football.

By pitbull

September 15, 2006 07:52 PM | Link to this

University of South Carolina: Cradle of Has Been Coaches

By A Dose Of Reality

September 15, 2006 08:22 PM | Link to this

To all those South Carolina C** Panty Wastes …. Spurrier will never be a winner. He always has somebody to blame for his shortcomings as a coach and as a man. He needs to take a look deep inside his soul and he will find the same thing that everyone else already knows …. He is a true Southern AsHle. He gets his a*s handed to him by Georgia and now it is the referees fault. He must be blind in one eye and have a patch on the other eye because Georgia’s players dominated, Georgia’s coachs dominated and Georgia’s fan dominated. Just face it Steve, you are a loser and your fanbase sucks.

By mc

September 15, 2006 08:24 PM | Link to this

See this is all Guud! The Carolina folks, Gamefeeders, were AFRAID, that Spurrier had become more gentlier, softer, and humbling. Until, this last week. Quite frankly, I am glad he is back. There has never really been a rival between USC and UGA. Now, I think its own.

My wife is Ga grad and I am USC grad ….we have a great time with it. We were at the game Sat nite, and I enjoy going over to Athens as well. I have NEVER had a bad experience at Sanford stadium.

Some you necks need to ease up becuz you are really, embarssing yourself,UGA, and your families.

By A Dose Of Reality

September 15, 2006 08:24 PM | Link to this

test

By War Eagle

September 15, 2006 08:29 PM | Link to this

There are omly 3 great offensive coaches today in the NCAA. Steve Spurrier, Al Borgas, and Mack Browm. UGA has talent, SC is 2 years behind, but beware SC, they will win BIG. AUBURN SUCCESS IS GUIDED BT CTT AND HE HIRED THE BEST OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR IN THE COUNTRY,AL BORGAS. MACK BROWN HAS FORGOT MORE OFFENSE THAN MOST COACHES TODAY.

By Joel

September 15, 2006 08:48 PM | Link to this

Alright Steve, now your sounding like a true chicken. I knew it wouldn’t take long for that Gamecock whine and moan tradition to set in. Next thing you know, you will be declaring moral victories when you lose like so many chicken fans I know. Gamecocks are hilarious!

By Steve

September 15, 2006 08:49 PM | Link to this

AS others have stated already, if he thinks Georgia got away with some penalties he should watch the game again on tape. You woul have to be one biased SC fan to not admit that they got away with numerous penalties also.

I was watching the game at a local restaurant and on many occasions multiple people were screaming ‘hold’ during plays in which one of Georgia’s players was trying to chase down an SC player, mostly the QB.

I am betting the SEC officials also told Mark Richt they missed a few, but he said nothing to the media. Maybe it was because Georgia won, but maybe it’s because he is not a spolied brat. Spurrier is a Top 15 coach, but he is BCS quality in whining .. only Pete Carroll and Mack Brown can come close to Spurrier in that regard.

By jon lanz

September 15, 2006 08:57 PM | Link to this

GO TO HELL TECH,UT,UF, and USC FANS!!!!!!!!!!

By Palmetto State Dawg

September 15, 2006 09:20 PM | Link to this

ATLCock, do you rest your case? Exactly what is your case? That GA fans are rednecks? Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there are redneck fans everywhere. You Cocks just keep on celebrating that 1969 ACC title (can’t actually believe there’s a sign for that in the Chicken House…LOL), and we Dawgs will be on our way to ANOTHER SEC title. That sugar is oh so sweet!

By Dawgxian

September 15, 2006 09:23 PM | Link to this

I think hearing him whine about it makes it even better. Bring back fond memories of the year you won the Heisman, Steve?

By TigerFan

September 15, 2006 10:16 PM | Link to this

This is South Carolina football…

On December 24 1892, The University of South Carolina began a storied football tradition by losing to in-state rival Furman 44-0 in Charleston. The Gamecocks compiled a 0-3 record in their first two seasons and did not score an offensive point those two seasons. South Carolina football was born, as was a losing tradition that would continue over the next 111 seasons.

South Carolina has an all-time winning percentage under .500, which ranks 90th all-time in D-1A football history…only 27 of the 117 programs who are currently competing at the D-1A level have been worse. A few of the notable football programs who have been better than the Gamecocks include such powerhouses as: Rutgers, UNLV, Central Florida, Western Michigan, North Texas, San Diego State, Tulsa, Toledo, Navy, Ball State, Northern Illinois, Duke, East Carolina, Akron, Baylor, Utah State, Troy, San Jose State, Vanderbilt, Kansas, and Kentucky, just to name a few. Of the 62 teams in the history of D-1A football who have played 980 or more games, only 7 programs have won fewer games than South Carolina. That’s right, more than 87% of those 62 schools have been better. Forty-Six teams have played 1,050 games in their schools history and only two of them have yet to win 500 games…Northwestern and South Carolina. On November 6th 2004, South Carolina won their 495th football game by defeating Arkansas 35-32 in Columbia. It was the Gamecocks 1049th contest in schools history. Of the 62 programs that have won 495 or more games, only one took more games to achieve this milestone than South Carolina…that’s correct, only 1 out of 61…Cincinnati accomplished this feat in their 1064th game. This is South Carolina football.

Since the Associated Press began ranking football teams in 1936, the Cocks have finished in the Top 20 of the rankings only five times in the 69 years. Of the schools who have played D-1A football for more than half of those 69 seasons, only 17 of them have finished in the Top 20 fewer times than the Gamecocks. South Carolina has never finished in the Top 10 of a major recognized poll…NEVER. Only 27 other current D-1A teams who have played at least thirty seasons at the D-1A level have never had a Top 10 finish. This is South Carolina football.

The first year of Gamecock football was in 1892, Carolina won its first bowl game 103 years later. In 111 seasons of football, Carolina has yet to participate in one of the “Big 5” Bowls (Rose, Sugar, Orange, Fiesta, Cotton). Of the 100 D-1A teams who have participated in a bowl game, Carolina’s 11 appearances are tied with four other teams for 58th all-time, Carolina’s 3 wins are 87th all-time. Seventy-two schools have been to 9 or more bowl games, and of those 72 schools, South Carolina’s .273 bowl winning percentage ranks 72nd…that’s correct, LAST.

As Carolina is set to begin its 112th season of collegiate football, they have won 10 or more games in a single season once. South Carolina has won more games than it lost only 51 times. South Carolina has won 6 or more games in a season 34 times, and lost 6 or more 35 times. This is South Carolina football.

In conference play, Carolina has been even more unsuccessful. In the 61 seasons South Carolina has been affiliated with a conference, they have won that conference only once…the ACC in 1969, with a 7-4 record. South Carolina’s overall all-time winning percentage of .492 ranks 11th out of the 12 current SEC schools, only Mississippi State has been worse. Since joining the SEC in 1992, Carolina has had a winning record in the conference twice. In the thirteen seasons as a member of the SEC, Carolina boasts an overall conference record of 37-66-1…only two teams have been worse: Kentucky has 27 wins, Vanderbilt 13. Although Carolina has yet to finish in the top two of the Eastern division, they have finished last twice. Carolina has yet to win six conference games in a season, something only Kentucky and Vanderbilt have done over the past 12 seasons. Since 1992, only once has a conference member failed to win a game overall in a single season…you guessed it, South Carolina. In fact, the Gamecocks went two consecutive seasons without winning one conference game, not one. Since 1992, only three times has any non-probation member of the conference failed to win two or more games overall in a season…South Carolina has accomplished this feat twice, Kentucky once. South Carolina’s all-time record versus other current conference members is even more unimpressive: 3-9 vs Alabama, 5-8 vs Arkansas, 1-4-1 vs Auburn, 3-19-3 vs Florida, 13-42-2 vs Georgia, 9-6-1 vs Kentucky, 2-14-1 vs LSU, 5-8 vs Ole Miss, 5-6 vs Mississippi St., 2-19-2 vs Tennessee, and 12-2 vs Vanderbilt. That’s correct, Carolina leads the all-time series against 2 SEC teams…Kentucky and Vanderbilt. South Carolina boasts an all time record of 60-137-8 against current SEC teams, a .2926 winning percentage…good enough for 12th out of the current 12 SEC members…that’s correct, LAST. This is South Carolina football.

But, the comparison of only 13 seasons in one conference does no justice to the tradition of South Carolina football. So lets compare the Cocks record versus D-1A schools they have played 20 or more times: 36-62-4 vs Clemson, 17-24-3 vs Duke, 3-19-3 vs Florida, 13-42-2 vs Georgia, 9-12 vs Georgia Tech,11-17 vs Maryland, 16-34-4 vs North Carolina, 25-26-4 vs North Carolina State, 2-19-2 vs Tennessee, 21-12-1 vs Virginia, and 33-21-2 vs Wake Forest. That’s correct, Carolina leads the all-time series against 2 of these 11 teams…Virginia and Wake Forest. This is South Carolina football.

South Carolina’s futility is not limited to their pitiable record of wins and losses, several other factors contribute to South Carolina’s storied custom of failures. They include… *Unsuccessful coaches: South Carolina has had 32 different head coaches in its storied tradition…only six of them stayed longer than 5 seasons, 22 of them have losing records. *Players drafted by the NFL: Since the NFL Draft began in 1967, SEC institutions have an illustrious history of players selected in the first round…well not all SEC schools. Only four teams have failed to have at least nine players selected in the first round…Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Mississippi State, and of course South Carolina. *Home field advantage: Since joining the SEC, the Cocks are 62-80-1 overall at home and 21-34-1 in conference play. *Offensive Production: It’s another Carolina Touchdown!?…not quite. Although the inaugural shutout loss to Furman in 1894 was the Gamecocks first scoreless game, it wasn’t their last. The Gamecocks have failed to score a single point in 160 games, over 15% of their contests. They have scored in single digits in 395 of their 1051 games, a staggering mark of 37.5%. Of the 46 programs, which have played more than 1050 games all-time, only one (Northwestern) has scored fewer points than South Carolina in their schools history. Of the 62 programs that have played in 980 or more games, only five have scored fewer points than South Carolina. South Carolina’s 7.8 points per game in 1999 is the fewest in SEC play since the conference expanded to 12 members in 1992. That season, South Carolina scored more than 10 points in three of their eleven games, and scored more than 14 points only once. *Fan traditions: South Carolina fans began a practice of tearing down goalposts following “big” victories. In 2000, after beating New Mexico State at home to snap a 21 game losing streak the goalposts were torn down in Williams-Brice Stadium. It was a monumental win for the Gamecocks, beating a team who had enjoyed as much success as New Mexico State. The Aggies entered the game with 3 winning seasons over the previous 33 years, and an overall record of 40-136 during the previous 16 seasons. *Rivalries: Another important component of football tradition are rivalries. According to South Carolina fans, their biggest two rivalries are Clemson and Georgia. The Gamecocks have compiled a 48-105-6 record against these two schools. Over the past 47 seasons, South Carolina has played both Georgia and Clemson in the same season 42 times. The Gamecocks have beaten both teams in the same season five times since 1958, and have lost to both teams in the same season 21 times over that span. Gamecock fans believe the next most important games are against Eastern Division opponents Florida and Tennessee. Carolina has a combined record of 5-38-5 against these two teams. Of the 5 wins against the two schools, only one has come since 1936, a one-point victory 13 seasons ago. The Citadel and Davidson College have each defeated Carolina more times (The Citadel – 8; Davidson - 14) than the Gamecocks have beaten these two Eastern Division teams combined (5). To put South Carolina’s lack of success against these four “rivalries” into perspective, the Gamecocks combined .2514 winning percentage against these four programs is lower than the combined winning percentage of The Citadel, East Carolina, Davidson and Presbyterian have against South Carolina (.3030). This is South Carolina football.

But all this tradition and past records are meaningless. What is more important is the recent history. Only losers live in the past. We are in the best years of Carolina Gamecock football, and the future has never been brighter…or has it? After leading South Carolina to their most successful two-year run in the programs history, many Cocks believed Lou Holtz had brought his winning ways to Columbia…he failed like twenty-one coaches who preceded him. Lou Holtz retired after the 2004 season, with a 33-37 record. South Carolina failed to make the postseason for the 8th time in the past 10 seasons. Holtz’ tenure was just another in a long line of recent Gamecock failures. South Carolina’s record since 1995: 49-64-1, which is 82nd among 117 D-1A teams over the same period. Since Joining the SEC: 66-81-1, which is 74th among D-1A teams over the same period. Since 1990: 75-92-3, which is 71st among D-1A teams over the same span. Carolina has finished in the Top 15 once in the past 16 seasons, and been to three bowl games in that span. This is South Carolina football.

After consecutive bowl appearances in 2000 and 2001, South Carolina was coming off of their most successful two year run in the programs history. The Gamecocks 17 wins during that period was the most by any South Carolina team over a two-year span. Only 17 other current D-1A schools that have fielded a team 15 or more seasons have failed to win 18 or more games in consecutive seasons. Carolina was going to keep the momentum and 2002 was the season that the Cocks would breakthrough and finally surpass Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida. They would finally get over ‘the hump’ to capture the Eastern Division Championship. You had two Heisman candidates in the same backfield, Pinnock and Jenkins. You mixed up all the ingredients to produce another sub .500 record, and another 0-for against the Big 3 from the East, and another loss to in-state rival Clemson. The Carolina Heisman candidate at RB finished with less than 50 yards per game rushing, and the Heisman candidate at QB finished the season at DB. But, wait there is always next year.

2003 would be the year that Holtz previous recruiting seasons would begin to pay dividends. The team no longer had any ‘cancers’ and was again united. Team unity, young stars, and maturity at QB would get South Carolina back to a New Years Day Bowl game. Your most hated rival would be down and a Carolina victory at home on the seasons last game would likely lead to the departure of the rival coaching staff. The best High School Running Back to ever step on a field made a pledge in February to attend South Carolina, and bring glory to Columbia. That Running Back ended the season by leading the team with 58 yards per game rushing in his first season in Columbia…3 Freshmen Running Backs in the conference were better. Your QB who had matured, and finally had a grasp of the offense? He finished with the lowest completion percentage in the conference, as well as the fewest yards. Again, it was a sub .500 record overall, 2-6 in the conference, another 0-for against the Big 3 from the East. And the season finale that would send your in-state rival back to the drawing board and end the coaching career of Tommy Bowden instead ended in a 46-point home loss.

Seventeen of Twenty-two starters returned for 2004, and with it came high expectations. Returning was your entire offensive backfield. You brought in a new defensive coordinator who was going to implement a new scheme that would be a better fit for your young defensive talent. On offense, Lou took over play calling duties and was supposed take Carolina to the top by grinding it out on the ground. And when your Senior QB would be presented with the situation when he must throw, Coach Holtz said he was going to “shock the conference”. The season began with a blowout win over Vanderbilt, and a 16-point lead midway through the second quarter over highly touted Georgia. But, then the reality of what the true description of South Carolina football is occurred, South Carolina wouldn’t score again until the South Florida game. When the season ended, this group of Gamecocks etched their name next to failures of the past. Once again South Carolina failed to reach the postseason. Once again, they ended conference play without a winning record. For the third season in a row they went 0-4 against the big three from the East and in state rival Clemson. The lopsided defeats in the 2004 contests against these four teams brought the total point differential margin to 191 points that Carolina has been outscored by in those four “rivalry” games over the last three seasons. South Carolina has allowed 23 or more points in nine of those games, and scored 23 or more only once. The Quarterback who was going to “shock the conference” didn’t make it to the third game of the season. Gamecock players gave Coach Holtz an early retirement gift during the final contest of the season in a 22-point loss to Clemson by delaying the game nearly ten minutes midway through the fourth quarter. The reason for the delay was frustrated South Carolina players started an ugly on-field altercation. The actions led to a postseason ban by the University. A team that had positioned itself to accomplish what only 11 teams before them had accomplished, instead took their place in Gamecock history as the 100th team that failed to reach postseason. Coach Holtz called the scene, his “biggest disappointment.” For many it was just another chapter of “This is South Carolina football.”

On November 23, 2004, South Carolina named Steve Spurrier as the schools Head Football Coach. Spurrier brings to South Carolina a .777 college winning percentage. His resume includes six SEC titles, one ACC title, and one national championship. Coach Spurrier holds the mark with the all-time highest winning percentage in SEC play. Spurrier will also bring to Columbia the highest expectations in the schools history. Spurrier finished in the Final AP Top 15 twelve consecutive seasons at Florida, so that is what we should expect at South Carolina. Spurrier had a career record of 11-1 against Georgia while at the Gator helm, so that is what we should expect at South Carolina. Gamecock players have greeted Coach Spurrier’s arrival in emblematic Carolina fashion with an abundance of team rules violations and felony arrests. In January, six players were charged after a total of $18,000 worth of computer and video equipment and framed photographs were taken from South Carolina’s stadium in late November. The incident resulted in Offensive Lineman Woody Telfort being charged with a felony count of grand larceny, and numerous other charges against players. On March 1st leading rusher Demetris Summers was dismissed from the team. A day later, Tackle Kevin Mainord was arrested for stealing televisions from dorm rooms. Defensive End Moe Thompson was also arrested on similar charges six days later. On April 16th, two more Gamecock players, Josh Johnson and Ty Erving, were arrested and charged with simple marijuana possession. Less than two weeks later, WR David Smith pled guilty to third degree burglary. In late May, Linebacker Dustin Lindsey was charged with DUI. On June 23rd, Cory Boyd was dismissed from the team. In all, twelve players have been arrested in the 2005 calendar year. It’s been a typical Gamecock offseason. But, all will be suppressed in less than two months, when 111 years of South Carolina’s losing tradition will be changed. The man who will single handedly change the program has arrived in Columbia…sounds similar to what we were told before Holtz’ arrival. When Spurrier accepted the job to lead the Gamecocks, he commented, “they really haven’t ever done much here.” No kidding Steve, welcome to South Carolina football.

By dawgswood

September 15, 2006 10:23 PM | Link to this

What a hypocrite Spurrier is for reinstating his QB. We can now say that would never happen at GA. He’d be out 2 or 3 games and thats if the school didn’t take action. Spurrier is just desperate at this point and he’s damaging his image.

By Dr Glenn

September 15, 2006 10:31 PM | Link to this

The old ball coach is a millionaire and unlike 90% of you “so called” college fans,he actually attended a school.I really enjoy asking some stupid redneck with GA crap all over his silly little pick up “What year did you graduate?”,only to hear “hell,I never went to school,I’m just a dumb redneck!!”