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Seems like it would be more accurate to say it was understandable, but not excusable, IMHO. I can see why the kids may not have been excited by the game but they still have a job to do.
Be thankful for Champ and his staff
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Seems like it would be more accurate to say it was understandable, but not excusable, IMHO. I can see why the kids may not have been excited by the game but they still have a job to do.
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He may be one of those guys meant to be a defensive coordinator, not a head coach. We have seen that with a number of guys: Dave Campo, Ron Zook, Dave Wannstedt, etc. Good defensive assistant coaches, but not right for the top spot.
But we still lost to the Citadel, close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades, we played Clemson tough this past year only to look like the Bad News Bears against Uva.
It was reported on the Insiders Forum that he decided to give the players time off instead of having all the practices.
I certainly didnt mean to imply we should be anywhere other than the SEC. But if success is 100% dependent on recruiting prowess, then no program will ever challenge the power programs. It's not a caste system. To become a power program ourselves, we will have to beat power programs who have more talent on the field than we have. But it doesn't have to always be that way.
They scored 56 points against us. They beat us by more than 3 touchdowns.
I really don't think 'tough' is the correct word to use when discussing how we played against Clemson.
We were playing 7 true freshman and scored 38 points I call that tough when everybody and their cousin thought it would be far worse.
I'll type slower next time I know you don't read really fast. Why the surprised look?
So what is your point? Oh, wait! We had a drug problem against Clemson on defense the last 3 years. Yep, they drug our defense up and down the field for a grand total of 146 points. That averages out to 49 points given up per game. Sure glad Muschamp recruits hard and is a defensive guru, aren't you? Just empirically prove to me that Will Muschamp today isn't the same hard-headed idiot that he was at Florida and I'm sure I'll get on board with his genius coaching.
What? It's not my job to prove anything about Muschamp my job is to hope we win and look for a translator for your post.
I hope we win too! Unfortunately, I believe we have the wrong HC for that!
Agreed, but Muschamp has not shown me so far what I want to see. I really hope he proves me very wrong this season!
I hope he does too but he did win 9 in his second season and is still ahead of Spurrier. All we can do is hope brother.
Yep be most of us would have loved a 28-7 for instance. It's still 3 TD but looks prettier..lol
Boy! To a true Gamecock Fan, your comment is almost sacrilegious and at least blasphemous.
During the 2013 season, Spurrier led his Gamecocks to a third consecutive 11-2 record. Only two other programs (Alabama and Oregon) have won 11 or more games each of the last three seasons (2011–13). During the season, the Gamecocks defeated three teams that finished ranked in the Top 10 in the final AP Poll (Missouri, University of Central Florida, and Clemson). The Gamecocks were the only team to accomplish this feat. They also became the first and only team to defeat two teams that won BCS bowl games. Following their 34-24 win over Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl, the Gamecocks were ranked 4th in the final AP Poll, setting a record for the program. This also marked the third straight year that the Gamecocks finished with a Top 10 ranking in the final AP Poll. While defeating Clemson, again, the Gamecocks ran their winning streak over their archrival to five games, which is the longest winning streak in the rivalry, for either team, since 1940. The 31-17 score marked the 5th straight double-digit margin of victory over their ACC foe. Also, for the 5th straight year, the Gamecocks defense held the Tigers to 17 points or less.
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Took him 6 years to have a 9-game winning season....bunch of 7 win seasons prior to that. Lost 4 of his 5 first bowl games and got whipped by UConn only scoring a late TD in garbage time....it was every bit as bad as the bowl game last year. At least UVA came from a decent conference. And he got blown out the year before that by Iowa in the bowl game.
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All kidding aside, no hidden sarcasm, whatsoever, although you and I are opposite poles on this issue, I respect and admire your loyalty and dedication.
All true, but the difference in the details.
In his 1st Season, Spurrier beat #23 Tennessee at UT and #12 Florida. Already he has more wins versus ranked teams than Muschamp has had in 3 years here.
He also played #9 UGA down to the wire at UGA 17-15 and blew out the Kentucky Wildcats 44-16. Clemson edged us 13-9 that year and we were ranked #19 going into that game. We beat them the following year and lost by 2 in 2007. Muschamp has given up close to 150 points to them in extreme blowouts.
With Spurrier, to spite the overall start, there was always a palpable sense we could beat anyone at any given moment. He salivated at going against top teams and would love that UGA and Clemson were bidding for the top. In addition, the media loved him so we got great exposure which would pay dividends in future recruiting.
With Muschamp when it comes to games of significant relevance, Muschamp seems 3 feet tall and typically finishes the game that way. If you google "Will Muschamp", the larger image that sits to the right side in the profile speaks for itself:
https://www.google.com/search?ei=AG...0....1..gws-wiz.......0i7i30j0i13.XmzpyT05vGs
In addition, his relationship with the media and overall perception is not very positive. There were alot of people outspoken about our hire, especially the ESPN guys. That shouldn't matter, but it does in the age of social media and such.
The progression of this discussion is: "Well Spurrier is done..." However, most would agree we could and should deserve better. When you see how Tom Herman, Dan Mullins, Kirby Smart, Jimbo Fisher, or even Josh Heupel etc. are performing in windows equal to, or shorter than Champ, it drives the point home.
Agree somewhat with the first part, with the stipulation that we could also have an inexplicable loss to some poor team from time to time...such as Vandy, who was not good when we lost to them.
With respect to your last paragraph, all took over programs that were well ahead of us in recruiting and generally are from states with an almost unlimited resource of recruits. For a better comparison, look at Mullins when he took over MSU. And Fisher left FSU in bad shape....real bad shape.
I'm really struggling with talking myself out of believing this Jim guy is Ray Tanner or if he resides near the male bovine street in Columbia. No one can have a pelvis as strong is. No way it candle that much pumping lol
