Spurrier interview on 107.5
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Me too. We all know the ending sucked but thankful for the greatest memories in my lifetime.
He sure could call em. I remember hearing a fan say after that 27-24 overtime comeback victory over Mizzou, that when the HBC got hot calling plays, it was like watching a conductor orchestrate a symphony. Lol
I hate the way he went out but those years were the highlight of our program. I’m surprised we haven’t seen any five bombs from the Tater fans. Our fans were relentless during the streak. I loved rubbing it in their faces so I dreaded Christmas this year. Shockingly, my Clemson cousins didn’t even mention the game. Hopefully they missed their chance and we break the streak this year.
Thank you HBC. You are a legend.
Thank you HBC. You are a legend.
Even after the Mike Davis fumbles Coach went back to him with screen passes to Davis underneath. It was a thing of beauty the way they fought back
Still defending Jr a the recruiting coordinator.
I know he ain't gonna call out his son, but still...
I'd ask Champ if the recruiting coordinator is nothing more than a secretary.
I know he ain't gonna call out his son, but still...
I'd ask Champ if the recruiting coordinator is nothing more than a secretary.
The most fun I've ever had watching Carolina football was those years. Hopefully it can be topped one day but it'll be hard for anyone to unseat Steve Spurrier as my favorite Carolina football coach
He was great during the sober years. One of the best in the game. Always found the right play in the right situation to keep Momentum and win.
Muschamp can turn page on that era with a win against bama in week 3
I feel like we had a 4 year party at the tailgate. Winning Home Games was Shaw's m.o.
The evaluations on the defensive side of the ball were a terrible. I think most of that falls on Whammy. But man oh man, the QB evaluations were something special. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but Perry Orth ends up as the QB? In the SEC? That's crazy.
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Yeah, he should have put down the Coors Light and popped some ostarine pills instead. Heck, who needs ostarine pills, it's supposedly in everything, hair gel, soda pop, acne cream. I think there was some ostarine in the Doritos I ate last night.
Oh no. Your troll didn't work and I realized you're a tater!
Muschamp would need to win the division, win some bowl games and dominate Clemson several years running before any "page turning" could begin
When you win two national titles I think they’re less worried about 5 wins over their rival.
Clemson doesn't take us seriously anymore. We have become to them what we were to UT and UF in the 90s.
Heath brought up that we're still the last east team to beat Bama. There were some good times. I think folks tend to remember the bad.
It's not just selectively remembering the bad, though. It was an absolute dumpster fire at the end. Not like we just slipped a bit.
Agreed.
While Heath was busy, as is his usual MO, degrading anyone with an opinion differing from his own ("I just don't get you people", "Okay, if thaaaaat's what you wanna go with", "If that floats your boat, then go for it", etc, etc, adnauseam), I contend that people can actually remember the SOS years for both the good and the bad. You don't HAVE to only remember that period in one way or the other.
In 2016, 2017, I was really ticked at SOS because of how he left our program. Mind you, I didn't lose sleep over it - wasn't that critical in my life - but I had a very low opinion of him, overshadowing the good he'd done. With time, I've mellowed on it (again, not a real important thing in life ). I can certainly appreciate the good things he did for USC. All of those firsts! 3 11-win seasons. Big bowl wins over Michigan, Neb, Wis. SECE title. The ridiculous home winning streak. The 5-peat. On and on. Those were great years. A great time to be a Gamecock.
At the same time, I can look back with - I'd say at this point, frustration. Frustration with what could have been. Had he not gotten lazy or complacent. Had he not made some hires or refused to make some fires. We were poised for even better things to come, but it was all snuffed out. C'est la vie!
It has been good to hear SOS admit that he messed it up at the end. He's said it; He's owned it. I respect him for that. Now he should let it go. He obviously sees both sides of his overall tenure here as HBC, there's no reason we fans can't too.
SOS will go down as the best football coach we ever had (by far) and also the one that left us in the worst position. JR never should've been front and center on recruiting and Steve himself got lazy in recruiting. It never ends well with a coach on his last run but it was worth the best five year stretch in school history.
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Everybody knew he would leave at some point. I never expected him to stay as long as he did. He had in the back of his mind, as Lou did at one time, that he could leave his boy in charge of a healthy program. But successful HC's don't leave when the program is healthy and we didn't hire either son as HCIW.
I wasn't to upset on Spurrier leaving because he was talked into staying after the 2013 season.
As much as it taints his tenure, it's actually good that Spurrier hung around til the bitter end. The seeds for failure had been sown long before he walked away mid-season. Any new coach coming in would have been shell-shocked at how decimated we were. He would have had a ROUGH first year, for sure. If Spurrier had left when things still appeared peachy on the surface, the new coach would have shouldered ALL of the blame for the decline, even though it would not have been his fault. He would have been fired by now.
That game he called in Auburn was the best I’ve ever seen. Although we lost he almost pulled it off as an 18 point dog. Unreal
Sounds like exactly whats going on at FSU. Whether or not Taggart is the right man remains to be seen but it appears he was left a mess.
He tried to give Jr. a pass saying it was up to the coordinators to cover their areas and not him. Lame.
they can all share a piece on this one, more than one finger to point.
Funny you mention that. With the symphony analogy above this was ironically the game I remember most. Didn’t think others would agree because we lost but that night they had NFL talent on defense and no answer for us. Even though we lost that may have been the best called game under Spurrier. Seemed like everything was open.
Well Clemson better. Just because we were left high and dry with the Spurrier cop out doesn't mean we can't compete with the cheats in Pickens. I fully expect we will win at WB this year.
That game immediately came to mind, but I could be 100% sure who it was against (getting old sucks! lol). What I remember most though was our offense that night was a doggone sewing machine! Humming along steadily, not missing a beat. Both teams were up and down the field - them, unfortunately just a bit more than us. But yes, that had to be the best-called game he had here!
Well the last few years Clemson's had bigger fish to fry after our game. Back when we beat them that was the cap of our season for the most part.
There is no one like good old Steve. The man inspires confidence (when he is awake). Now if only he did not fall asleedin 2014!
Wish he could come back here as an offensive consultant.
If you saw him coach Orlando this year - he still has the fire. He was talked into coaching a year more than he wanted to here.
The last scored with less than one minute remaining and their first team still in. We then were headed for another score when the clock ran out. And playing with guys on defense that I didn't even know were on the roster is not playing above our heads my friend. Sorry you can't see that. Or maybe you can and are just tying to downplay.
So you don't want to give them credit for a late TD but do want to give us credit for a TD we didn't score?
Much of what he posts is pro-tater. Birds of a feather? That's the conclusion many on here have come to.
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