Spurrier strikes again

Discussion in 'Sports' started by justingroves, Apr 17, 2012.

  1. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    From NBC Sports Talk

    On Saban:

    ““He’s got a nice little gig going, a little bit like Calipari. He tells guys, ‘Hey, three years from now, you’re going to be a first-round pick and go.’ If he wants to be the greatest coach or one of the greatest coaches in college football, to me, he has to go somewhere besides Alabama and win, because they’ve always won there at Alabama.”*


    On Richt and moving the Georgia game on the schedule:

    “I don’t know. I sort of always liked playing them that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended.”

    He's wrong about Saban needing to prove himself outside of Alabama (his track record kind of speaks for itself) but it's still funny
     
  2. droski

    droski Traffic Criminal

    apparently he isn't aware of the mike shula era. do you think this is spurrier excusing away his not spectacular record at USC? i bet saban could have them winning SEC championships.
     
  3. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    What this tells me is that Spurrier really likes this ball team and we should be concerned about SC this fall.
     
  4. Snakeonia

    Snakeonia Active Member

    i'm not so sure about that droski. Spurrier won 11 last year at USC and that has never happened at that crap hole. It's ashame we couldn't get spurrier when he decided to go to USC.
     
  5. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    This is Spurrier saying he thinks he's got a hell of a team. Alabama had a 10 win season under Shula in 2005. The team was talented but poorly coached. The only time Alabama has really faltered has been when they've gotten caught cheating.
     
  6. Sleezboe

    Sleezboe New Member

    the Georgia game comments had me rolling...classic Spurrier
     
  7. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    The shot he took at UGA was awesome
     
  8. droski

    droski Traffic Criminal

    before last year he wasn't materially better than holtz.
     
  9. Snakeonia

    Snakeonia Active Member

    but spurrier did things holtz couldn't. Beat UF, and UT
     
  10. droski

    droski Traffic Criminal

    doubt he would have beat UF and UT during holtz's years.
     
  11. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    Holtz came pretty close to beating UT himself in 00, 01 and 02.
     
  12. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

    2003 was triple overtime.
     
  13. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

    First time SC ever won the East was in 2010. Actually I'm not sure they ever even came in third before Spurrier. They won it in 2012, too, of not for ridiculous SEC West games.
     
  14. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    For some reason I was thinking that one was 2001. 2001 was OT wasn't it?
     
  15. Duckman

    Duckman Chieftain

    Holtz laid a pretty good foundation for Spurrier all things considered. Spurrier would have more than likely turned them around anyway, but having Holtz there saved the ole ball coach having one or two losing seasons straight out of the gate. Before Holtz got there SC was absolutely terrible.
     
  16. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    94, 96, 00, 01 and tied for it in 04 per wikipedia.

    Never finished higher than that though.
     
  17. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    It's definitely debatable that Holtz's first team there in 99 is the worst SEC team of my lifetime. 0-11, and I'm not sure they were even that good. He inherited nothing.
     
  18. DarthVisor

    DarthVisor Active Member

    I hope you're right, but thr last time he was this bold, 2007, SC finished the season 0-5.
     
  19. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

    Spurrier booted like eight starters his first month in charge. Holtz was notorious for scorching the earth right as he left.
     
  20. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

    I can't recall that one. 2003 was the year James Banks played so well and won the game in OT. Dustin Colquitt might have played the best game I've ever seen from a punter.
     

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