Spurrier fires another shot at Ole Miss
Steve Spurrier has found a new foil in Ole Miss. (AP photo)
And he seems to have found a new foil — Ole Miss, oddly enough — to add to his favorite targets, Georgia and Tennessee.
His latest feud began a couple of weeks ago as he was complaining about Georgia seemingly having an easier schedule than the Gamecocks in the SEC East.
“You think I make the schedule? If I made the schedule Georgia would be playing LSU and we’d be playing Ole Miss,” he said.
Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze picked up on the slight and responded.
“We do play them in 2013,” Freeze said. “I will circle that one and hopefully change his perspective of Ole Miss football.”
Spurrier, of course, has never let anybody have the last word, so he used a visit to ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn., this week to comment on Freeze’s recruitment of Penn State players.
While Spurrier told ESPN he’s “not actively recruiting any Penn State players,” it’s understandable, he said, that Ole Miss is: “They need some ball players there.”
The ball’s in Freeze’s court, but the first-year SEC coach might want to call a truce in the child’s game of “is not, is too.” Because when it comes to child’s games, Spurrier, like most kids, never seems to get tired.
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129 comments Add your comment
swatguy
July 27th, 2012
4:21 pm
I want Spurrier at Tech. Ga. Tech.
BLT
July 27th, 2012
4:22 pm
Make that“could not win another”
sure
KingGator
July 27th, 2012
5:15 pm
I like what “bamaguy” says, “Spurrier just says what the other coaches think”. He’s a breath of fresh air out there, esp. compared to the likes of Kiffin & Urban Meyer. Anybody that can win a conference championship at DUKE has to be respected. Come on, when Saban, Urban, Kiffin, Miles, etc can win a championship at a school like DUKE or VANDY, then they’re in that upper echelon. Anybody can roll into bama or southern cal and win if they have half a brain. Tradition gives you an upper hand right off the bat. The rest is just plug and play
kral
July 27th, 2012
5:24 pm
great coach..yes..so let’s excuse his negative qualities..cause winning is all that matters..yep you go get him or young kiffen and win you a championship one day …stand tall be proud..bow out your chest with self-indirect respect..could be wrong about ole ball coach…knaw do not think so
kral
July 27th, 2012
5:32 pm
I disagree king..I do not believe other coaches would say the same things as spurred…if he is a breath of fresh air I would rather stay inside
kral
July 27th, 2012
5:41 pm
self analysis is great to- tell -the -truth…blanket statements on a blog of group analysis is easy..yes some it is on the mark,but if you tell some of the truth it becomes a lie
The Truth
July 27th, 2012
6:18 pm
Betcha he doesn’t smart to or about Bill Stanfill. Probably still having nightmares…
blkbear
July 27th, 2012
7:03 pm
Well, Ole Miss hasn’t been very good since the 60’s, so it’s not like he said anything people weren’t thinking.
BEEFENSE
July 27th, 2012
8:24 pm
My favorite coach—and Ugag hates him for the reason i like him–he owns the leghompers-LOL
John Boehner's Tanning Bed
July 27th, 2012
8:31 pm
Are you kidding me? Nobody is scared of South Carolina except maybe Clemson. Spurrier is washed up. He has the same amount of Nation Championships as Gene Chiznick over at Alabama Poly Tech. Big Whoop!
Warhorse
July 27th, 2012
9:08 pm
SOS has never been put on probation and his national championship in 1996 is one of the few untainted MNCs in recent history. He has integrity but not a scared guy who will not speak his peace. He is Bobby Knight without an anger problem. Great coach who lives by the rules but cannot abide the losers who are bothered by him, including the panty wringers on here.
Satan Sabin
July 27th, 2012
9:37 pm
The ole pukemouth is what he has always been, a pukemouth. BTW, I am not a Ga fan.
hey, steve
July 27th, 2012
9:49 pm
Is it 3rd down, or 4th down?
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usc81
July 28th, 2012
8:18 am
As a Carolina alum, I claimed to hate him too when his Florida teams would destroy Carolina. I now profess undying love. In over 100 years of football futility, he has us winning. Some even claim we will win the East!. He may very well be an a%% h#&&, but he is my a** h(*&. He is loyal to the schools that he coached and speaks his mind, so be it. I would much rather hear that than the same old “they are a talented team”, “we have to take it one game at a time” bs we hear from other coaches.
GT
July 28th, 2012
8:35 am
Spurrier just says what everybody else is thinking and the local press won’t write. He kind of takes the void left from the local press turning into a PR machine for Georgia and I would imagine Tenn. He beat Georgia last year in Athens. The only reason he didn’t go to the SEC championship for the second year in a row was because he had to play a much harder outside schedule. He lost the first SEC championship game because Latimore was hurt in the first quarter and still was far more competitive than Georgia in that game. If this strange scheduling had taking place with Georgia this “child’s game” as you call it would be on steroids. This cost USC millions and made UGA millions, one simple game, Ole Miss and LSU. Probably the worse team in the conference and the best, now two years in a row. Cads are the powerful bullying the weak, the real cad here is the scheduler for the conference year after year. Remember Alabama was taken off the Georgia schedule this year.
GT
July 28th, 2012
8:46 am
One thing the press should think about is maybe their soft shoeing the reality of what goes on campuses in football programs might be, to some part, what caused Penn State. This homer mentality paves the way for the conduct we see in Athens which very well may be hiding a lot more than what they have to report because it is on a public arrest dockets. This “child games” are not quiet so funny any more. I truly doubt South Carolina will ever have the problem as long as a wide awake Spurrier is on duty. We actually need a 100 more like him to wake this child like press of jock worshipers up and start doing their jobs.
damngoodawg
July 28th, 2012
9:27 am
Pickin on Ole Miss is like a bully pickin out the wimpy kid on the playground and making fun of him…because he can get away with it. I hate your miserable guts Spurrier…by the way Coach, would you be interested in changing jobs????
John Boehner's Tanning Bed
July 28th, 2012
10:00 am
The only reason Spurrier took the South Carolina job was so that he could try to force the school to give his son the head coaching job when he retired.
Dangerous
July 28th, 2012
10:06 am
GT Football provides a lot of scholarships for kids to go to school and get educated. A very small percentage of kids make it to the NFL, very small. In addition look at all the pub these kids get with TV. A very large percentage are household names. If they are successful in college, they don’t have a hard time getting a job. PERIOD. Football money also provides scholarships for other sports programs and their band programs. Money from football does so much good.
Dawgnlex is a complete tool
July 28th, 2012
10:16 am
A.J. McCarron > Erin Murray
pb
July 28th, 2012
11:15 am
A jerk is a jerk whether he wins a lot of games or not. And this guy is not the greatest coach some of you think he is. At least not at this stage of his career. Seems to love acting like a bratty kid with his comments. Not funny or entertaining to me.
Love Gun!
July 28th, 2012
11:19 am
Richt has a winning record against Spurrier and Georgia will kick South Carolina’s butt October 6th! Dawgs win national title this year!
GDAWG65
July 28th, 2012
11:21 am
Except for DC Todd Grantham the DAWGS don’t have a quality coach. Make Grantham head coach and let him restructure the team. That will probably happen when Richt’s protector Mike Adams leaves – and that can’t be too soon.
GIVE ME A BREAK
July 28th, 2012
12:14 pm
He just wants to be challenged. Beat him and then say that SC needs players and a coach. I like his jabs.
dawgfan
July 28th, 2012
1:38 pm
“Spurrier just says what everybody else is thinking and the local press won’t write.”
Funny. I do the same thing with Georgia Tech football.
Miamidawg
July 29th, 2012
5:35 pm
Want to shut his mouth? Beat him.
jlk
July 30th, 2012
3:20 pm
I met Spurrier a year or so ago in a pizza reastuarant of all places and he is actually pretty friendly and funny. He just doesnt sit still and he doesnt have time to answer stupid questions like what he had for breakfast today. I love him though i hated him when he was at Florida cause his teams would wipe the floor with my team.
Rsh
July 31st, 2012
1:47 pm
Is everybody missing the point? Fact of the matter is, Spurrier speaks the truth once again… Ole Miss has won what, 2 games, over the last two years. They need the players. Like him or not, Spurrier’s the only coach that speaks his mind. God bless him…