Grantham returns Spurrier’s barb
ATHENS — Todd Grantham took note of Saturday’s barb from Steve Spurrier –- and returned the volley Tuesday night with a reference to Spurrier’s lack of success in the NFL.
Spurrier, the South Carolina coach, poked at Grantham, the Georgia defensive coordinator and long-time NFL assistant, after Gamecocks running back Marcus Lattimore had 182 yards rushing against the Bulldogs by saying: “That little inside zone play, the NFL doesn’t run that play. That’s a new scheme, I guess.”
Grantham was asked after Georgia’s practice Tuesday if he saw Spurrier’s comment.
“Yeah, that was texted to me,” Grantham replied with a grin. “I appreciate his assistance, you know. But we actually knew what plays they were running. And they actually run that play in pro ball, and our offense actually runs that play, too. So we’re kind of on top of our game.
“It was kind of an out-of-left-field comment,” Grantham added. “I kind of took it more as a shot at the NFL. I really wasn’t sure if it was because of his lack of success there or what. So I kind of took it more like that than anything.”
Spurrier was 12-20 in two seasons as coach of the NFL’s Washington Redskins.
Grantham coached in the NFL for 11 seasons before being hired as Georgia’s defensive coordinator this year.
South Carolina beat Georgia 17-6 on Saturday.
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Dan Mullen
September 14th, 2010
9:33 pm
Hater get your sorry butt off this blog, nobody here is rooting for them mutts you love
Dawg Fan
September 14th, 2010
9:33 pm
cctusc, 3 wins in 10 years, I guess I would teach my line to hold too as a final attempt to squeak out a win.
St. Clarkston
September 14th, 2010
9:34 pm
I’m no fan of spurrier, but three days after he guts our defense is no time to be talking smack.
Reality
September 14th, 2010
9:35 pm
dawg fan=moron
Freehawk
September 14th, 2010
9:35 pm
@Jason – Spurrier’s QB completed 70% against Lakatos’ DBs and his team was 9 for 14 on third downs. Thanks for asking.
Hater
September 14th, 2010
9:36 pm
Dawg Fan, why do all of the humpers always complain about the refs; dont you realize that it is weak to whine? and give em hell, your DC is an idiot; his reply to Spur dog was that they did know it was coming and then made fun of his record in washington? The Dumb Azz was fired from the Cleveland Browns for having a D that sucked and then yall all give him credit for dallas’s D last year and the tool didnt even call the plays. Sad very Sad. Get ready for a blow out this week humpers.
Dan Mullen
September 14th, 2010
9:36 pm
St.Clarkson after Petrino puts up 400 yards through the air on Georgia’s secondary, lets see what u will say next week
Dan Mullen
September 14th, 2010
9:38 pm
Hater those mutts you root for will not make it in the SEC, they will be lucky too beat vandy and kentucky. My team will whoop them next week
cctusc
September 14th, 2010
9:38 pm
DAWG FAN- It must be hard to sleep at nigt knowing how your DAWGS lost to lowly little SC.
Get used to it. We have a top 20 defense( guess they hold to ) and finally have an offense that can beat well I don’t know GA???
I feel better know that Coach Grantham is your D-Cord, the Old Ball Coach has already gotten in his head.
And GA never holds, or does ANYTHING WRONG.
Must be painful to have to live with this lose FOR THE NEXT YEAR, and I wouldnt be surprised to see the same thing hapen next season.
Hater
September 14th, 2010
9:39 pm
Pretty soon all of the pregame video in samford stadium will be only of games 20 years ago except for of course Vandy. Oh yea they even beat you at home a few years ago. Arent you guys embarrassed by losing to Vandy and Kentucky at home?
yo mama
September 14th, 2010
9:40 pm
folks you have to blame this effort on the kids. they didnt do well, because they are young and immature. i saw talent on saturday, and they are just kids. and will learn on the field this year, but the Dawgs have talent. I still think alot of UGA fans will support GSU if it doenst get better. if we get the scores, and not fumble the game away, it would be a different story. so, do you think they will work on the tackling this week. they dont get preseason games, and it def looked like one saturday. TG and his D, did stop SC the second half. it was the offense that let us down. movin on!
Dan Mullen
September 14th, 2010
9:40 pm
Dawg Fan get used too losing too sorry teams as long as their defense takes off on almost all the plays
Even Ron Zook didn't lose at home against Vandy and Kentucky
September 14th, 2010
9:41 pm
Now that is embarrassing.
cctusc
September 14th, 2010
9:41 pm
Ga D-Coord needs to be coaching his team better, not worrying about what the OBC says.
That’s what a good coach would do, wait I forgot I was talking about Coach Grantham, never mind.
Jeff in Calhoun
September 14th, 2010
9:41 pm
Blord,
I’m positive that Grantham is not allowed to suit up and tackle.
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September 14th, 2010
9:41 pm
CCTUSC
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Jethro Bodeen
September 14th, 2010
9:43 pm
The “Ole Ball Coach” is all about himself! Who cuts his hair? Granny!!
bgdawg
September 14th, 2010
9:43 pm
lol am i the only one who see this miss st loser on our blog?
We HIT AND run
September 14th, 2010
9:43 pm
AND fumble
cctusc
September 14th, 2010
9:44 pm
Horton,
Cool sounds like a typical idiotic GA fan comback, ooooh double wide, good comeback Coach Grantham, err I mean dumb GA fan.
Dan Mullen
September 14th, 2010
9:45 pm
bgdawg we will see who is the loser after my bulldogs show your mutts who is the real team
Dan Mullen
September 14th, 2010
9:46 pm
Without AJ green you guys are losers
cctusc
September 14th, 2010
9:46 pm
Jethro,
Coach Grantham looks like he’s closed out all of the Golden Corrals around Athens.
dbc
September 14th, 2010
9:46 pm
Well, until you beat him, there shouldn’t be anything to say at all. Makes you look foolish…
cctusc
September 14th, 2010
9:47 pm
Dan Mullen,
I hope the REAL buuldogs put the GA pups in their place
LARRY M.
September 14th, 2010
9:47 pm
Grantham was such a success being a DC in the NFL that he’s washed out to getting his ass kicked in college football. This time next year he’ll be a LB coach for the redskins. Maybe he can give Richt a reference since he’ll be looking for another job too.
Dawg Fan
September 14th, 2010
9:47 pm
cctusc…love the way you try and turn the topic when you see the plain truth of the chicken line holding. Old 66 should be working in a chicken plant, looks like he was trying to twist of a defensive linemans head. Even you could run through a hole created by that holding….well maybe. South Carolina will start losing at game 5 and maybe win one more game the way they always do. Reality why don’t you go back to the bumble bee blog and find something great about Johnson after the great Jayhawk collapse.
Dan Mullen
September 14th, 2010
9:48 pm
dbc are you are georgia fan
bgdawg
September 14th, 2010
9:48 pm
real team? lol what are you guys supposed to be good this year or something?
Gator Stalker
September 14th, 2010
9:49 pm
Spurrier was a loser in the Pros and now all he can CROW about is y beating Georgia again! HA!!!
Dan Mullen
September 14th, 2010
9:49 pm
cctusc we will show those mutts the truth
Dawg Whisperer
September 14th, 2010
9:50 pm
Spurrier has never been much on complimenting others’ success from my observations over the years. I thought may be had mellowed a little over the years. Funny, how we never heard much from him as long as UGA was winning. I don’t think sportsmanship and Spurrier belong in the same sentence.
Even Ron Zook didn't lose at home against Vandy and Kentucky
September 14th, 2010
9:50 pm
Dawg Fan dont you realize how pathetic everyone else thinks you guys are because of your complaining about the refs? There is freaking holding on every play in football dumbazz!!!!
bgdawg
September 14th, 2010
9:50 pm
see when people call miss st. the “REAL BULLDOGS” you know they’re just messed up in the head. i mean what was your record last year did you even go to a bowl game??
Dan Mullen
September 14th, 2010
9:50 pm
bgdawg after losing too a team that basically ran the same play over and over and over again, I know my scout team can whoop georgia
Benny
September 14th, 2010
9:51 pm
Maybe the defensive backfield could use a little fire from the past. There is a guy that went to my high school that was the defensive captain, as a “roverback” on the ‘78 and ‘79 teams. Pat Collins is his name, and he was not afraid to lay the wood to anyone on the field. Anyone. His defensive coordinator at that time? Erk Russell. Just give Collins one day to work with those guys, and they would be bringing some major attitude. Any comments from people that saw Pat Collins play for UGA during that era are welcome. Thanks.
MIke T.
September 14th, 2010
9:51 pm
Mississippi State wannabee Bulldogs, whats they’re
series record against the Dawgs?
Mississippi St and Vanderbilt the dregs of the SEC
Dan Mullen
September 14th, 2010
9:52 pm
Where was georgia last year, the whole nation knows you guys only have one player on you guys team, aj green
Reality
September 14th, 2010
9:52 pm
dawg fan
same ol crap with you mutt fans…the refs, penalties…WHHHHAAAAAAA….WHHHHAAA.. your nothing but a whiny LOSER. You can’t man up and say, “hey, we got beat”.
cctusc
September 14th, 2010
9:52 pm
Dawg Fan- I’ll look for your holding comments this time next week, guess all teams will hold GA D-linemen.
Really?? Crying about holding calls justs make you look pathetic. The better team on Saturday won, even your head coach said so.
I would expect more than a losing fan complaining about holding call,,well I am talking to a GA fan, so never mind.
The truth is out there, GA fans just don’t want to admit it.
LARRY M.
September 14th, 2010
9:52 pm
Pat Collins was working at a Mcdonalds last I knew.
Randy
September 14th, 2010
9:53 pm
If that’s the best “Blast” Grantham can do the dawgs are in real trouble
Dan Mullen
September 14th, 2010
9:53 pm
When Georgia can beat a real team mike t. then you guys can talk but losing too tennessee and kentucky doesn’t help at all
bgdawg
September 14th, 2010
9:53 pm
and other dawgs fans don’t blame anyone but our own team for the loss. sorry tackling + more physical team = loss. no running game = loss. strap up that helmet and coach lakatos, coach up those DBs they’re gonna need all the help the can get
Sam
September 14th, 2010
9:53 pm
Grantham turned the Colts from 3-13 to 13-3 in his 1st year, and the browns went from 4-10 to 10-4 in Grantham’s 1st year. Spurrier stunk both year sin the NFL, at South Carolina, and at Duke, The only place Spurrier had success, was Florida, where pretty much any coach succeeds because of the talent level. Spurrier can’t even have a 2 year run at South Carolina like Holtz had, where Holtz went 8-4, 9-3, back to back. Let’s face it, Spurrier may win a game here or there where he’s the favorite, but he doesn’t EVER have a good season at South Carolina.
Ed
September 14th, 2010
9:54 pm
The fact that Spurrier, an offensive coach, would take a jab at an opponent who held him to 17 points says a lot about how far Spurrier’s standards have dropped in recent years. I mean, under than handing the ball of a lot to a bruising back who dragged defenders and broke tackles, it’s hard to see how Spurrier did anything schematically that had Grantham off-balance. Maybe Dooley could brag about his own genius after Herschel pummelled overmatched defenders, but I don’t recall it happening.
Spurrier’s a complete has-been. But still a jerk. He just can’t help himself.
cctusc
September 14th, 2010
9:54 pm
Dan Mullen- Don’t forget that Coach Grantham said that they were on top of their game against SC.
If that’s the top, then I can’t wait to see the worst.
Ed
September 14th, 2010
9:55 pm
“other” than handing the ball “off”, I meant to write.
Michael P
September 14th, 2010
9:55 pm
Spurrier only lasted 2 years in the NFL before he got booted. Grantham had a long 9 year career.
MIke T.
September 14th, 2010
9:55 pm
Dan Mullen
We’ve beat plenty of real teams, care to look where Georgia is on the all time victory list compared to
Miss. St cow college.