South Carolina: Spurrier would prefer Georgia’s schedule
HOOVER, Ala. – The question was about the perceived advantage of the open date on South Carolina’s schedule before the Gamecocks’ Nov. 10 game against Arkansas. But South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier veered in a different direction with the answer.
“You think I make the schedule?” Spurrier said from the podium at SEC Media Days. “If I made the schedule, Georgia would be playing LSU, and we’d be playing Ole Miss.”
The schedule says otherwise, of course — South Carolina at LSU on Oct. 13 and Georgia vs. Ole Miss in Athens on Nov. 3.
Spurrier didn’t make more of the issue, quickly moving on by saying: “Not complaining about that other part I mentioned there.”
But he had made the point, not for the first time, that South Carolina’s cross-division schedule is more imposing than Georgia’s. Last month, at the SEC meetings in Destin, Fla., Spurrier proposed that such schedule inequities be remedied by counting only intra-division games in determining the SEC East and West champions. That proposal went nowhere.
Georgia this season draws SEC West opponents Ole Miss and Auburn (a combined 4-12 in league play last season), while South Carolina draws Arkansas and LSU (a combined 14-2 in the league last season). The Gamecocks have lost to Arkansas each of the past three seasons and five of the past six.
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- South Carolina’s Spurrier prefers UGA’s schedule
- Missouri, Texas A&M state their case
- Jeff Schultz’s digi-blog: Welcome to Media Daze.
- Aggies excited, not intimidated, by SEC debut.
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- Vanderbilt coach passes on question about Todd Grantham
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kral
July 17th, 2012
6:01 pm
Yes sirree..witty, true..all the other coaches do it..classless .GSB
GTBob
July 17th, 2012
6:02 pm
We also just weaseled out of playing Alabama.
That isn’t what happened at all but hey, don’t let the facts get in your way of pretending to be a GT fan.
Larry
July 17th, 2012
6:02 pm
What do a maggot and an Alabama fan have in common?
They can both live off of a dead bear for 20 years.
Kramer
July 17th, 2012
6:02 pm
The guy has not won the SEC since he left Floriduh. He has become irrelevant except for an occasional dumb comment in the media. I would rather listen to the Missouri coach speak then the Kock coach.
Nick
July 17th, 2012
6:03 pm
Keep kicking that dead horse. Kinda like the kicking you’ll probably get by LSU that day!
Senility seems to be setting into the old ball coach!
GnaTs
July 17th, 2012
6:04 pm
GTBob: “You must have a really high opinion Vandy, Ole Miss, and Kentucky.”
Tech goes 1-2 against those three teams if they play them. At best.
Pitt
July 17th, 2012
6:04 pm
Spurrier putting his foot in UGA’s butt several years in a row has him feeling pretty good it seems?
GaStateBen
July 17th, 2012
6:04 pm
Might as well go ahead and crown the dawgs as east winners. No need to play the games.
Bryan
July 17th, 2012
6:05 pm
Mocking UGA’s schedule this year is idiotic by any standard. The SEC sets the conference schedule. UGA does not.
Where were all the folks who are whining about UGA’s “easy” schedule in previous years when UGA drew horrific schedules that a consensus of national writers and analysts called among, if not THE, toughest in the nation? Where were they when other teams in the SEC had the “easy” draw on the SEC slate? Spurrier has drawn his share of easy schedules as a coach in the SEC over the years as well. I don’t recall him mocking his own schedule in those years or pointing out how difficult someone else’s schedule was.
kral
July 17th, 2012
6:07 pm
will the Braves be in a rain delay…anybody know…did not want switch over to Braves blog yet..sorry
GTBob
July 17th, 2012
6:08 pm
Tech goes 1-2 against those three teams if they play them. At best.
If we played our 2nd string we would beat all three by double digits and we aren’t very good.
kral
July 17th, 2012
6:10 pm
GSB ..I am not crowning anyone…but sure would like it to happen..thanks for the positive vibes
RamblinWreck90
July 17th, 2012
6:10 pm
GTBob
Fair enough. If twisting things around to try to make GT look good at all times when facts don’t support your argument is your M.O., feel free to go for it. It’s not my cup of tea. I’d rather deal in reality without the spin doctoring and nonsense.
It seems as though most of your audience here is already wise to your routine and pretty much ignore you anyway..
Red Stick
July 17th, 2012
6:12 pm
Whether you like him or not, the Ole Ball Coach is entertaining.
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
GTBob
July 17th, 2012
6:15 pm
It seems as though most of your audience here is already wise to your routine and pretty much ignore you anyway..
Yes, and most have already figured out that you are a UGA fan. People here are smarter then you would think.
kral
July 17th, 2012
6:16 pm
weak limb again bob..not saying you would not but…who did you not beat in the conference last year by double digits..predictions of something you cannot prove are weak limb..not as bad a sunbelt..but bad just the same..
GTBob
July 17th, 2012
6:17 pm
Mocking UGA’s schedule this year is idiotic by any standard. The SEC sets the conference schedule. UGA does not.
The fact that the SEC set it doesn’t really change the fact that it is an incredibly easy schedule.
the truth
July 17th, 2012
6:19 pm
This should be good. S. Carolina will beat UGA again but lose out on the division because of the harder schedule. UGA fans will get all excited about winning the east then they will get dumped on by LSU or Alabama in the conference championship…AGAIN. UGA will then wind up playing in the Outcast Bowl (pun intended) and lose AGAIN to some Big 10 team and the rest of the SEC will be shaking their heads in shame.
GO DAWGS
Return to Glory
July 17th, 2012
6:22 pm
Waaaaaaaaaaaa ! whinny baby shut up and play.
Butter Bean Floyd
July 17th, 2012
6:22 pm
Spurrier will get the third straight victory over “Ricky Bobby” Richt. BOOK IT!
BG
July 17th, 2012
6:22 pm
Old cry baby!!
whatever
July 17th, 2012
6:24 pm
Well – Spurrier does have a point. GA has such a powder-puff schedule that most good teams would be able to win the SEC-East this year. Just like last year – who does UGA really play that is good this year?? You play a very bad UT team, one of the worst UF teams in 20+ years, an OK Auburn team (but nothing like they have been in the last 20+ as well). Other than that – NO ONE.
We saw what happened when your pups played BSU and the SC – got beat. And then the best of all – your puppies LOST to Mich State.
Maybe that is why UGA DROPPED the Alabama game for this year?? The doggies didn’t want to play a high caliber team. And please don’t give me that crap about “we held LSU in the 1st half of the SEC Champ game” – so did Miss State. In fact it was only 6-3 at the half – against lowly Miss State.
Even pitiful GT could win the SEC-East with UGA’s schedule this year. But UGA is TOO chicken to play Alabama. Roll Tide.
JB
July 17th, 2012
6:26 pm
whatever…………..who’s your team coward so we can grade you. Tech I assume. No one cares as much
RamblinWreck90
July 17th, 2012
6:30 pm
GTBob
Just because I choose to not sugarcoat everything involved with my school, that makes me a UGA fan? Excellent logic. But hey, it’s obvious from your posts that you don’t allow logic, reality and facts get in the way of your drivel. Whatever floats your boat. It’s a free country.
kral
July 17th, 2012
6:30 pm
first of all it is considered easy based on out of conference games…but know one knows what will appear in conference..wise opinions yes, but they are today just opinions..you know bob everyone has one
DogMax
July 17th, 2012
6:32 pm
georgia may have the easiest schedule in the sEC this year!! with this schedule, the dogs should easily win the SEC east again. Ga will upset alabama for the title–the dog D is the best in the sEC!!! Dogs on fire!
Rev Al
July 17th, 2012
6:32 pm
Buster Brown needs to quit whinin’…that’s for my congregation…..
Bryan
July 17th, 2012
6:33 pm
GTBob:
“If we played our 2nd string we would beat all three by double digits and we aren’t very good.”
LOL. Well, at least you’re correct about the “we aren’t very good” part of that statement.
SEC Fact Finder
July 17th, 2012
6:41 pm
Steve Spurrier did not say anything untrue. Heck yes he would like to have UGA’s schedule along with 13 other teams. At the same time he is adding pressure to CMR by stating that UGA’s schedule is by far the easiest in the league. No, UGA did not make their conference schedule, it is not their issue, they are playing what is dealt to them.
Now moving on to the folks who keep bring up UGA’s RECORD against Alabama and LSU. Apparently not winning a BCS title is low on your success indicator list. Winning that final game of the year is much bigger than any win any other time. And LSU and Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee have pulled their weight when it counted.
AdMan
July 17th, 2012
6:42 pm
Hey whatever…be prepared, Alabama is in for a huge let down this year and everone outside the state of Alabama is going to laugh their asses off.You post like a little boy…but most Bama fans are aren’t they.If had done your homework you would have found that the SEC called for the schedule change after Missouri and Texas A&M entered the league…..have fun looking up at a LSU’s ass all season….LOLLOLLOL
SEC Fact Finder
July 17th, 2012
6:43 pm
Adding one more comment to the story, After the past two years of harping about UGA’s conference schedule, I can imagine that UGA will see the short end of the stick in the coming years when schedule favorability is factored in.
SEC Fact Finder
July 17th, 2012
6:45 pm
AdMan
July 17th, 2012
6:42 pm
Hey whatever…be prepared, Alabama is in for a huge let down this year and everone outside the state of Alabama is going to laugh their asses off.You post like a little boy…but most Bama fans are aren’t they.If had done your homework you would have found that the SEC called for the schedule change after Missouri and Texas A&M entered the league…..have fun looking up at a LSU’s ass all season….LOLLOLLOL
Most Alabama fans are not calling for BCS titles, most realize that the defense is not going to be the force as they were the past 3 or 4 years, We do feel like we will be in the top 10 to 15 at the end of the year.
kral
July 17th, 2012
6:45 pm
your right whatever…hope it comes back to haunt you
Evansdawg
July 17th, 2012
6:47 pm
Htook advantage of a lot of easy schedules and Florida. If he coaches long enough, the pendulum will swing and Carolina will have an easier schedule than UGA. This is just proof that he is obsessed with what goes on at UGA. He fits in well with all the chicken people…they’re obsessed with UGA too.
jarvis
July 17th, 2012
6:51 pm
South Carolina will have UGA’s Conference schedule in a few years….let’s just hope Spurrier is dead by then.
kral
July 17th, 2012
6:53 pm
apparently abullsheet title has dropped on your list facto
I dropped my fried Twinkie
July 17th, 2012
6:53 pm
calling Spurrier a whiner is funny. I heard a lot of whining when Cam & Auburn beat the dawgs.
G.P. Burdell
July 17th, 2012
6:53 pm
RamblinWreck90, if you think GT “weaseled” out of playing Alabama, then you are sorely mistaken. Alabama approached GT on the idea of rescheduling for later and Tech agreed, it was a mutual decision. I’m friends with coach Klein so I’m pretty positive he knows what happened. I don’t even know why you would post this on a UGA blog anyway, but I happened to read it and wanted to make sure you know the facts.
GaStateBen
July 17th, 2012
6:53 pm
The world does revolve around UGA
kral
July 17th, 2012
6:56 pm
Not from our coach twinkle..coaches are supposed to set the bar higher..
mike755
July 17th, 2012
7:01 pm
No one has asked the Spurrier the most important question. When in Columbia for a South Carolina game, can you recommend a hotel that gives discounted rates?
kral
July 17th, 2012
7:02 pm
your right gsb..it is the sun..was that a jeopardy answer..dang..did not use question form …really wish you all the best…braves are on…not predicting the game..think I will just let it play-out
GT Bob
July 17th, 2012
7:04 pm
What is GaState Ben on here taking Football for?
Taylor Wooten
July 17th, 2012
7:09 pm
Poor Steve? All he does is beat UGA pretty much every time…..and Im a Dawg fan. The dude can coach circles around the UGA staff.
Michael Lancaster
July 17th, 2012
7:13 pm
LSU fan
MattMD
July 17th, 2012
7:14 pm
Who cares who wins that joke of a division? The east “winner” been clown-stomped in the SECCG for two years in a row now.
Georgia is a second tier joke who wins the SEC in down years. Period.
BIG BEE
July 17th, 2012
7:16 pm
Hey Tech Guys, we don’t have a dog in this fight, so why are you trying to jump in?
MattMD
July 17th, 2012
7:17 pm
Twinkie –
After the 2010 Auburn game, I couldn’t figure out who were the biggest whiners, democrats or Georgia fans.
trueUGAfan
July 17th, 2012
7:21 pm
Why the fluck is everyone blitching about GA’s schedule, I don’t hear shmit when others have the same schedule or worse, the flucking schedule (SEC part) is made way before now, it’s not GA’s flucking Ole Miss is down or Tenn is down, Spurrier and whomever else needs to STFU and play your schedule, and let the chips fall where they may…GO DAWGS
mark
July 17th, 2012
7:21 pm
Spurrier knows the easy UGA schedule should keep Richt employed at UGA which is a good thing for him