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.
FULL AJC COVERAGE FROM DAY 1 OF SEC MEDIA DAYS:
- SEC commissioner Mike Slive talks playoffs and a lot more
- 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.
- Schultz: SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State-like scandals
- Vanderbilt coach passes on question about Todd Grantham
- The media’s record at predicting SEC champ: 4-16 since 1992
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Kramer
July 17th, 2012
7:23 pm
It is good to see gt bob is still sucking on the crack pipe.
Butter Bean Floyd
July 17th, 2012
7:25 pm
Spurrier has put dumb looks on Mark Richts ” Ricky Bobby” face for 2 years in a row. Will do it for the 3rd staight year in Columbia this season.
Butter Bean Floyd
July 17th, 2012
7:25 pm
straight
Kerryb
July 17th, 2012
7:27 pm
Quit your crying and whining Steve. It’s unbecoming. Just strap it on and take care of your business.
Kerryb
July 17th, 2012
7:27 pm
If you don’t win on Oct 6th it won’t matter anyway.
Kerryb
July 17th, 2012
7:29 pm
Butter Bean (fitting name) USC will not beat UGA this year. They shouldn’t have last year because USC was completely outplayed.
USA today editor
July 17th, 2012
7:29 pm
After reading many many comments it is ver apparent the poster going by the handle “kral” has the iq of a goldfish. His superficial idiotic post demonstrate why people like him should not be allowed to reproduce and his government assistance should be stopped. Even a job at McDonalds is above his skill set and aptitude platform.
When was that last UGA title?
UGA is the Iowa St of the SEC!
dawgingatorville
July 17th, 2012
7:30 pm
No one was giving UGA any credit a couple of years ago when they had the toughest schedule in the country for 2 years in a row.. Spurrier is a troll and he lost to UGA as a player and he lost his job at tech because of UGA.. So just understand he is a loser troll.
rematch
July 17th, 2012
7:33 pm
When is LSU going to get that rematch like bama did?
I dropped my fried Twinkie
July 17th, 2012
7:34 pm
keryb and she same could be said for the Okie St, Colorado, Boise St, MSU and UCF games.
MT
July 17th, 2012
7:35 pm
. But UGA is TOO chicken to play Alabama. Roll Tide.
Whatever, your about as stupid as they come.
We;ve played The Tuscaloosa Morons plenty of times.Would have played this year had it not been
foe Mizzou coming in to the SEC EAST.Dummy.
Kerryb
July 17th, 2012
7:35 pm
dawgingatorville
July 17th, 2012
7:30 pm
No one was giving UGA any credit a couple of years ago when they had the toughest schedule in the country for 2 years in a row.. Spurrier is a troll and he lost to UGA as a player and he lost his job at tech because of UGA.. So just understand he is a loser troll.
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Good post. I had forgotten about that. Didn’t we also play several teams that year that were coming off bye weeks?
Dawgbreath
July 17th, 2012
7:35 pm
A great coach and he is right. I think with our suspensions and weak OL, SC wins the east.
kingdaddy
July 17th, 2012
7:37 pm
Truth,
The real truth is S.C. is the whinest team with the whinest Coach and the stupidest, crybabies for fans. Why didn’t you complain when UGA had to play LSU, AUBURN & ALABAMA in the same year? When you can give an honest answer, then get back to me. Until then, grow a set, or take some Midol, I don’t really care to hear you cry anymore…
Kerryb
July 17th, 2012
7:37 pm
Dawgbreath
July 17th, 2012
7:35 pm
A great coach and he is right. I think with our suspensions and weak OL, SC wins the east.
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Really? A Dawg poser. No real Dawg fan would make that comment.
MT
July 17th, 2012
7:38 pm
Spurrier is a troll and he lost to UGA as a player
Spurrier loves to hear the name Bill Stanfill.
Kerryb
July 17th, 2012
7:38 pm
kingdaddy
July 17th, 2012
7:37 pm
Truth,
The real truth is S.C. is the whinest team with the whinest Coach and the stupidest, crybabies for fans. Why didn’t you complain when UGA had to play LSU, AUBURN & ALABAMA in the same year? When you can give an honest answer, then get back to me. Until then, grow a set, or take some Midol, I don’t really care to hear you cry anymore…
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Kingdaddy. You are a DGD.
Kerryb
July 17th, 2012
7:40 pm
How many times was Spurrier put on his a** in 1966? I don’t think he ever got over that. Cost him an SEC title.
GTBob
July 17th, 2012
7:40 pm
Just because I choose to not sugarcoat everything involved with my school, that makes me a UGA fan? Excellent logic.
All of your posts so far have been anti-GT and you seem to want to attack me, a GT fan. Sorry man, if you have been around the blogs long enough its not hard to spot people that are pretending to be fans of the opposite team.
kingdaddy
July 17th, 2012
7:41 pm
Butterbean,
S.C., has won what, 2 games against UGA in the last 11 years? BWAAAAHAAAAAAHAAAAAA! Thanks for the history lesson.
Even Ga. T., has 5, that’s right, 5 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS. LMAOFF…
Easy
July 17th, 2012
7:42 pm
Most everyone in the East would want UGA’s schedule. Anything less than 10-2 and a east title is a bust. Then its time to look at coaching.
DawgNole
July 17th, 2012
7:44 pm
230gr Full Metal Jacket
July 17th, 2012
5:29 pm
. . . you’ve got to love a bunch of losers who live vicariously through a bunch of children playing a game with a ball, having the nerve (or lack of intelligence as it may be) to badmouth Spurrier — who has owned UGA at virtually every college coaching job he has had! You may not like him, but yopu haven’t figured out how to consistently beat him (and his inferior talent) yet!!
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“. . . owned UGA at virtually every college coaching job he has had”? He’s only had three, you dolt. He never played UGA while he was at Duke and is 3-4 vs UGA since becoming head coach at USC. How is that owning UGA “at virtually every college coaching job he has had”?
Only with fla has he “owned” them–that’s at ONE of his three coaching jobs. Quit posting lies, jerk.
satilla dog
July 17th, 2012
7:45 pm
GTBob get on your own blog. You techies are pathetic. We own you whiners. 11 out of 12 this year. Ashame you techies have nothing to look for on your side.Envy is crueler than the grave.DAWGS OWN tech and always will!
kingdaddy
July 17th, 2012
7:45 pm
Little Stevie would also prefer our State, our Stadium, ourRecruiting, our Football Players, our Cheerleaders, our Assistant Coaches and especially our Fans, LOL…
Kerryb
July 17th, 2012
7:47 pm
DawgNole, what do you expect from a moronic Tech fan. They don’t see enough of good football to know what it is or anything about it. Apparently this clown doesn’t put his slide rule down long enough to even know the history of it.
satilla dog
July 17th, 2012
7:47 pm
dognole every one owns tech,especially the dawgs
Geez
July 17th, 2012
7:47 pm
I’m losing more respect for the Ole Ball Coach the more he biotches about.
MT
July 17th, 2012
7:48 pm
When was that last UGA title?
UGA is the Iowa St of the SEC!
UGA is number 11 in all time football victories, where does Iowa ST rank?
Another dummy.
Kerryb
July 17th, 2012
7:49 pm
When did Steve Spurrier morph into a whining little girl?
kingdaddy
July 17th, 2012
7:49 pm
kerryb
thankya, thankya very much. I know when you’re in here, we’re in good hands…
Butter Bean Floyd
July 17th, 2012
7:51 pm
Typical UGA fans living in the past……. Spurrier has UGA’s number now and will again.
GTBob
July 17th, 2012
7:55 pm
Envy is crueler than the grave
Funny, because I would rather die then be like UGA in any way. I hope you win the next 500 games in a row if it means we aren’t dropping to your level.
Kerryb
July 17th, 2012
7:56 pm
Butter Bean give it up. Your name says it all. No need to comment further. I think your stupid post has already been rebutted.
Kerryb
July 17th, 2012
7:59 pm
GTBob, I think you meant coming up to our level. To come on UGA blogs where no one cares what you say and consistently make yourself look stupid is pretty low.
MT
July 17th, 2012
7:59 pm
61-39-5 UGA vs Tech
Any Techie that comes on here and says “They run this state”,should be kicked out of GT for being a Moron.
mgdawg
July 17th, 2012
8:02 pm
UGA does luck out this year and miss the big 3 from the west which will clearly help the win loss column. However, I believe most UGA fans were upset when they found out bama was being dropped, I was really looking forward to making that trip.
DawgNole
July 17th, 2012
8:03 pm
Ogeechee Dawg
July 17th, 2012
5:29 pm
And since when is playing USCe, Tennessee, Florida, Auburn, GT and now MO considered weak.
Our schedule is on par – if not more difficult than any ACC, Pac10 or B10 schedule
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Please don’t embarrass the real Dawg fans (who know better) by claiming there’s anything positive to be said about UGA’s strength of schedule this year. It’s universally recognized as pathetic at best. Deal with it.
All but one of the six teams you listed were average at best in 2011. And of course you conveniently overlooked those other powerhouses we’ll face: Buffalo, Fla Atlantic, Vandy (every year), Kentucky (every year), Ole Miss, and Ga Southern.
You’d be well served to keep your yap shut about UGA’s strength of schedule–at least until the SEC West’s elite begin to roll back on there.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 17th, 2012
8:09 pm
It would be nice to have a coach at UGA that would have the guts to run the score up on Spurrier
Craigee, aka Champs hero
July 17th, 2012
8:11 pm
Hey Mr. Full Metal Jacket, aka grammar police, you misspelled “you”, you idiot.
I dropped my fried Twinkie
July 17th, 2012
8:18 pm
What happened to THOMAS BROWN he has been around lately. He isn’t even using of his 50 names
KC DAWG
July 17th, 2012
8:19 pm
I am so sick and tired of Fucrrier, just coach your damn team and stop the constant whining. You are not bigger than the conference or college football. What an example of an adult.
Kam Fong as Chen Ho
July 17th, 2012
8:23 pm
Lowkuntry bulldawg. What is a BLACKOUT? Did you find a joke book from the 60’s?
Kam Fong as Chen Ho
July 17th, 2012
8:30 pm
UGA as 8 outright SEC championships. GA Tech has four and they left the SEC 48 years ago.
Larry
July 17th, 2012
8:32 pm
There’s no such thing as an “easy SEC schedule,” and anyone suggesting such sounds like an utter, unabashed idiot.
And I’m a Ramblin’ Wreck fan that wishes GT would return to the SEC where it belongs!
Ghost
July 17th, 2012
8:33 pm
Tech would be lucky to finish 6th in either division of the SEC. They might be able to beat Kentucky.
Ole Miss and Vandy have more overall talent. Paul “1AA” Johnson wouldn’t last a season in the SEC.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 17th, 2012
8:38 pm
Tech has 1 BCS level bowl game in 40 yrs too
I dropped my fried Twinkie
July 17th, 2012
8:38 pm
Funny Ghost
Sat, Sept 20
vs
Mississippi State
W38-7
Sat, Oct 3
@
Mississippi State
W42-31
Sat, Oct 31
@
Vanderbilt
W56-31
It seems Johnson hasn’t had trouble with some SEC teams.
DawgNole
July 17th, 2012
8:39 pm
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?
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“Several years in a row”? Does two now equal “several”? More BS.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 17th, 2012
8:40 pm
I really cant wait for the Tech game this year
We get a practice game with Georgia Southern who uses that stupid middle school minded offense
Tech is going to recieve a beat down that cause the fanbase to want the program to drop down to Division III
Kerryb
July 17th, 2012
8:42 pm
I dropped my fried Twinkie
July 17th, 2012
8:38 pm
Funny Ghost
Sat, Sept 20
vs
Mississippi State
W38-7
Sat, Oct 3
@
Mississippi State
W42-31
Sat, Oct 31
@
Vanderbilt
W56-31
It seems Johnson hasn’t had trouble with some SEC teams.
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Okay, he’s won 3 games against 2 lower tier SEC teams over a five year period. What’s your point?