Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrieris a former American football player and coach, having served as the head coach of three college and two professional teams. Spurrier was also noteworthy as a standout college football player, and he spent a decade playing professionally in the National Football League. Spurrier retired from coaching in 2015 and now serves as an ambassador and consultant for the University of Florida's athletic department...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 April 1945
CountryUnited States of America
They've behaved well and the focus has been pretty good.
They've been very close. One of them misses class, the other one always misses. They never miss at different times. ... They were always together on all those lists of missing things.
They played smarter. They didn't have near the number of careless penalties that we've had most of the year. That certainly gave us a good chance.
There were some players the prior staff signed that we didn't think would ever contribute, ... We thought some walk-ons were more deserving and had worked hard to earn scholarships.
There may be a few that say, 'Well, he's trying to use that as an excuse for getting his butt kicked by some teams. I'm not trying to use any excuses. We sort of are what we are.
After being with a team that didn't score many points, I sort of realized why teams didn't like us (at Florida), ... We kept trying to score the whole game and for some reason, in football, you're not supposed to do that. If we lose by a big number, that's fine with me.
After being here, I can really appreciate how the Carolina people love football and love their team, ... They've paid their dues. I'm hoping they get a return real soon.
So, we were able to throw, and run, the ball successfully, and play defense. And well, we won the conference six in my first seven years there.
Defense was putting pressure on us. They had some good blitz schemes going.
Coach, if you get the chance you ought to do it.
Coaches go out with a little bit of strut in their step instead of hanging their heads down if they get clobbered.
As long as his play on the field is good he doesn't have to be a vocal guy.
That's what we should all focus on this week,
That's what we have the opportunity do here. South Carolina has never won the (SECt) East, never won the SEC, never been to a major bowl. There's all kind of first things that are available here; 14-0 is about the only thing there (at Florida) that hasn't been done.