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
We felt like Blake is much better prepared mentally, physically. He's had an excellent summer working out, and it's clear to all of us here that he's our best guy to go out there. So when it's obvious, we've named him the starter. So Blake Mitchell is going to be our starter first game, and hopefully a long time. We'll go from there. Back-ups we don't know yet, we're trying a lot of guys right there. But Blake's earned it and he's our starter.
When we'd win the SEC we'd get back late and Deano would keep it open for us,
We're just looking at him over there, see if he can help us there. He'll probably be back at defense the next day or two.
What we know about them is they had a tough, struggling year last year, but that year is history.
I thought Blake played very well for his first performance, and, really, for any performance,
It's not going to be that easy the rest of the season, ... Blake has to play extremely well for us to have a chance (against Georgia).
He's still got a little ways to go, but he's got a chance. He's checking off and picking his guys out better. He should be close to really playing very well this year.
Our attitude is not as good as it needs to be here at Carolina, trust me. We're not there. We have a long way to go. We don't have a great team right now. We have a team that is sort of building. We have some building to do. We have some attitude adjustments. We've got to have some players who really care a lot more than they're demonstrating right now. It can be done. But it's a work in progress.
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.
It hurts more. You go on the road, nobody knows.
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.
The way he ran the other day, I'd like to see him run again. We're just not making many yards. Maybe he can make some.
He's still officially listed as one of our coaches. We're not looking for a replacement right now.
Blake's much better prepared now than he's ever been and he's got a chance. He's checking off and he should be close to really playing well this year.