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Steve Spurrier interview on ESPN: The Head Ball Coach still has it
Posted on 8/29/13 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 8/29/13 at 12:51 pm
How far out front is Alabama from the rest of the pack in the SEC?
Steve Spurrier: Let’s put it this way: When you have the No. 1 recruiting class in America every year, not every other year or every third year, how can you not be out front, especially when they’re so well-coached and football is so big there in Alabama? Nick Saban does an excellent job and gets his guys prepared to play. But I compare it to what Kentucky’s got going on in basketball when they’re getting the top players in the country every year.
You haven’t hesitated to point out how much scheduling has impacted both the SEC and national championship races the past few years. What do you make of your schedule this year given the fact that you avoid Alabama, LSU and Texas A&M in the West?
SS: It evened out a little bit, but we play Clemson every year and also play North Carolina this year. Georgia’s got a tough schedule this year, too. Did you see who Texas A&M plays out of conference [Rice, Sam Houston State, SMU and UTEP]? That’s embarrassing. They don’t play Texas anymore because they both got mad at each other. To me, that’s childish. It would have been like Clemson saying they were not going to play us anymore after we joined the SEC. They would have gone crazy around here. We’ve been playing these guys for 100 years, and now all of a sudden, we’re not playing them? The schedule can make or break you.
The Head Ball Coach has still got it
Steve Spurrier: Let’s put it this way: When you have the No. 1 recruiting class in America every year, not every other year or every third year, how can you not be out front, especially when they’re so well-coached and football is so big there in Alabama? Nick Saban does an excellent job and gets his guys prepared to play. But I compare it to what Kentucky’s got going on in basketball when they’re getting the top players in the country every year.
You haven’t hesitated to point out how much scheduling has impacted both the SEC and national championship races the past few years. What do you make of your schedule this year given the fact that you avoid Alabama, LSU and Texas A&M in the West?
SS: It evened out a little bit, but we play Clemson every year and also play North Carolina this year. Georgia’s got a tough schedule this year, too. Did you see who Texas A&M plays out of conference [Rice, Sam Houston State, SMU and UTEP]? That’s embarrassing. They don’t play Texas anymore because they both got mad at each other. To me, that’s childish. It would have been like Clemson saying they were not going to play us anymore after we joined the SEC. They would have gone crazy around here. We’ve been playing these guys for 100 years, and now all of a sudden, we’re not playing them? The schedule can make or break you.
The Head Ball Coach has still got it
This post was edited on 8/29/13 at 5:00 pm
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Posted on 8/29/13 at 12:56 pm to Beer Bryant
I wish the Aggies played SCAR this year. We would shut his damn mouth.
Posted on 8/29/13 at 12:57 pm to Beer Bryant
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They don’t play Texas anymore because they both got mad at each other. To me, that’s childish. It would have been like Clemson saying they were not going to play us anymore after we joined the SEC. They would have gone crazy around here. We’ve been playing these guys for 100 years, and now all of a sudden, we’re not playing them?
I completely agree.
Both sides are at fault here, and it sucks for college football IMO
Posted on 8/29/13 at 12:58 pm to Beer Bryant
Please fix woefully inadequate thread title...thanks
Posted on 8/29/13 at 1:42 pm to Beer Bryant
ole ball coach is the bomb
Posted on 8/29/13 at 1:52 pm to Beer Bryant
i think he nailed it with regards to A&M, but it's not the aggies fault UT backed out. They still should find a major conference opponent, though... but it's only hurting their own fans' experience.
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It evened out a little bit, but we play Clemson every year and also play North Carolina this year. Georgia’s got a tough schedule this year, too. Did you see who Texas A&M plays out of conference [Rice, Sam Houston State, SMU and UTEP]? That’s embarrassing. They don’t play Texas anymore because they both got mad at each other. To me, that’s childish. It would have been like Clemson saying they were not going to play us anymore after we joined the SEC. They would have gone crazy around here. We’ve been playing these guys for 100 years, and now all of a sudden, we’re not playing them? The schedule can make or break you.
Posted on 8/29/13 at 2:00 pm to Beer Bryant
Spurrier is not the only one wishing we played better teams. And we will eventually. But with the move to the SEC, I think they figured we had more than enough challenging football games on the schedule.
I don't think anyone expected Sherman and Sumlin to turn the program around as quickly as they did.
I don't think anyone expected Sherman and Sumlin to turn the program around as quickly as they did.
Posted on 8/29/13 at 2:19 pm to Beer Bryant
his points are well-made, no doubt.
Posted on 8/29/13 at 2:27 pm to Beer Bryant
Longhorns or no Longhorns, A&M should still be able to find better non-conference opponents to play.
That non-con schedule is embarrassing.
That non-con schedule is embarrassing.
Posted on 8/29/13 at 2:36 pm to Beer Bryant
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SS: Actually, I interviewed for the LSU head job in 1986 after the USFL folded. I flew in and talked to the committees but wasn’t even invited back for a second interview. Mike Shanahan interviewed for that job, too. They ended up hiring Mike Archer, who was already on the staff. They could have saved a lot of money because they brought in a bunch of us.
Posted on 8/29/13 at 5:37 pm to Beer Bryant
Still got what? Last time I checked he's never won anything of importance at SC.
Posted on 8/30/13 at 11:17 pm to Beer Bryant
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Did you see who Texas A&M plays out of conference [Rice, Sam Houston State, SMU and UTEP]? That’s embarrassing. They don’t play Texas anymore because they both got mad at each other. To me, that’s childish. It would have been like Clemson saying they were not going to play us anymore after we joined the SEC.
Love it.
I know Texas is to blame but just love the OBC speaking his mind with reckless abandon.
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