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No offense to Starkville, but Oxford is a better scene for producers to work with, not to mention higher ranked teams. Otherwise, it would be Starkville.

the Ags may have found a loophole w/ freedom to assemblage w/ our State House, but i'm pretty sure we've still got public sodomy & buggery laws on the books that could have prevented this.

"Head coach Steve Spurrier has had as many 11-win seasons in nine years at South Carolina (3) as he had in his 12 years at Florida"

"Head coach Steve Spurrier is 23-1 all-time in season openers as a collegiate head coach. His only season-opening loss, ironically, was a 27-21 loss to the Gamecocks in Columbia on Sept. 2, 1989, while the head coach at Duke University."

same for Nick Saban against WVU because his dream is to return to the hollers of his home state and one day lead the Mountaineers.

Spurrier 101:

use the run to set up the pass. so if we're having some success running out of the backfield, get ready for the long ball on 1st or 2nd down. and Dylan can throw it better than Conner. Conner's ability to improvise w/ his feet was valuable, but not necessarily core to Spurrier's Fun & Gun. SC's running game is not like Alabama that will beat you down into submission. Spurrier like to score and if things go well, we'll score more through the air than on the ground, even though the ground game is what will win it.

A&M needs to try to get SC into predictable passing downs to try to rattle Dylan. Coin toss may set the tone, because whomever win it will likely choose to receive and have the ability to score first. SC rarely scores first, but if they do, it may mean things are going well.

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Weather Forecast For Columbia, SC Thursday, Aug 28 Sunny High: 96° Low: 72° CHANCE OF RAIN: 0% WIND: WNW at 4 mph

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CHANCE OF SANDSTORM: 100%

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I think they'll end up cutting Manziel

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you don't cut first rounders.... Jimmy Haslam may have him cleaning the bathrooms at a Pilot on I-90, but he'll get his money out of him until he can be traded.

Anyone notice Ray Goff on the SC sideline as an Asst. Coach?

good stuff scrooster. some other little tidbits to your story. we were in close discussion w/ FSU, Penn St. and I think Miami to create our own conference in the 80's. word got out to the Big 10, who decided to grab Penn St. SEC expansion was started by Dick Bestwick, who was Vince Dooley's right hand man at UGA and also worked some at the SEC office. Bestwick & Dooley had actually brought up the subject at a SEC meeting of expanding and adding USC in the 80's before PSU's jump to the B10. we then hired Bestwick to be AD to replace Marcum who was fired. Bestwick, w/ Dooley's support again made a plea to the SEC for expansion w/ USC. Bestwick didn't last long at USC because of health issues, but he supposedly did get the SEC to create an expansion committee to explore the idea. some USC BOT members were aware of what was going on and lobbying for support w/ UGA. King Dixon just walked into the situation. I learned this from one of the BOT members that was involved.

A few years ago, I actually met Dick Bestwick in Athens who later retired from UGA and he confirmed it all (in front of a bunch of UGA friends that didn't realize that UGA played such an integral role.)

I agree we had a lot of missed opportunities to do something great like w/ Dietsel and Carlen, but the SEC more than made up for it. I wish the University would do something to recognize Dick Bestwick's contribution.

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When the USFL folded under, Wilson by then was retiring, and Duke re-hired Spurrier

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actually, Steve Sloan coached Duke after Wilson and before Spurrier