The Return of the Spurrier
August 28th, 2008 at 3:20 pmBy Chris
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That above picture can only mean one thing — college football is back in all of its (despite the BCS) beautiful, passionate, tailgating, hot-chick having, Saturdays mean something again, ways. The action kicks off tonight as the South Carolina Gamecocks take on the NC State Wolfpack. Currently, the Cocks are 14-point favorites, which brings up a good question:
Isn’t it time the Spurrier magic did something better than 21-16? Granted, his first two teams were 7-5 and 8-5 respectively, but that’s not quite competing for an SEC crown, something Spurrier promised when he took over. In fact, since Steve Superior got to Columbia, his football teams have only managed to 11-13 during SEC play. In that same time period, Kentucky Rich Brooks is 9-15 against the SEC.
When you produce only two more conference wins than the a team who is traditionally in the bottom half of the SEC, you aren’t meeting your goals of SEC dominance.
So is this finally the year the Steve Spurrier/South Carolina Gamecocks show takes off? Or will Spurrier have to settle for another non-New Year’s Day bowl even though his sights were set much, much higher?
For the record, considering just how hard the SEC is and just how much talent you need to be at the top of the conference, Spurrier’s first two Gamecock years have to be considered successful. But last year, the program took a step back, losing five-in-a-row. Fortunately, a new year in college football means renewed hope and aspirations for everybody, including Spurrier’s old team, the Duke Blue Devils.
No one has done a better job of capturing that than Orson over at EDSBS and this awesome video:
Kick off for SC/NC State is at 8/7 Central.
If the SEC versus the ACC individual challenge isn’t your cup of college football tea, ESPNU has Vanderbilt versus Miami of Ohio as well. On ESPN360, there are a number of games to pick from, provided your area carries the service.
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