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Spurrier still having fun
Steve Spurrier had a better winning percentage in his three seasons at Duke than he does after three seasons at South Carolina.
That fact makes some college football fans wonder if the Ol' Ball Coach is fixin' to get from the dead-end job in Columbia. The OBC begins his fourth season with the Gamecocks, he's 21-16 compared to 20-13-1 at Duke from 1987-89, on Aug. 28 against N.C. State.
Spurrier talked with Tony Barnhart about his state of mind after losing five straight to end the 2007 season at 6-6.
“I’m still having fun," Spurrier said. "Our goal is always to win the SEC championship and that is not going to change. But we know we’re not there yet."
J.P. Giglio
J.P. Giglio covers the ACC for the News & Observer, where he has worked since 1997.
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ronald, love the site. hope
Sun, 08/17/2008 - 22:28 — gvillegatrronald,
love the site. hope to see these ladies live and in person on aug 28th while I am tailgating!! it will be my first SEC (home) tail gate. I know I am in for a surprise!!
Ronald
Thu, 08/14/2008 - 20:15 — gvillegatrRonald,
you are missing the point and now making excuses.
1.) your school disbanded for a bit.
2.) The school changed names.
3.) you started playing football AFTER Southern Cal.
i'm all for the school shutting down and fro the right reasons. no one had more people fighting in the war for States Rights than North Carolina. God Bless them and the Cause!
Enough is enough. Check out...
Fri, 08/15/2008 - 20:54 — ronaldb8179On that note, where we have actually agreed on something, let us call this off. I will also admit that you have made a good point of Southern Cal's playing football 20 years before we did. Do keep in mind, though, that we are 1-1 on our matchups. As for the UNC side of things, I have to admit my preference for the state of NC as a whole, having lived in both states. Also, my ancestry on both sides is very much NC. My parents relocated from Western NC to Charleston during WWII, then went to Columbia afterwards. That's where I grew up, much out of place in hindsight. I always sensed being more at home in NC during visits and definitely after my move here to Raelgih.
Check out the girls of South Carolina and a few of our season opener NCSU at:
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=184&f=2210&t=2808647
Ronald
Thu, 08/14/2008 - 12:34 — gvillegatrRonald,
what you fail to mention is your school disbanded a couple of different times and did not start playing football till approx 20 yrs after the University of Southern California did. also, they were the UNiversity of Southern California BEFORE you guys were the University of South Carolina.
you're lucky UNC has not taken you guys to court about the word "CAROLINA." if you think it was easy for Southern Cal to get their patent pushed through ... how long would it take UNC!!!
Carolina and USC
Thu, 08/14/2008 - 19:00 — ronaldb8179Disbanded a couple of times? I know we did once of course, during the "Civil War" better named IMHO The War of Northern Aggression. All the students enlisted in the Confederate Army. The historic area of the campus known as The Horseshoe was converted to a hospital which housed Union and Confederate soldiers. I'm not sure if UNC ceased operations at any time in its history. Of course this was almost 20 years before the founding of the University of Southern California.
As for UNC, it ws founded in 1789 compared to our founding in 1801. It does have a 12 year difference in founding, but it was founded by a one time grant from the state then sustained itself by other means. USC (East of course) was the first continuously funded state university in the US. As for the name Carolina, we had that name whether South Carolina College or Universtiy of South Carolina. Of course UNC has the national recognition due to a half century of prominence in basketball.
According to the US Patent
Tue, 08/12/2008 - 21:32 — gvillegatrAccording to the US Patent Office. Southern Cal is THE REAL USC!! what do you have to say to that??
Patent application or statehood dates?
Wed, 08/13/2008 - 17:34 — ronaldb8179The Patent Office is going on when the trademark was filed. Never mind that the University of South Carolina, first known as the South Carolina College, was founded in 1801. At that time California was practically half a century from statehood. Hey, it was still Spanish territory, wasn't it? The University of Southern California was formed in 1880, according to the Wikipedia article I have in another tab on my browser. That's practically 80 years age difference.
Alas, that other USC is in Metro LA with all the media hype. So, we toss history out the window.
Duke first 3 better than USC's
Tue, 08/12/2008 - 19:32 — ronaldb8179I did not realize that fact until reading it just now. However, let me point out that Spurrier has the best opening 3 year record of any coach in USC history. Hey, that is the REAL USC and the REAL CAROLINA!
A sobering thought did hit me the other day. The end of this season will mark a combined 10 years of Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier. If my math is right, Spurrier will have to win 9 games this year in order to finish above .500 for the decade. Of course, the negating factor here is Holtz's 0-11 start and his last 3 years of only 5, 5, and 6 wins respectively.
Finishing up on the positive, Spurrier did miss the milestone of 3 straight bowl bids for USC, but a bowl bid this year would still make a Gamecock milestone of 3 bowls in 4 years. These facts do not go unheralded in Columbia, where the Gamecocks did not win 8 games until 1979, did not win a bowl game until 1994, and did not win 2 consecutive bowl games until Holt'x peak in 2001 and 2002. I'm confident that Spurrier will see his peak 2006 recruits through. By that time, he will be 65 years old. I hardly think he will make a move on an impulse by then.
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