Post your favorite Steve Spurrier moments

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VolFootballnut said:
I saw Clemson beat Spurrier's Duke team in 1988 49-17. That was one of the worst beatings one of his teams ever took.
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Duke returned the favor the next year upsetting Clemson and won the ACC title. My favorite Spurrier moment is him taking a picture in front of the Kenan Starium scoreboard after Duke beat Unc 41-0. Still pisses Carolina fans off to this day. I'm supposed to hate him, but I love the guy.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Yet he's still one of the greatest CFB coaches of all-time, he owned Tennessee during its most successful period in your lifetime, and even in UT's finest hour in 2001 they crapped the bed that very next week...because beating Spurrier in Gainesville was so important and significant, UT couldn't shake off the week-long party hangover in time for the SEC title game.
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Billed as the BIGGEST GAME IN FLORIDA FIELD HISTORY and he couldn't win it. Vols came in as a 16 pt underdog and physically kicked their butts. UF made it close at the end but couldn't win it.

Spurrier couldn't take the criticism from your fans and he walked away from Gainesville taking the L from the Vols with him. Now, he retires and takes a two game losing streak to the Vols into eternity with him.

Ask ol Stevie what his biggest loss in his history was. It was a 45-3 whipping in Knoxville in his first trip here as the Gator coach.

Great coach when he was coaching at a school in the middle of the greatest HS talent in the country. But, when he had to go looking for talent, he was just a good coach.

Either way, when hard times hit at UF, NFL, and Scarolina, he pitched a stomp fit and took his ball and went home. Tarnishes his legacy and leaves him far behind Neyland and Bryant as the greatest coaches in SEC history.
 
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Backwards K said:
Billed as the BIGGEST GAME IN FLORIDA FIELD HISTORY and he couldn't win it. Vols came in as a 16 pt underdog and physically kicked their butts. UF made it close at the end but couldn't win it.

Spurrier couldn't take the criticism from your fans and he walked away from Gainesville taking the L from the Vols with him. Now, he retires and takes a two game losing streak to the Vols into eternity with him.

Ask ol Stevie what his biggest loss in his history was. It was a 45-3 whipping in Knoxville in his first trip here as the Gator coach.

Great coach when he was coaching at a school in the middle of the greatest HS talent in the country. But, when he had to go looking for talent, he was just a good coach.

Either way, when hard times hit at UF, NFL, and Scarolina, he pitched a stomp fit and took his ball and went home. Tarnishes his legacy and leaves him far behind Neyland and Bryant as the greatest coaches in SEC history.
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Funny, I recall our 1996 game being billed as "The Biggest Sporting Event in Tennessee History".

Difference being, UF won that game and went on to win a national title. UT in 2001? Not so much...and you've been by and large nationally irrelevant since that huge win FIFTEEN years ago.

Spurrier owned Tennessee, there's no other way to spin it. He beat some of the most talented teams in UT's history, and dominated arguably one of the greatest QBs to play professional football.

It speaks volumes that some of the biggest and most memorable wins in UT's modern history came against UF and Spurrier....wonder why that is?

UF fans didn't storm the field and tear down goal posts after beating Tennessee all those years.

What made beating UF so special?

You know the answer.
 
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Yep ol spurrier backed into the 96 nc game thanks to Texas beating Nebraska to get a rematch with FSU. His finest moment.
 
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StarRaider said:
Yep ol spurrier backed into the 96 nc game thanks to Texas beating Nebraska to get a rematch with FSU. His finest moment.
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Had Texas not beaten Nebraska, UF destroying FSU and denying them a national title would still be among Spurrier's finest moments.

Texas beating Nebraska just made it sweeter.
 
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Backwards K said:
Great coach when he was coaching at a school in the middle of the greatest HS talent in the country. But, when he had to go looking for talent, he was just a good coach.
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Couldn't let that gem of a sentence go without responding.

So any "good" coach could, say for instance...
1) Win an ACC title at Duke, in football
2) Win 6 SEC titles in 12 years at UF, play for 2 more, and win a national title
3) Win 11 games at South Carolina three years in a row

You might want to check the history of success, or lack thereof, at those three football programs before posting more nonsense.
 
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He is probably already off the field at this point but he may still be down there making his way to the locker room!
 
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Backwards K said:
Billed as the BIGGEST GAME IN FLORIDA FIELD HISTORY and he couldn't win it. Vols came in as a 16 pt underdog and physically kicked their butts. UF made it close at the end but couldn't win it.

Spurrier couldn't take the criticism from your fans and he walked away from Gainesville taking the L from the Vols with him. Now, he retires and takes a two game losing streak to the Vols into eternity with him.

Ask ol Stevie what his biggest loss in his history was. It was a 45-3 whipping in Knoxville in his first trip here as the Gator coach.

Great coach when he was coaching at a school in the middle of the greatest HS talent in the country. But, when he had to go looking for talent, he was just a good coach.

Either way, when hard times hit at UF, NFL, and Scarolina, he pitched a stomp fit and took his ball and went home. Tarnishes his legacy and leaves him far behind Neyland and Bryant as the greatest coaches in SEC history.
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I've been a TN fan since the day I was born in UT hospital, but this is one of the most idiotic statements I've seen made in a while. I hate Spurrier for what he did to us most games as a fan, but having any knowledge of the sport you can't deny that what he did at Duke, making UF relevant, and making USCe a job worth having are all vastly difficult and not just any coach could've done it. In fact, I'd argue what he has done at USCe and UF combined is far more impressive than Saban at Bama. Why? Because winning at Bama in Football is like winning at KY in Basketball, anyone can do it for the most part. UF is relevant today because of Spurrier and USCe is as well, two SEC schools decades apart by the same guy.

As for comparing him to Neyland or Bryant... no he's not on the same level as those two, because those are two of the best coaches in CFB history, and arguably 2 of the top 5. But very few will argue that he's not 3rd behind the two of them for winning at such a high level at two schools, and most importantly, for changing the scope of college football in the 90's with his Fun N' Gun offense. The impact of that offense's success is one huge reason we see the spread so much in today's SEC and CFB world.

If we did Mt. Rushmore of SEC football coaches its Bryant and Neyland #1A and #1B (fans can argue over it) but the next guy is Spurrier. From there you can argue over #4, but I'd personally put Saban for winning so much at two different schools, though those two schools have elite in state talent (LSU) or natural recruiting advantages (Bama.) Some will argue Saban ahead of Spurrier, but I think we can all agree Spurrier at Bama or LSU in the same time period as Saban is a terrifying thought, because Spurrier has had some great talent in his days, but never to the level Saban has almost consistently had.
 
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Daloth said:
I've been a TN fan since the day I was born in UT hospital, but this is one of the most idiotic statements I've seen made in a while. I hate Spurrier for what he did to us most games as a fan, but having any knowledge of the sport you can't deny that what he did at Duke, making UF relevant, and making USCe a job worth having are all vastly difficult and not just any coach could've done it. In fact, I'd argue what he has done at USCe and UF combined is far more impressive than Saban at Bama. Why? Because winning at Bama in Football is like winning at KY in Basketball, anyone can do it for the most part. UF is relevant today because of Spurrier and USCe is as well, two SEC schools decades apart by the same guy.

As for comparing him to Neyland or Bryant... no he's not on the same level as those two, because those are two of the best coaches in CFB history, and arguably 2 of the top 5. But very few will argue that he's not 3rd behind the two of them for winning at such a high level at two schools, and most importantly, for changing the scope of college football in the 90's with his Fun N' Gun offense. The impact of that offense's success is one huge reason we see the spread so much in today's SEC and CFB world.

If we did Mt. Rushmore of SEC football coaches its Bryant and Neyland #1A and #1B (fans can argue over it) but the next guy is Spurrier. From there you can argue over #4, but I'd personally put Saban for winning so much at two different schools, though those two schools have elite in state talent (LSU) or natural recruiting advantages (Bama.) Some will argue Saban ahead of Spurrier, but I think we can all agree Spurrier at Bama or LSU in the same time period as Saban is a terrifying thought, because Spurrier has had some great talent in his days, but never to the level Saban has almost consistently had.
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Well said.
 
#66
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jakez4ut said:
dude i was at that game. that play killed the vibe. that was a great day...right until that play. tightened up 106000 people. my room mate left after that TD. he was so pissed....lol thinking about it now.

interestingly, that was Peyton's best game against the gators, and we had a furious come back that fell 6 points shy. that play in the 1st quarter was the play of the game.
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No it wasn't, his stats were huge, but overall that was one of the most pitiful games I've ever seen. We were tight running through the "T" and were so scared of making mistakes. The '95 game was Peyton's best game. Go back and watch it, he was flawless, and we were loose, playing free - just made some mistakes and then it rained. The '95 game against florida was one of the best games Peyton ever played, not his fault Chavis had zero clue had to coach defense against Spurrier.
 
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PennVol said:
No it wasn't, his stats were huge, but overall that was one of the most pitiful games I've ever seen. We were tight running through the "T" and were so scared of making mistakes. The '95 game was Peyton's best game. Go back and watch it, he was flawless, and we were loose, playing free - just made some mistakes and then it rained. The '95 game against florida was one of the best games Peyton ever played, not his fault Chavis had zero clue had to coach defense against Spurrier.
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yeah, the 62 points kind of hides any good that i could remember from that game.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Couldn't let that gem of a sentence go without responding.

So any "good" coach could, say for instance...
1) Win an ACC title at Duke, in football
2) Win 6 SEC titles in 12 years at UF, play for 2 more, and win a national title
3) Win 11 games at South Carolina three years in a row

You might want to check the history of success, or lack thereof, at those three football programs before posting more nonsense.
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1)Won the ACC when it only included basketball schools. FSU, Miami, and Va Tech were not in that ACC. About like winning the OVC in football at that time.

2) As I said, living in the land of HS talent. He wasn't a genius. He could have been that successful running the wishbone with the talent that walked onto his campus.

3) Never won a Championship in Columbia.

Legendary coaches don't quit and walk away every time the going got tough (3 times). Also, how can he be thought of as legendary when he NEVER had an undefeated season and he backed into his only National Championship.......and he had Florida talent for all of those years.





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Backwards K said:
1)Won the ACC when it only included basketball schools. FSU, Miami, and Va Tech were not in that ACC. About like winning the OVC in football at that time.

2) As I said, living in the land of HS talent. He wasn't a genius. He could have been that successful running the wishbone with the talent that walked onto his campus.

3) Never won a Championship in Columbia.

Legendary coaches don't quit and walk away every time the going got tough (3 times). Also, how can he be thought of as legendary when he NEVER had an undefeated season and he backed into his only National Championship.......and he had Florida talent for all of those years.
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So in order to be a legend, you have to...

1. Win more than one national title AND go undefeated. By your logic Bo Schembechler isn't a legend either.

2. Win the SEC 12 consecutive years at Florida because you have superior talent, even thought you're splitting that talent with two other in-state schools with a combined 8 national titles, not to mention every other top program in the nation cherry-picking. Please...

3. Win the ACC at Duke with FSU, Virginia Tech and Miami...as if revising history to include teams who were either independent or in another conference somehow diminishes Spurrier winning Duke's first ACC title since 1962. Okay?

4. Win a championship at South Carolina, a school that recently celebrated its first national title in ANY sport just a few years ago. South Carolina qualified for 11 bowl games between 1946-2002. Spurrier took them to 9 bowl games from 2005-2014. Three straight 11-win seasons at South Carolina...sorry, that's impressive given the program's history. South Carolina may never sniff the SEC title game again.

To suggest Spurrier is just another coach is complete lunacy, but I give you credit for attempting to pull it off. :loco:
 
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LW, you are one of my favorite posters and you are normally very astute in your opinions. I am a big fan of Spurrier's but I started out just trying to stir it up a little bit and gig any UF fans that might be here. Didn't expect to catch you on this but once the hook was set, I had to keep tugging.

Did find it amusing that several UT fans rushed to Spurrier's defense. Probably some of the same idiots who bash UT's first ballot HOF coach.

Enjoy your posts. Most of the time, you are very rational in your thoughts! :hi:
 
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Backwards K said:
LW, you are one of my favorite posters and you are normally very astute in your opinions. I am a big fan of Spurrier's but I started out just trying to stir it up a little bit and gig any UF fans that might be here. Didn't expect to catch you on this but once the hook was set, I had to keep tugging.

Did find it amusing that several UT fans rushed to Spurrier's defense. Probably some of the same idiots who bash UT's first ballot HOF coach.

Enjoy your posts. Most of the time, you are very rational in your thoughts! :hi:
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I appreciate you admitting your opinions were full of crap. :)
 
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Backwards K said:
There's the LW, I know! :good!:

However, it is true that he is taking a losing streak to the Vols into retirement.:whistling:
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It's also true that with the exception of 1998, Tennessee rarely parlayed a victory over Spurrier into anything meaningful...other than fans crowing about beating Spurrier.

Which is interesting considering he's just another ordinary coach. :)
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Yet he's still one of the greatest CFB coaches of all-time, he owned Tennessee during its most successful period in your lifetime, and even in UT's finest hour in 2001 they crapped the bed that very next week...because beating Spurrier in Gainesville was so important and significant, UT couldn't shake off the week-long party hangover in time for the SEC title game.
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Mad again bruh?
 
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