You can't spell Citrus without UT

[Pride85]

Huh, what am I missing here? Who is "the HBC?" Why didn't they say "Spurrier?"
My favorite source says that Spurrier-led teams played in two Citrus Bowls after 1996, the 1997 Gators and the 1999 Gators.
Source: Steve Spurrier College Coaching Records, Awards and Leaderboards | College Football at Sports-Reference.com
Surely they didn't get it wrong, so what am I missing? Someone want to help me with the history?

Spurrier said that about Tennessee when he was coaching at Florida. Basically, Citrus Bowl always took the runner up in the SEC east.

 

[NATHAN05]

For Tennessee fans, the proper acronym for Spurrier is OVT - the old visor tosser.

There was also the old joke:

Why does Spurrier always wear a visor?........to keep the foreskin out of his eyes.

 

[Yanks24]

HBC meant something completely different to 2 Live Crew

 

[ttocswob]

Steve Superior... (In his own mind, at least.)
Years ago, I worked with a guy whose pronunciation of Spurrier sounded like that...

 

[vol94fan]

I hated the HBC back then because he would always beat UT and then brag about it. But now, nothing but respect to a great player and coach.

 

[Snapper58]

don't think that would ever happen after UT passed him over before he ended up a gator in his playing days...he despised UT (at least that's what I've heard)

UT didn't pass on him. they were still running the single wing at the time and he wanted to play a true quarterback. So it was really him passing on Tennessee.

 

[Special Ed]

You also can't spell Hawkeys won't win the game without I-O-W-A.

 

[Gtown RNG]

For Tennessee fans, the proper acronym for Spurrier is OVT - the old visor tosser.

“Steve Orr” or “Spurious” are also appropriate.

Or Darth Visor.

 

[VAVol85]

The original nickname was the "Ol' Ball Coach", but because of his massive ego he insisted it should be 'Head Ball Coach', which sounds silly.

Thanks for posting…that’s how I remembered the progression of the nickname as well. But, I have heard sports personalities say HBC so often, I was beginning to doubt my memory.

 

[VAVol85]

UT didn't pass on him. they were still running the single wing at the time and he wanted to play a true quarterback. So it was really him passing on Tennessee.

UT was one of the last teams to move away from the single wing I think.

 

[ZZ13]

I hated the HBC back then because he would always beat UT and then brag about it. But now, nothing but respect to a great player and coach.

Funny that his best South Carolina teams couldn’t beat Butch Jones.

 

[volbound1700]

You can't spell "Bowl Season" without UF....oh, wait, YOU CAN!

Florida has beat us too many times (including this year) to feel like we can talk trash about them...

 

[volbound1700]

After the bias with Alabama getting in the CFB, I can't blame the Iowa fan for accusing them of favoritism but definitely the Iowa fan didn't get the joke/reference. Kudos to the Citrus Bowl Twitter account for the joke though, that is funny. Also the reference about Spurrier appearing more makes it even better.

 

[GAVol]

A joke stops being funny after being told too many times

Then explain why I laugh every time I fart in an elevator.

 

[Ratvol]

And to think I always thought it was Spurrier = OBS... Old Ball Sack... Silly me..

GO VOLS!!!!

 

[SAPPER 5]

Florida has beat us too many times (including this year) to feel like we can talk trash about them...

You go right ahead. Living among them, I take great pleasure in any misfortune that they encounter.

 

[citrusbowl]

hm.

 

[DuckInAPen]

I know a word or two you can't spell without UF.

Funereal, diffuse, doleful, effulgence?

 

[VFL-82-JP]

I know a word or two you can't spell without UF.

I think they should do like some of the midwestern universities and reverse their abbreviation.

FU, UF!

 

[airvols]

Why would a UT fan bring this up.

 

[ptcarter]

Funny that his best South Carolina teams couldn’t beat Butch Jones.

And to add to the humiliation, Spurrier quit on the eve of the Tennessee game, JUST BECAUSE he couldn't stomach a loss to the VOLS. In hindsight, I though he did the South Carolina team dirty, because "he quit on them before they quit on him". Does that make sense? Merry Christmas. (Just got back from a Christmas office party... hoping this post was about Spurrier, if not, I apologize.)

 

[citrusbowl]

Why would a UT fan bring this up.

yeah how dare him.

 

[adam.vol]

The original nickname was the "Ol' Ball Coach", but because of his massive ego he insisted it should be 'Head Ball Coach', which sounds silly.

I honestly thought it was Ol Bawl Coach because he would send video tapes of missed penalties in to the SEC office among anguished facial expressions when things were not going his way. I really don’t know what started first.

 

[mudhen]

I hated the HBC back then because he would always beat UT and then brag about it. But now, nothing but respect to a great player and coach.

Naw, F### that. I hate Spurrier.

 

[Volfan1000]

Most of you know where that comes from. Funnily enough, they posted that on their Twitter/X account and an Iowa fan thought they were favoring us

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Steve Spurrier was probably pissed that Tennessee did not try to recruit him harder at Science Hill High School back in the 60's and he just enjoyed needling Tennessee.