This is indicative of a hilarious thing Spurrier does: he finds a way to take a totally unrelated question and answer it with a totally unnecessary insult. What results is a perfect score and a deserving winner. You guessed it...Spurrier's Florida. The Ol’ Ball Coach brought his typical brand of down-home Southern charm, and because the SEC is the only conference that matters, we here at The Triangle figured we’d bring you yesterday’s five Spurriest moments as a way to dive back into college football. Spurrier was speaking at his 2002 farewell press conference at Florida, and once again found a way to bring an unsuspecting victim into the fray. “I’ll tell you what has been sort of interesting. This one came after Spurrier's South Carolina beat up on Kentucky, 54-3, in 2011. The new-look SEC began its three-day run of podium sessions, awkward stand-up interviews, and catered turkey subs yesterday in Hoover, Alabama, and the first man up was none other than South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. I was there. 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It's unbelievably pointed and is certain to piss off any person associated with Auburn. “In ’06, we lost a close one to Auburn. I just find it pretty funny that Spurrier associates happiness with cartwheels. Please don’t clap when you lose a game.’ There’s no moral victories in any sport.”. And it's just downright hilarious. Spurrier would actually coach in two Citrus Bowls over a three year span, so I'd counter with "you can't spell Citrus without the U-S-C.". Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information/Your California Privacy Rights/Children's Online Privacy Policy are applicable to you. Stephen knows how to live. "You can't spell Citrus without the U-T." Savagery: 5, Cleverness: 4.5, Humor: 5, Total: … That's some 300-level trash talk. Peyton really wasn't the target here; Tennesse was, as it so often is for Spurrier. I’m glad we’ve gotten to a place where college-age kids are named Shaq. It was just worn out. The Gamecocks aren’t only relevant, they’re fighting for the best players from all over the Eastern Seaboard, and they’ve dominated South Carolina as of late. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. On Florida State: 1.”You know what FSU stands for, don’t you? This is a personal favorite because he finds a way to play the beautifully petty holier-than-thou card. It’s easy to forget sometimes just how big of a turnaround Spurrier has put together in Columbia. Poor Vandy. It's remarkably clever (whose mind goes to coloring books when they hear of a fire in a library?) Of course, we … Creating any sort of objective rating—because this type of rating is obviously 100 percent objective—requires a scale. That's why this doesn't rank higher on the list, but it's still not often you hear a coach compliment a team's punter after a blowout. Spurrier was referring to the time Clowney got a speeding ticket for going roughly 40 mph over the speed limit. This is kind of just mean. The first thing to note about this one is it was true—Manning had led his Tennessee Volunteers to back-to-back Citrus Bowl victories, and he was named the game's MVP in 1997. Kentucky's punter Ryan Tydlacka did punt nine times for 398 yards, and it appears Spurrier was being genuine in his praise. Head Ball Coach is retired, but he's still bringing the heat. In 1993, it emerged that a Florida State booster had bought more than $6,000 worth of shoes for players (Florida State would win the national championship that season). SI's Preseason Top 25 Rankings: Alabama Is the Class of College Football, Again. “Our sports information guy, he said, ‘Coach, this is the first year since you’ve been at South Carolina you brought a quarterback to this media day.’ I said, ‘That’s right, isn’t it?’ Then somebody asked me how I selected my players to come. Who'd they lose to? Steve Spurrier sound bites: The 2014 regular season - YouTube Robert Mays is a staff writer at Grantland. In a discussion about the importance of recruiting, Spurrier said: "You can have good ballplayers and still not win football games—all you LSU fans know about that.”, College Football's Top 100 Players of 2017. Never one to miss an opportunity to crack a sarcastic joke, Spurrier attached this nickname to his in-state rival, and it stuck. Kids from Florida, New Jersey, all kind of places. Steve Spurrier may be retired from coaching, but he's still good for a debatably below-the-belt jab at one of his former rivals. So it was sort of neat.”, You know what, that is neat. “Healthwise, I feel a lot better than I did last year. All rights reserved. Interest-Based Ads. when he just couldn't help himself from taking a shot at LSU. Spurrier would be hired by the Washington Redskins just 10 days later and would soon find out that coaching in the NFL isn't so easy. Here are 15 of his best trash-talking moments. The best part of this one for me is the "sort of," because it conveys a casual cool that is a prerequisite for delivering a cutting insult. © 2020 ABG-SI LLC. It’s nearing the end of July, and in the college football world, that can only mean one thing — MEDIA DAYS! Spurrier likes to contrast other programs' disciplinary issues with his own programs' model-citizen behavior, a strategy that certainly took a hit after the 2012 sanctions. The new-look SEC began its three-day run of podium sessions, awkward stand-up interviews, and catered turkey subs yesterday in Hoover, Alabama, and the first man up was none other than South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier. Spurrier absolutely owned LSU when he was at Florida, going 11-1 against the Tigers, but he lost all four of his matchups against them while at South Carolina. The Head Ball Coach was speaking at the Independence Bowl Kickoff Luncheon in Shreveport, La. “In 12 years at Florida, I don’t think we ever signed a kid from the state of Alabama. Speaking of …, “We’ve signed Mr. Football in the state of South Carolina last four years — Shaq Roland, a wide receiver this past year, is with us.”. This time it was then-Saints coach Jim Haslett, who was coming off a 7-9 season. So we decided to rank his all-time best insults. We had 400 kids show up for a little one-day football camp, from all over the place. This time, Spurrier, who went 12-20 as a coach in the NFL, was answering a question as to the lack of easy wins in the NFL. Still, love the matter-of-factness. All Rights Reserved. I have me a new knee. Spurrier's coaching chops are nothing to be scoffed at—he won six SEC titles and a national championship at Florida—but he might be an even better trash talker, and he showed Wednesday that he hasn't let retirement slow him down. It's really just a perfect jab all-around. Here we get our first glimpse into one of Spurrier's favorite pastimes: making fun of the University of Tennessee. Cookie Policy. The Ol’ Ball Coach brought his typical brand of down-home Southern charm, and because the SEC is the only conference that matters, we here at The … About as good as a diss can get. © 2020 ESPN Internet Ventures. Tennessee reached the Orange Bowl in Peyton's senior year, losing only one regular season game. We'll rank Spurrier's disses from 1-5 on three criteria: Savagery (essentially a measure of aggressiveness), Cleverness (if it's obvious, it's not scoring high) and Humor (this one's self-explanatory). His Tennessee-Peyton-Citrus bowl running joke hits every time, partly because the Citrus Bowl has a lame-sounding name. Of course, no one in either of those two SEC football-crazed towns is happy with going 7-6, and Spurrier knows that. You know you're married to the savagery game when you're 72 years old, have been retired for two years and interpret a public speaking engagement as an invitation to roast. More Florida State hate! Had a knee replacement, four surgeries on my right knee. Spurrier is referring to the 1999 scandal involving Albert Means, which was a pretty ugly ordeal altogether, and this jab did not age well: Spurrier's South Carolina program was smacked with sanctions in 2012 for its own set of recruiting violations. I’m looking forward to 2025, when some quarterback named LeBron announces his college decision on national TV.
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