Gamecocks Win!

And it did come down to the kicking game. The Ol' Ball Coach and the Gamecocks hang-on to win 31 to 28 and tie the South Carolina Rivalry 1-1 (during Spurrier's tenure).

It is what it is-a bad rumor!

This is a CofC sports blog, but at the same time, our school doesn't have a football team, so we Cougars are left to pull for one of two teams in our state: either the Gamecocks or the Tigers. With the big game less than a week away, today the scuttlebutt on ESPN and CBS is that USC Coach Spurrier is leaving Columbia. Here is the rundown.

CBS Sportsline is promoting the rumor that Steve Spurrier is leaving USC to take the Miami (FL) job. Coach Spurrier denied the rumor that he is leaving, but less than a week away from the inter-state rivalry between the #24 Tigers and the Gamecocks members of the liberal Clem(p)son media is promoting this rumor. Coach Spurrier flattered yes, but he is not leaving "unless he is ran out of town".

Quotes from Coach Spurrier's press conference:

1. "I think this is just a bad rumor," Spurrier said about his possible move. "There's nothing to it that I know about. How's that? I don't know what else to tell you."


2. "I'm not leaving unless I get run off," said Spurrier, who led the Florida Gators to the 1996 national championship. "This is where I plan to be, hopefully, for the next five, seven or eight years or whatever."


3. "Spurrier said he hadn't had contact from Miami or any other school about potential vacancies."


4. "I'm not a candidate for any job, just leave it at that," he said. "We've got our goals in place and our goal this week is to beat Clemson, a team we haven't beaten very much at all over the years. That's the only thing I need to worry about this week."
   

Membership has its privileges
I find this rumor (Clempson) biased and baseless. First, USC just announced last week their fundraising efforts to raise $100 million to revamp Williams-Brice and other sports facilities. Second, Larry Coker has yet to be removed from his positon as head-coach of Miami. Third, although Spurrier is in his second year at Carolina with a record 13-10, he is rebuilding the program and is currently fielding a competitive team. Finally, Coach Spurrier loves golf and part of his compensation package was a membership at Augusta National-I doubt he's going to give up his membership and proximity to Augusta for a move to Miami.