South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier to retire, sources say

Grier said Monday that he took an over-the-counter supplement, but did not specify which one. Yes, I actually did have a case of the Mondays In the span of six hours … He is 86-49 overall as the school’s coach.

On criticizing SEC commissioner Roy Kramer, the creator of the BCS, for use of the Coaches’ Poll to decide the champion instead of a playoff: “But Coach Kramer says the coaches are very honest in their voting”. While Spurrier coached the Florida Gators, they had 9 of those 10-win seasons.

I’ve never felt the deep personal connection many SEC fans feel toward Steve Spurrier.

It nearly seems surreal that the Head Ball Coach has seemingly coached his last game. Quarterback Will Grier was suspended for the remainder of the season Monday for failing a drug test. Grier says the failed test was due to an over-the-counter supplement he took without getting assurances from Florida’s staff.

With the Gators, he became one of the great coaches in college history. We finally won enough games, though it wasn’t much previous year. Where’s the running-down-on-field Pat Haden now?

Said USC board of trustee Eddie Floyd: “I’m shocked and I have a lot of sadness, too”.

Let’s look at the state of Florida’s program when they hired Steve Spurrier.

The abrupt nature of Spurrier’s departure won’t sit well with a few, especially given that he doesn’t plan on finishing out this season.

On quarterback Peyton Manning: “I know why Peyton came back for his senior year”. Todd Gurley can actually text, e-mail or call Nick Chubb. “Your legacy will never be forgotten I promise you that”. I find it amusing that now enemy number one, Lane Kiffin, also wears a visor. Our arch-rival and the school Spurrier himself loved to play mind games with. He then moved to his alma mater, Florida where he was 122-27-1 in 12 campaigns. Nick Chubb doesn’t have that kind of deal yet, and neither does … “He bucked the stodgy tradition, philosophies, and especially the play books of his predecessors and introduced the SEC to Fun ‘n” Gun. No, he is quitting on his players before the whistle blows.

The ballcoach tortured Tennessee in the mid-90s, which made beating him an unbelievable joy and an opportunity Vol fans will miss.

He assured his players that he has recruited he would see it through. The idea of a good cause is in the eye of the beholder. NCAA, once you make an exception for something like this, all you’re doing is acknowledging just how bullspit the rule is in the first place. Perhaps his best success and get a valid Gamecock anything like me wasn’t the tank succeeds it wasn’t the 11 acquire weather the new commer was five season acquire roll on the Clemson Tigers. The San Francisco 49ers selected him with the third overall pick in the ’67 National Football League draft. But the things he did with the three stars and two stars that were most impressive.

“He will go down as one of the great coaches in the game”. He has a 228-89-2 career record with the Blue Devils, Gators and Gamecocks.

“‘When that happened, I thought, ‘Whoops, the magic of The Swamp is taking over; it’s coming back, ‘ ” Spurrier said. Always a victor, until this fall, when the Gamecocks – clearly lacking the talent needed to compete in the SEC – lost four of their first six, the latest a 45-20 defeat to LSU. The Huskers have to win at least two of those four, and they can’t gag on the road to Purdue or Rutgers.

The team will hold a news conference on Tuesday at noon. He told The State in Columbia that he was “still 100%.”