Spurrier Quotes

Of course, I was very excited (when Spurrier joined the Gamecocks). I thought it`d be a great opportunity for me and for this university. He`s very demanding as far as technique and throwing on rhythm, things like that. He`s a good coach. I couldn`t have asked for anything better.

You have to take what Coach Spurrier tells you to do and just go out there and do it. It`s a lot of fun playing for him.

(Center Jeff Mitchell played for new South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier at Florida. Asked if he thought Georgia might pour it on when the Bulldogs host Spurrier`s Gamecocks on Saturday, he laughed.) I hope so, ... It`s just fun; I hope they do, because then you get to read about it, because he`ll start running his mouth. Isn`t he great? I just love what comes out of his mouth. If you`re not a Gamecock, maybe you hate him, but he says right what`s on his mind. He comes right out with it.

There will be some things that are different that all college coaches go through when they get to the NFL. Spurrier comes to mind, and some of the adjustments he was forced to make and was reluctant to make at various times,`` Aikman said.

I`ll watch the game and root for Coach Spurrier every day of the week until the one day he plays Florida. I`m a Gator and I have no split allegiance when it comes to that. The University of Florida is my school and I hope they pound South Carolina when they play them.

I`ve always said Spurrier is the best coach since Bryant, and I would have loved to (have) seen them go head to head. I think Spurrier would have had some success, at least more than anyone else did. I really think Spurrier would have driven Bryant crazy.

(Any dislike of Spurrier starts) first with the winning, ... Not only that, on other occasions he might make comments. He might score more points here in Athens. Instead of trying to slow the scoring down, it seems like he never tried to slow the scoring down. That really rubs (people the wrong way). So it`s a combination ? the winning and the other things.