Thursday Thoughts

2008-09-10T06:59:04-04:00

Thursday Thoughts

2008-09-05T01:11:45-04:00

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2008-09-05T18:08:03-04:00

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waveland60613

Chicago 352190

glad to see my Dores finally pull one out at home. They've always been competitive, and actually led a lot of games going into the fourth quarter, but their lack of depth usually does them in at the end of the game. It looks like Bobby Johnson's recruiting efforts are finally paying off. GO DORES 2675532

2008-09-05T17:34:54-04:00

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Broncobeno

Athens 461458

Actually, Randy W, Spurrier is one of the lower paid coaches in the league at about $1.8 million, I believe. Fulmer would actually require about a $600,000 raise over that. I agree that Spurrier's run as a dominant coach is over, and has been for a while. He was able to recruit at Florida based on his success and the fact he was in the state of Florida where 4.2 WRs grow on trees. He doesn't have anything to show recruits anymore. Even if he were able to seal the borders a la Georgia and LSU, he's still got Clemson in his backyard. 2675368

2008-09-05T16:26:21-04:00

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hominid

Goleta 513386

>>College football programs can not be created in just a few years. I think Pete Carroll at the real USC would disagree. His first season: 6-6. Since then: 70-8 with two national titles. 2674705

2008-09-05T14:55:05-04:00

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#1tigerfan

Baton Rouge 86813

as an lsu fan and a victim of steve spurrier when he was at florida, i couldn't be happier to the "the old ball coach" look old and confused. south carolina doesn't and never will have the recruiting base to be an sec contender, particularly when it has to compete with clemson for the sc recruits. if spurrier could get half the recruits clemson does then i'd be worried but he can't. recruiting is the key in college football to winning programs. 2673678

2008-09-05T13:25:43-04:00

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Bullard456

Atlanta 32242

stupid system....The man is always watching.....GO COOOOOOCKS! 2672806

2008-09-05T13:22:23-04:00

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Bullard456

Atlanta 32242

What the He!!......The system blocks out the C**ks.....How stupid....Go ****! 2672697

2008-09-05T13:21:00-04:00

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Bullard456

Atlanta 32242

"Anytime an SEC team loses, especially one with obnoxious and delusional fans such as the Gamecocks, is a good game."........Name one team in the country that does not have delusional and obnoxious fans??? College football fans are crazy people. I should b/c I am one.....But even though we lost I still look forward to the next game and I will always support my team. Go ****! 2672723

2008-09-05T11:47:35-04:00

SECsuxNuts

Cary 174406

anytime an SEC team loses, especially one with obnoxious and delusional fans such as the Gamecocks, is a good game. 2671504

2008-09-05T11:12:06-04:00

Randy W

Columbus 512654

Well, SC's decade long strategy of recycling name-brand coaches well past their expiration dates is nothing but a complete failure. Maybe they can buy out Spurrier and lure Phil Fulmer away from Tennessee. All I know is they could get 6-6 seasons for about $3 million a year cheaper. 2670862

2008-09-05T10:32:19-04:00

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Dashlok

Atlanta 23020

Just like a **** fan to mention Spurrier's dominance when he was the coach of a different (and far better) program 2670154

<img title="Chris Nickson" src="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/09/04/kansas.morris.ap/blog.nickson.ap.jpg" height="300" align="right" alt="Chris Nickson" width="210" style="width: 210px; height: 300px" />By Bill Trocchi, SI.com So which direction is Steve Spurrier taking this South Carolina program, anyway?It is Year Four since Spurrier took over from Lou Holtz, and the records have been 7-5, 8-5 and 6-6 in the first three. The Gamecocks are off to a 1-1 start this year after losing to Vanderbilt for a second straight season. And like last year's game, when Vanderbilt posted a 17-6 win in Columbia, the better team appeared to win. Vanderbilt got a big break early in the third quarter when a punted ball bounced off a South Carolina player and was recovered by Vanderbilt. But since when do quality SEC teams lose to Vanderbilt because of one bad bounce?The fact was, a Commodore team with very little experience coming back from a 5-7 team (including no starting offensive linemen and one starting defensive lineman) won the line of scrimmage battles when it mattered most. Vanderbilt pressured quarterback Chris Smelley for a good part of the evening and picked up big chunks between the tackles on its final touchdown drive.With 2:34 remaining and Vanderbilt backed up on its own 5-yard line, South Carolina had two timeouts and a chance to get the ball back, trailing 24-17. It was time for the Gamecocks to show who was boss -- to avoid a second embarrassing defeat to a team it has traditionally owned. (Remember when Spurrier was hired by the Redskins and said the NFL would be tougher than college because 'there are no Vanderbilts in the NFL'?) Vanderbilt simply mashed the ball up the middle and ran out the clock with five manly running plays.Spurrier is 11-14 in the SEC with the Gamecocks -- 6-11 since his first season. Not only are the Gamecocks failing to climb the SEC East ladder behind Tennessee, Georgia and Florida, it appears Vanderbilt is coming up from behind.The Commodores have insisted the talent level has been rising under Bobby Johnson in recent years, even after the depature of NFL first-rounder Jay Cutler. The results seem to bear this out. Since Cutler left, more than half of Vanderbilt's SEC games have been decided by seven points or less, and that does not include a pair of double-digit Commodore wins.Johnson maintained all week the South Carolina game was not going to get Vanderbilt over any hump, that it was not a program-defining game for the Commodores.I'll give him that. But it may have been a program-defining game for the team on the other sideline. 1240

The Sweep

New York 479813