Spurrier has a deal in place to take over South Carolina according to ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1925598
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1925598
Spurrier Update
- Thread starter Master Capper
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I agree a good move by South Carolina but Spurrier is not all that great like everyone wants to believe. Just look at how many wins he has racked up against piss poor compeition.
Spurrier's record was 122-27-1 at Florida in 12 years. :clap:
Of those 122 wins he beat Furman, Akron, San Jose St, N.Illinois, Louisville, Arkansas St, Louisiana Lafayette (3 times), New Mexico St, Houston, N.Illinois, Georgia Southern, Central Michigan, Citadel, Louisiana Monroe (2 times), Western Michigan, Central Florida, Ball St, Middle Tennessee St, Marshall, Alabama Birmingham, and Ohio all outside the SEC.
Lets see that's 24 wins in 12 years against these powers (ah 2 gimmes a year)
Then of course you have the other more well knowns he beat during that period that were non-SEC
1990 Oklahoma St. 4-7 record
1994 S. Mississippi 6-5 record
1997 S. Mississippi 9-3 record
3 more wins against mediocre teams outside the SEC.
Then he got to play some of these SEC teams whose records over Spurriers tenure were-
Vanderbilt- Spurrier got 10 wins (Vandy's record over the period 33-77)
Kentucky-Spurrier got 12 wins (Kentucks record over the period 48-87)
LSU-Spurrier got 11 wins (Tigers record over the period 63-62-1)
S.Carolina-Spurrier got 10 wins (Carolina's record over the period 50-62-1)
Auburn-Spurrier got 9 wins (Tigers record over that period 51-40-2)
Thats 52 wins in 12 years over teams that played close to 500 ball at best. Another 4 wins a season.
Geez, that looks to me to be about 6 wins a year over average teams.
Take a look at the rest of the teams he played and his record-
Syracuse 1-1
Alabama 6-2
Tennessee 8-4
Georgia 11-1
Florida St 5-8
Notre Dame 0-1
NC State 1-0
S.Mississippi 3-0
West Virginia 1-0
Nebraska 0-1
Arkansas 3-0
Penn St. 1-0
Michigan St 0-1
Miami 0-1
Maryland 1-0
total 41-20
Spurrier may be a great coach but he sure played some stiffs and did very very well against those. He did very well against some mediocre teams and did an especially good job against Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee but did poorly against Florida St and skipped playing Miami until the 2000 Sugar bowl when he got hammered. Why did he want to dodge playing Miami if he was such a great coach and had such a great program?
I know many here LOVE Spurrier and he has MANY fans across the country and media, but I just showed why you should be all that impressed by him. Sorry if I offended any die hard Spurrier fans. Just sharing my opinion and backing it up.
I wonder if he ever played a top 10 Strength of Schedule. A top 20 SOS? I certainly know he never played tough OOC competition and was afraid to play Miami.
Maybe this is why he couldn't cut it in the NFL? Prob. not because some people are clearly meant to coach college. I do know he is the man responsible for setting the SEC trend of playing cream puff OOC schedule.
Spurrier's record was 122-27-1 at Florida in 12 years. :clap:
Of those 122 wins he beat Furman, Akron, San Jose St, N.Illinois, Louisville, Arkansas St, Louisiana Lafayette (3 times), New Mexico St, Houston, N.Illinois, Georgia Southern, Central Michigan, Citadel, Louisiana Monroe (2 times), Western Michigan, Central Florida, Ball St, Middle Tennessee St, Marshall, Alabama Birmingham, and Ohio all outside the SEC.
Lets see that's 24 wins in 12 years against these powers (ah 2 gimmes a year)
Then of course you have the other more well knowns he beat during that period that were non-SEC
1990 Oklahoma St. 4-7 record
1994 S. Mississippi 6-5 record
1997 S. Mississippi 9-3 record
3 more wins against mediocre teams outside the SEC.
Then he got to play some of these SEC teams whose records over Spurriers tenure were-
Vanderbilt- Spurrier got 10 wins (Vandy's record over the period 33-77)
Kentucky-Spurrier got 12 wins (Kentucks record over the period 48-87)
LSU-Spurrier got 11 wins (Tigers record over the period 63-62-1)
S.Carolina-Spurrier got 10 wins (Carolina's record over the period 50-62-1)
Auburn-Spurrier got 9 wins (Tigers record over that period 51-40-2)
Thats 52 wins in 12 years over teams that played close to 500 ball at best. Another 4 wins a season.
Geez, that looks to me to be about 6 wins a year over average teams.
Take a look at the rest of the teams he played and his record-
Syracuse 1-1
Alabama 6-2
Tennessee 8-4
Georgia 11-1
Florida St 5-8
Notre Dame 0-1
NC State 1-0
S.Mississippi 3-0
West Virginia 1-0
Nebraska 0-1
Arkansas 3-0
Penn St. 1-0
Michigan St 0-1
Miami 0-1
Maryland 1-0
total 41-20
Spurrier may be a great coach but he sure played some stiffs and did very very well against those. He did very well against some mediocre teams and did an especially good job against Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee but did poorly against Florida St and skipped playing Miami until the 2000 Sugar bowl when he got hammered. Why did he want to dodge playing Miami if he was such a great coach and had such a great program?
I know many here LOVE Spurrier and he has MANY fans across the country and media, but I just showed why you should be all that impressed by him. Sorry if I offended any die hard Spurrier fans. Just sharing my opinion and backing it up.
I wonder if he ever played a top 10 Strength of Schedule. A top 20 SOS? I certainly know he never played tough OOC competition and was afraid to play Miami.
Maybe this is why he couldn't cut it in the NFL? Prob. not because some people are clearly meant to coach college. I do know he is the man responsible for setting the SEC trend of playing cream puff OOC schedule.
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you could make those kind of record observations about any college coach that ever lived. i for one have no doubt about spurrier's credentials or ability at the college level. forget for a moment his sec resume', anyone that could turn duke into a credible football team in short order has some kind of special ability. no one's been able to duplicate that feat since.
Scott,
Why do you continue to mislead others? If this is a way a coach is measured then should we not then assume that Pete Carroll is not a good coach? If I use your comparison techniques then it would results that over 45% of Carrolls wins have come against sub 500 teams. For any coach to consistently win year in and year out like Spurrier did in the best football league in the county speaks volumes about how good a coach he was and I am not even a Spurrier fan.
Why do you continue to mislead others? If this is a way a coach is measured then should we not then assume that Pete Carroll is not a good coach? If I use your comparison techniques then it would results that over 45% of Carrolls wins have come against sub 500 teams. For any coach to consistently win year in and year out like Spurrier did in the best football league in the county speaks volumes about how good a coach he was and I am not even a Spurrier fan.
Should be a good program for spurrier to head to. Looking forward to seeing what kind of results he can provide if he does decide to take the job!
Spurrier to USC is a great move for USC and Spurrier. As far as the idea that Spurrier beat weak competition while at Florida, that is ridiculous. Florida had never even won an SEC championship prior to Spurrier's arrival and he won 6 in 12 years. Totally dominated the SEC during the 1990's. The SEC is arguably the best conference in the country and the SEC East is the stronger division. He will have a more difficult time winning at SC, but he won an ACC championship while at Duke, so don't bet against it!
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The Hammer said:
There is only ONE USC and that is the University of Southern California.
The University of South Carolina = The University of South Carolina, not USC.
what ever scott :142lmao: :142lmao: 
you must have a lot of time on your hands - pulling all that info together.
you could spend that same amount of time on any other coach in league...
you must have a lot of time on your hands - pulling all that info together.
you could spend that same amount of time on any other coach in league...
