The hot take you’ve been waiting for

No, not this one.  But I digress.

You knew Spurrier would have some snark for one on his former assistants taking a 2-10 team into Neyland Stadium and winning.  And he doesn’t disappoint with this:

Georgia State coach Shawn Ellliott knew his team could exploit Tennessee on both lines of scrimmage. The Panthers believed him, and the result was an upset that didn’t look like one. Elliott’s former boss — an expert at beating Tennessee — was impressed. https://t.co/fe0c5z8TTU pic.twitter.com/ErrTtTwGF0

— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) September 2, 2019

The “until” is a super nice touch, I think.

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Your Daily Gator emerges victorious.

Sure, I could give you 500 words on Florida’s epic win last night over a team that doesn’t have a functioning offensive tackle, but instead, I’m gonna outsource the job to one Steven Orr Spurrier, who’s forgotten more football than I’ll ever know.

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— Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) August 25, 2019

That came after Franks’ inexplicable late interception, but there were plenty of other moments worthy of that take.

Oh, and if you wanna get meta for a sec, here’s commentary on Spurrier’s commentary.

Misery in motion pic.twitter.com/iQjzLNpXO4

— Stephen Garcia (@StephenGarcia) August 25, 2019

With bonus commentary on the commentary…

He having flashbacks of you in the meeting room lol

— Tori Gurley (@TGurley81) August 25, 2019

Shut the fuck up tori hahaha. Come on dude

— Stephen Garcia (@StephenGarcia) August 25, 2019

Friday morning buffet

One day ’til college football, and counting.

• One thing Mark Richt hasn’t lost control of:  “I don’t think they are going to win but they are back…”
• Here’s a quick refresher on new rules for 2019.
• Spurrier will say anything to get people to forget how he bailed on South Carolina.
• Georgia hasn’t been the only team that trained in Sanford Stadium this month.
• The launch of the ACC Network has its accompanying corporate gobbledygook.
• Here’s the latest guide on cord-cutting.  Once again, it’s YouTube TV at the top.
• Either the grand poobahs running the CFP are too stupid to recognize bad optics, or simply don’t care.  My vote is for the latter.
• Jacob Eason gets the nod.
• Gus Malzahn’s cliché work is in midseason form.

Say it ain’t so, Stevie.

Man, Spurrier.

Like with many media interviews with Spurrier, at some point during the conversation he talked about his feelings towards Georgia. The 74-year-old Spurrier started off his rhetoric in a modest and respectful tone, perhaps because Herschel was there:

“We couldn’t tell many jokes about Georgia because they were kicking our butts. They beat Florida 15 out of 20 times in the 70s and 80s. So we got a chance to turn it around in the 90s, and so forth.

“A lot of times, those stupid jokes I told – they were just meant for the Gators.”

Lame.  I actually respect him less for backing off the bravado.

Just another day in Paradise

Apparently this is a thing.

Former Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer and former Florida and South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier will coach in the Polynesian Bowl on Jan. 18, 2020, at Honolulu’s Aloha Stadium, the bowl announced on Wednesday.

Beamer will coach Team Makai (Ocean), and Spurrier will coach Team Mauka (Mountain). The game will be broadcast nationally on CBS Sports Network.

Good luck, Mauka.  Your coach sounds like he’s got one foot on the beach already.

“Hawai’i in January to coach in the Polynesian Bowl is about as good as it gets,” Spurrier said in a statement. “I’m looking forward to being part of this amazing experience.”

All I can think of after seeing that quote is this:

That is the look of a man ready to put the hours in.  Don’t forget to pack the golf clubs, Coach.

Steve Spurrier, class act

He may be quick with a quip, but he’s still a dick.

Caught up with the HBC himself tonight in Columbia. Coming back to the midlands always reminds him of the way he left… says #Gamecock fans have every right to criticize him for that 2015 season, but "that team had the worst attitude of about any team I ever had." @abc_columbia pic.twitter.com/hMlyk728tw

— Mike Gillespie (@MikeABCColumbia) April 25, 2019

I guess that made it okay for him to bail.  In his mind, at least.

TFW you run out of Georgia and Tennessee snark

For some reason, Visor Man decided to take a shot at his last place of college employment, where I thought he received better treatment than he dished out.

“I tell you the football gods have been smiling on me the last two (AAF) weeks,” Spurrier said about the Apollos being fortunate to be 3-0. “I think all the crap I had at South Carolina those last two years, they’re coming back. They’re smiling on me a little bit.”

So the football gods were handling recruiting?  That explains a lot.