Through the Eyes of Spurrier
By: Roy Philpott
Today I should be taking a serious approach to South Carolina football.
I should be telling you that Blake Mitchell completed 135-of-202 passes for 1,789 yards and 10 touchdowns a year ago. I should be telling you he may put up even bigger numbers than that.
I should be telling you South Carolina fans think they signed a better quarterback than Willy Korn in Stephen Garcia.
I should be telling you Garcia, like Korn, may see the field as a true freshman this year.
But I’m not. I’m taking a different approach.
Love him or hate him, you have to admit Steve Spurrier brings something to the Clemson-South Carolina rivalry. With that in mind, let us pretend we are a mosquito on the wall of the locker room of the practice facility in Columbia. And let us pretend we are listening to the old ball coach talk to his quarterbacks just moments before taking the field for the first practice of the 2007 season.
What would those conversations sound like?
Perhaps something like this…
SPURRIER TALKING TO BLAKE MITCHELL: Blake, we’re gonna pitch it and catch it this year. I know we lost Sidney but he disappeared in most of the big games anyway. You’ve got Mike and Cory coming back, and an offensive line that can lead us to our first ever SEC Championship. Most importantly, you’ve got me. Do what I say and you’ll be just fine. I can’t have you throwing the ball to the other team like you did against that Clemson team that one time. You almost cost us that one. I’ve seen you be good and I’ve seen you be bad. Son, I need you to be good this year because if you can’t get the job done I’ve got three other guys that can. We are trying to build a new tradition here at Carolina. A winning tradition. And I want you to be a part of it. You do what I say this year and they’ll re-name Bluff road, “Mitchell road.” Wouldn’t that be great? You’ll be right up there with George Rogers. You’ve been on Bluff road right? Yeah that’d be great.
SPURRIER TALKING TO TOMMY BEECHER: Son you had a good spring but spring is for losers. Go home and grow a couple of inches and then we’ll see if you can play in the SEC. Maybe you should join that music group that played at our spring game. That’s a fine music group we’ve got here in the Palmetto state. What is that group? Hootie? Yeah they are a fine music group and we are happy we had them play at Williams-Brice. Or maybe you should take up golf next offseason and work on your game. They got this fine course down there in that place they call Augusta. Real fine course. Just leave your camera at home.
SPURRIER TALKING TO CHRIS SMELLEY: You being able to redshirt last year while throwing 11 passes in a game is almost as confusing as the confederate flag flying atop our statehouse. I’m still trying to figure that one out. But Smelley, you made some progress this spring and we need to be ready because we may need you this year here at Carolina. We are trying to win our first ever SEC Championship and you could be a part of that. Blake is still our starter but you be ready. If Blake doesn’t listen to me the way he’s supposed to, you be ready to listen to me because I’ll put you in the game to listen to me. And you do what I say and we’ll win our first ever championship here at Carolina.
SPURRIER TALKING TO STEPHEN GARCIA: Stephen you’ve already had your share of fun this year but we need this to be a fun year for the Gamecocks, not just you. We don’t need you mouthin’ around telling people we’re going to win the SEC or this or that. And we don’t need to go bailin’ you out of the slammer again. And we don’t need to see pictures of you on that stupid internet. I tell you, it’s always that stupid internet crap. We’ve never won an SEC Championship here at this fine university and I can’t have you doing things that are going to make it harder for us to win one. But I’ll tell you what I told that Smelley kid, you be ready to listen to me. You listen to me and they’ll rename the Farmer's Market after you one day. Wouldn’t that be great? The Stephen Garcia Farmer’s Market!
Next week we’ll listen to what the old ball coach had to say to his running backs.
Today I should be taking a serious approach to South Carolina football.
I should be telling you that Blake Mitchell completed 135-of-202 passes for 1,789 yards and 10 touchdowns a year ago. I should be telling you he may put up even bigger numbers than that.
I should be telling you South Carolina fans think they signed a better quarterback than Willy Korn in Stephen Garcia.
I should be telling you Garcia, like Korn, may see the field as a true freshman this year.
But I’m not. I’m taking a different approach.
Love him or hate him, you have to admit Steve Spurrier brings something to the Clemson-South Carolina rivalry. With that in mind, let us pretend we are a mosquito on the wall of the locker room of the practice facility in Columbia. And let us pretend we are listening to the old ball coach talk to his quarterbacks just moments before taking the field for the first practice of the 2007 season.
What would those conversations sound like?
Perhaps something like this…
SPURRIER TALKING TO BLAKE MITCHELL: Blake, we’re gonna pitch it and catch it this year. I know we lost Sidney but he disappeared in most of the big games anyway. You’ve got Mike and Cory coming back, and an offensive line that can lead us to our first ever SEC Championship. Most importantly, you’ve got me. Do what I say and you’ll be just fine. I can’t have you throwing the ball to the other team like you did against that Clemson team that one time. You almost cost us that one. I’ve seen you be good and I’ve seen you be bad. Son, I need you to be good this year because if you can’t get the job done I’ve got three other guys that can. We are trying to build a new tradition here at Carolina. A winning tradition. And I want you to be a part of it. You do what I say this year and they’ll re-name Bluff road, “Mitchell road.” Wouldn’t that be great? You’ll be right up there with George Rogers. You’ve been on Bluff road right? Yeah that’d be great.
SPURRIER TALKING TO TOMMY BEECHER: Son you had a good spring but spring is for losers. Go home and grow a couple of inches and then we’ll see if you can play in the SEC. Maybe you should join that music group that played at our spring game. That’s a fine music group we’ve got here in the Palmetto state. What is that group? Hootie? Yeah they are a fine music group and we are happy we had them play at Williams-Brice. Or maybe you should take up golf next offseason and work on your game. They got this fine course down there in that place they call Augusta. Real fine course. Just leave your camera at home.
SPURRIER TALKING TO CHRIS SMELLEY: You being able to redshirt last year while throwing 11 passes in a game is almost as confusing as the confederate flag flying atop our statehouse. I’m still trying to figure that one out. But Smelley, you made some progress this spring and we need to be ready because we may need you this year here at Carolina. We are trying to win our first ever SEC Championship and you could be a part of that. Blake is still our starter but you be ready. If Blake doesn’t listen to me the way he’s supposed to, you be ready to listen to me because I’ll put you in the game to listen to me. And you do what I say and we’ll win our first ever championship here at Carolina.
SPURRIER TALKING TO STEPHEN GARCIA: Stephen you’ve already had your share of fun this year but we need this to be a fun year for the Gamecocks, not just you. We don’t need you mouthin’ around telling people we’re going to win the SEC or this or that. And we don’t need to go bailin’ you out of the slammer again. And we don’t need to see pictures of you on that stupid internet. I tell you, it’s always that stupid internet crap. We’ve never won an SEC Championship here at this fine university and I can’t have you doing things that are going to make it harder for us to win one. But I’ll tell you what I told that Smelley kid, you be ready to listen to me. You listen to me and they’ll rename the Farmer's Market after you one day. Wouldn’t that be great? The Stephen Garcia Farmer’s Market!
Next week we’ll listen to what the old ball coach had to say to his running backs.
posted by Roy Philpott @ 1:45 PM
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Sidney disappeared in most of the big games? Hmmmm.
Check his stats against Clemson, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Florida for the past two years and rethink that asanine comment.
Also, just b/c he didn't catch a TD pass against Clemson in '05 and '06 doesn't equate to him not having a huge impact on the game(receptions, yards, and having the entire secondary concentrate on him rather the ball was thrown his way or not).
Yeah? Well ....
CLICK CLACK
LMAO!
Roy and/or B. Jensen,
When are you going to release your list of "at least 10" of USC's 2007 recruits that won't qualify?
Furthermore, when are you ever going to finally release your damning evidence of the illegal recruitment of Travian Robertson by USC?
Ha ha, this is great! I can actually picture him saying this ish. Ha ha. How bout you boy, you want us to name that Farmer's market after you? Though, it should be Smelly's Farmer's Market and Garcia's Jailhouse if we're going to rename some things. I love it!
Dear "anonymous" No. 1, okay, fair enough. And don't get me wrong, Sidney Rice turned out to be a great one for South Carolina. But lets look at his stats in those games you mentioned.
2006 Sidney Rice stats:
Tennessee - 3 catches 52 yards 0 Tds (not great)
Florida - 7 catches 72 yards (not bad but certainly not great)
Arkansas - 7 catches 126 yards 1 TD (I'd say that's pretty good and it was an exciting game to watch.)
Clemson - 8 catches 103 yards 0 Tds (Again, I'd say that's pretty good)
But lets also looked at what happened against nationally ranked Georgia and nationally ranked Auburn where he caught 3-31 and 4-42 respectively.
In retrospect, some games he did show up, while others he clearly did not.
Dear "anonymous" No. 2, I don't know which of South Carolina's recruits won't qualify. That's a good question.
As far as Robertson goes, we released everything we could.
Roy Im big Clemson Fan but Im not really a big fan of readin about thosse Gamecocks. I Love You and I admire the hard wurk you put in to keep us all informmed. Lets get some positive articales like 10 things were going to do whin we win the BCS's. Keap up the good work Roy, I smile when I say your name its a goodin you can rhime all sorts of stuff with it like that one fella had Boy Toy Roy, thats just funny, I wished you were my Boy Toy Roy. Got to go Ill send you a PM tonight. IOP25
Obviously a good deal of USC's 2007 recruits won't qualify. If they were smart they never would have signed with Carolina.
x) Just adding some fuel to the rivalry. It's all in good fun.
That was awesome! I can just hear him saying all of that. You gotta work in a "hopefully" here or there...or maybe he just uses that word with the media. But next time you listen to a press conference, note how many times he says "hopefully".
Great job...can't wait to hear more!
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