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Football flashback: Florida makes time stand still against Georgia

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They have won games when a wide receiver turned into a running back, the way Wes Chandler did in 1977. They have lost games when a coach turned into the village idiot, the way Doug Dickey did in the 1976 “Fourth and Dumb” play. They have lost games when an opposing wide receiver found a miracle, the way Georgia’s Lindsay Scott did in the 1980 “Run, Lindsay, run” game. They have won games when Steve Spurrier would not stop scoring,…

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Did Steve Spurrier fear going through a finish like Bobby Bowden?

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In the end, you wonder if Steve Spurrier remembered an old foe. In the final moments, you wonder if he wanted to avoid a finish like the one that Bobby Bowden had suffered. They were antagonists, of course. For a 12-year period, over 14 games, they sent fine football teams against each other. You were for Florida, or you were for FSU. You were with Bowden in this corner, or you were with Spurrier in that one. No one won…

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Steve Spurrier, the ‘Old Ballcoach’ is retiring immediately

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The Old Ballcoach is walking away from college football. Steve Spurrier is no longer in the profession. Spurrier, 70, told his South Carolina team Monday night that he is leaving effective immediately. Spurrier is the all-time winningest coach at South Carolina, but to those who live in Florida, he will always be remembered as a Gator. As a player, Spurrier won the Heisman Trophy as a quarterback. As a coach, he won the team’s first national championship and instilled the…

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Flashback: 20 seasons ago, Steve Spurrier’s Gators upset Tennessee

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Was it ever this sweet? Was it ever this hyped? Was Florida ever unbeaten, taking on a highly regarded Tennessee team? Was there ever a Vol quarterback like Joshua Dobbs? Could this game be any bigger? Well, yes. It could. Florida and Tennessee both have been good in a lot of years of their history. There have been close games, and lopsided games, and games when each got past the other on the way to the national championship. But was…

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Ranking the Heisman winners from the state; is Winston No. 1?

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Eight men, and all of them can say they were the best. Eight men, and all of them won the Heisman. But looking back, who was the most Heismanest of them all? Consider all the seasons, and all the champions, and all of the great moments of all of the Florida schools. Now throw them in one hopper. Who was the greatest of them all? Was it Steve Spurrier, the first Heisman winner in the state? Was it Tim Tebow,…

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After all this time, Steve Spurrier still belongs to the Florida Gators

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He won the Heisman Trophy there. He won a national championship. As a player, and as a coach, he helped to change things. Even after this time away, Steve Spurrier is the ultimate Gator. Even now, he still looks odd in burgundy. In college football, things change. And so, it is easy to wonder if Spurrier will ever be thought of as South Carolina’s coach, or just as a Florida alumnus working somewhere else. Already, Spurrier is entering his 11th…

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South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier wants flag removed

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Those who remember Steve Spurrier from his days at the University as Florida understand that Spurrier isn’t one to silence his own opinion. Sometimes, that involves politics. Spurrier, the coach at South Carolina, has come out in favor of the removal of the Confederate flag from the grounds of South Carolina’s state Capitol in Columbia. A day earlier, Spurrier’s supervisor, athletic director Ray Tanner, had come out in favor of the removal. “The South Carolina football team, players and coaches…

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