Spurrier Spotted at Duke
Say it ain’t so, coach.
Following the coach’s carousel, there was a report earlier today that Steve Spurrier was spotted on the Duke campus the other day. That sparked all kinds of speculation that the University of South Carolina head coach could be headed back to the school that game him his first head coaching job. While this is all speculation, there is definitely some very compelling reasons why Spurrier would go to Duke, despite their terrible current record.
First, the Gamecocks of USC are a mess right now. The team appears to have tuned out the Ol’ ball coach and it doesn’t appear the administration has been behind Spurrier one hundred percent. There was the fiasco earlier in the year before the season where the school administration ruled that several of Spurrier’s recruits were ruled academically ineligible despite being one hundred percent fully cleared by the NCAA’s clearinghouse.
Second, while Duke has been the laughing stock of Division I football, they play in one of the weakest football conferences in the country. Miami is nowhere near where they once were, Wake Forest was a one year wonder, and even Boston College has had up and down years. Spurrier can easily turn that thing around through his recruiting ability and just the Ol’ ball coach tactics.
Third, Spurrier always votes Duke #25 in the AP Preseason Poll despite the team they field. That goes to show you how much loyalty he has for the Duke Blue Devils. He turned it around once, a part of Spurrier is wondering if he can do it again. What does Spurrier have to accomplish at USC? They play in the toughest conference in the country which will produce a National Championship contender once every ten years because every year, the SEC teams beat each other up and don’t have the record to be considered.
It would be sad for USC fans to see him go, but for college football overall, it would be a really good story. For Spurrier to go back to where it all started, would be a fitting end to a great coaching career.
South Carolina, Steve Spurrier
December 17th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
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