Seems like the fact that this article was REPOSTED on Oct 5th, 'six months after the fact' was a rather glaring omission to this story and to the subsequent editorialization.

I agree that this is childish behavior – everyone knows that Ron Morris is a "hater" who never has anything good to say about Spurrier, so why stoop to his level? Spurrier should have just ignored Morris, IMO.

That said, why does everyone (including myself here) find this to be out of line, but when journalists (Morris) rip on the coach, it is not childish? Read some of Ron's articles … he has really ripped Spurrier time and time again. While I don't think Spurrier has been magic in Columbia, Gamecock fans are delusional if they think he is a bad coach at USC. Does anyone remember the 20 years BEFORE Spurrier came? We would have dreamed of just making it to Atlanta. Or dreamed of just beating UF one time. Just goes to show how all fans of all programs have never satisfying expectations.

Also, I don't think the timing has anything to do with the blowout win over UK. I think it was the 2 articles that Morris wrote after the Auburn and Kentucky games, where he basically called Spurrier a moron. Those got to him, and the timing was coincidental with the UK win.

Just my opinion.

What are my personal feelings? The fact that I've got an autographed Spurrier photo hanging in my house? Or a bottle of his Cock N' Fire wine?

I think Spurrier's a good coach, entertaining… and at times he acts like a child. That's called being objective. Those who hate him, aren't. Those who love him aren't. I just cover him. When he does something well, I say so. When I feel he's overstepped his bounds, I say that.

Take it, leave it, it's just my opinion. But to suggest anyone who critiques the guy has "personal feelings" against him, well, that's kind of juvenile in its own right.

As for who I pull for… try the underdog. 90% of the time, I pull for the underdog or the best story. Last year I wrote that I was hoping for a South Carolina/Ole Miss SEC Championship Game. Right now I'd like to see LSU/Alabama face off while still undefeated.

You can say a lot of things about me, but claiming I'm for or against a team or coach is pretty far off base.

John

Looks like someone's just a little butt-hurt on the topic of Steve Spurrier! Yes, it is OF COURSE a classic Spurrier smokescreen…….you'd do well to look up the timing of past/previous "controversial" "outbursts"…….you'll find that each time coincided with another issue or big game week.

What i'd like to know is which team you root for. You've never said, but it couldn't be clearer with your comments that Spurrier, most likely while at UF, delivered at least a handful of painful, scoreboard-lighting buttwhippings to that team. You're gonna need to point me in the right direction though, because that description applies to about 11 teams….

Love the site, and also love your opining the other 99% of the time when you aren't overridden by your personal feelings, but this was too trasparent.

-js

My point with Spurrier is that just b/c he's SEC titles and one somewhat controversial national title doesn't mean that he's immune to criticism. He hasn't accomplished anything yet at South Carolina (no, winning a weak East last year isn't good enough for his pedigree) and he has never, repeat never, gone undefeated in a season as a head coach anywhere. So I guess I don't understand what makes him so untouchable to people.

BTW when Spurrier was the Head Ball Coach at Florida, the reporter he banned was Larry Guest of the Orlando Sentinel. There were a lot of writers critical of Spurrier and Florida when he was the Gator coach, but Larry stood out by being just malicious. Spurrier claimed and even offered proof of outright fabrications in Larry's writing.

I don't know what that means.

John