Spurrier quote on Michigan fans
I've always liked the Head Ball Coach, but as a Michigan alum and fan what I like even more is an excuse to pat myself on the back and look down on other programs.
Spurrier: "(Michigan) fans will show class and their team has class. They're not going to be chippy and mouthy the way those LSU guys were."
— Ryan Young (@RyanYoungSEC) September 2, 2017
And yeah I realize this is more about Spurrier hatin' them than anything. Or maybe he's just trying to tone down the rhetoric before the beatdown this afternoon.
September 2nd, 2017 at 5:37 AM ^
A true legend. Who else could get away with walking away from his team mid season and everyone be like, " Yeah...okay. I get it."
September 2nd, 2017 at 7:49 AM ^
I miss the HATIN' ASS SPURRIER columns. Just because the man is "resigned, not retired" from coaching doesn't mean he's resigned from hatin'.
September 2nd, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
Love the 'Ol Ball Coach! Really, in many ways the new version of Spurrier is indeed Jim Harbaugh. Lightning rod. Says what's on his mind, wears it on his face. People love to hate him.
I'm a big fan of David Feherty's interview show on Golf Channel, and he had an episode with Steve Spurrier that was very entertaining and interesting. Worth a look.
September 2nd, 2017 at 8:55 AM ^
He gets away with it because he owns it. He freely tells anyone that asks that he just didn't have any care left, no desire to keep going. He knew it, and he didn't fake it through shitty season - he gave the team a chance by leaving.
When you own it like that, there is nothing to complain about.
Saban, Petrino, Kiffin, Modell... Those schmucks ducked out in the dark of night, left a shitty note written by someone else, and never looked back.
Spurrier went out the way winners do - by owning it.
September 2nd, 2017 at 9:07 AM ^
One thing people hate more than quitters is quitters who lie to you about their quittin' ways and treat you like you're too stupid to realize they're lying to you.
September 2nd, 2017 at 10:04 AM ^
how he knew it was time to step down & he said it was largely just the losing. I was somewhat shocked by the honesty.
He was a winner for a long time & he left before dragging the program down any farther.
September 2nd, 2017 at 6:00 AM ^
If only those folks down in Columbus or out in East Lansing could see how much class we have...
September 2nd, 2017 at 7:18 AM ^
They're blinded by their own classlessness.
I suppose you could say they see things through their classless glasses.
September 2nd, 2017 at 8:17 AM ^
Kind of surprising that those classless asses pass their classes.
September 2nd, 2017 at 8:26 AM ^
Their classes study basses passing gasses, while trying to take home lasses drinking from glasses.
September 2nd, 2017 at 8:57 AM ^
I like the effort, but you're trying too hard. LOL!!
September 2nd, 2017 at 9:17 AM ^
The story of my life, brother.
The story of my life.
September 2nd, 2017 at 9:52 AM ^
That's what she said!
September 2nd, 2017 at 11:06 AM ^
I like the effort, but you're trying too hard. LOL!!
September 2nd, 2017 at 9:11 AM ^
while trying to take home lasses drinking from glasses, whose chaps are assless.
September 2nd, 2017 at 10:39 AM ^
Stop it - I mean it!
Anyone want a peanut?
September 2nd, 2017 at 12:02 PM ^
It's called DNA and upbringing, especially the osu fan base. Neurosurgeons and astronauts are usually not created by waitresses and truck drivers (Ufer). LOL. When a intellectual stunted fanbase has nothing to live for except osu football, there are going to be some shortcomings. My guess is respect and manners were not big in the households of the osu fanbase. Every osu fan I have ever spoken to just seemed really dumb. That is the only way I can describe them.
September 2nd, 2017 at 6:17 AM ^
Knowing Spurrier, it seems more like a chance to take another dig at LSU, than an actual compliment of us.
But I'll take it.
September 2nd, 2017 at 6:18 AM ^
college football show has The Ol Ball Coach on every Wednesday. It's pretty clear that he's A) a riot to be around and B) a really good guy. Just seems like the kind of person you'd want to have a conversation with.
September 2nd, 2017 at 9:02 AM ^
I want to really like Mark Packer, but he makes it difficult. Every time he talks about Michigan, or Harbaugh, he is very passive agressive with the hate. He's always saying, for instance, that Harbaugh is looking for all the attention and doing things to stay in the limelight. Which is patently not true. Otherwise, I think he has the best program on radio. The small bits I've heard from the other shows are awful in comparison...
September 2nd, 2017 at 1:33 PM ^
why have x when you can have 1-x
September 2nd, 2017 at 12:25 PM ^
And time?
September 2nd, 2017 at 1:05 PM ^
The show is on daily at 4PM on Sirius Radio, channel 84. The HBC is on Wednesday's at 5, for an hour. It's pretty entertaining, especially when you're driving hime from work.
September 2nd, 2017 at 6:29 AM ^
Ol' Ball Coach gonna Ol' Ball Coach
September 2nd, 2017 at 6:45 AM ^
Guess he's never seen a Michigan vs. Ohio State game. We can be chippy and mouthy.
September 2nd, 2017 at 7:52 AM ^
In one of John Bacon's books (Three & Out, I think), Rich Rodriguez describes the experience of arriving at Death Valley in the team bus. It was pretty insane--mobs of people shouting profanities and menacing the visitors all along the route, almost like an old-time labor strike or something. There might be individual M fans who take it that far, especially against OSU. But that kind of collective, mob-style activity isn't something I'd ever expect to see in A2.
September 2nd, 2017 at 7:59 AM ^
Oh I was talking about our players. Our fans are pretty classy. That comes with an older fan base and no drinking in the stadium. And well, no offense but it takes a special person to get into Michigan so our alumni keep it classy.
September 2nd, 2017 at 10:40 AM ^
I'd rather have the fans and an atmosphere people fear at osu than the classy quietest 100k wine and cheese crowd the big house is known for.
September 2nd, 2017 at 10:44 AM ^
I mean, it probably helps win football games. But then you have to deal with that crowd the other 364 days.
September 2nd, 2017 at 6:51 AM ^
I haz Klass???
September 2nd, 2017 at 9:23 AM ^
He was talking about the rest of us. He wasn't really talking about you.....
:-p
Game day!!!! Go Blue!!!!
September 2nd, 2017 at 7:08 AM ^
Thought for sure this was going to be a negative quote. Surprise!
September 2nd, 2017 at 7:08 AM ^
Pretty sure this is more a jab at LSU than a compliment for Michigan, but I'll take it.
September 2nd, 2017 at 7:40 AM ^
He would run his mouth and challenge other teams to shut him up. He sugar coated nothing. The ones who hated him were often on the receiving end of his criticism. He was bold and never really said anything that people didn't already know was true.
The link below is a former player telling Spurrier stories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OwgfYdzSTk
September 2nd, 2017 at 7:46 AM ^
"You can't spell Citrus without UT" is still the sickest college football burn ever. Sorry Peyton.
September 2nd, 2017 at 10:35 AM ^
Free Shoes University is a strong contender.
September 2nd, 2017 at 12:38 PM ^
The Florida-Goergia game was played in Athens, Spurrier called a flea flicker late in the game which went for a TD and put the Gators over 50 pts. When asked after the game why he called the play, he replied 'How often do you get to score 50 points between the hedges?'
September 2nd, 2017 at 7:51 AM ^
Spurrier is one of those rare football people that just eventually wins you over. I hated him at Florida. Thought he was an arrogant big mouth prick. Laughed when he failed at Washington. Then watched him build SC to a real(ish) program and started to respect him more. I'm sure that hearing him take shots at all the other SEC schools didn't hurt.
When he "fired himself", i thought that was a big breath of humble. Now I see him as this down-to-earth, witty football lifer who actually seems genuine and enjoyable.
I can't think of many other coaches for whom my opinion had changed so dramatically over time.
September 2nd, 2017 at 7:59 AM ^
He's like the Bizzaro Paterno.
September 2nd, 2017 at 8:43 AM ^
Yeah, but without the pedo and megalomaniac part. He knew when to walk away from the game when it was time. Fuckin' paterno was still "coaching" when he was senile and told the psu trustees that he will leave when he wanted to - this was during the early 2000s before the scandal broke.
BTW, FUCK penn state and all their delusional joepa loving fans.
September 2nd, 2017 at 12:14 PM ^
Yeah, I just meant the evolution described by GR JW--not liking him at first and then growing to respect him. I think a lot of people respected Paterno and then later on grew to despise him.
And then there is that group of PSU fans who still want a statue honoring Pateno. . . .
September 2nd, 2017 at 8:11 AM ^
Completely agree. He does grow on you.
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September 2nd, 2017 at 9:07 AM ^
I'll admit to the same fan arc with Spurrier. I never really appreciated his mouth when he was at Floriduh. Ohh, the things I missed... Thank God for recording devices!!
September 2nd, 2017 at 7:53 AM ^
knows college football. I like it. Thanks for sharing.
September 2nd, 2017 at 8:15 AM ^
Great coach, even better one liners.
September 2nd, 2017 at 8:59 AM ^
Bunch of liars on this thread. Smh.... i always liked the old ball coach blah blah full of shit!!!!
September 2nd, 2017 at 11:48 AM ^
What reason would we have to dislike him?
September 2nd, 2017 at 9:21 AM ^
Spurrier was always willing to say what he thought. Like Mike Leach, only funny and less cringy