Friday, July 24, 2009

Never a dull moment with Steve Spurrier

I realize that it is July, and that college football is still a solid month away. But in the SEC, trust me-- pigskin is a year-round obsession. The conference is seriously a soap opera. Lane Kiffin trying to jump up and bite the heels of the big dogs; ripping South Carolina grads, trying to "turn in" Florida for a non-existant recruiting violation. Arkansas nearly melting down with the Bobby Petrino incident (not to mention Gus Mahlzahn and Mitch Mustain) two years back. And of course, Steve Spurrier taking any and all cheap shots against his former employer, the Florida Gators.
The latest Spurrier dig? He was the only coach not to name Tim Tebow as the first-team SEC quarterback. I may remind you he is the only QB in the conference to have a Heisman, not to mention a Chuck Norris-esque fan devotion. (Notre Dame players now touch a "Play like Tim Tebow today" sign while heading out to the field.).
Safe to say Spurrier is not the webmaster over there. Instead, the ole ball coach crowned Ole Miss QB Jevan Snead the new king of fling in the SEC.
Or did he?
At SEC media day, Spurrier blamed the incident on an oversight, claiming someone else on his staff filled out the bllot, and that Spurrier simply signed without glancing at it. He even tried to call up and change his vote.
What a shame. And here I thought he was just taking a quiet little dig at his replacement Urban Meyer. Turns out it was a snafu. Regardless, I hope that at the very least when he discovered the oversight, he flung a visor. Maybe two.

By the way, there may be some blog changes in the works next week... I will keep everyone posted. In the meantime, thanks for reading...

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