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It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for Steve Spurrier. He joined an exclusive group of “Distinguished Americans.” He made headlines for sounding like countless Florida football fans.
Spurrier received the Walter Camp Award last weekend at Yale. It goes to someone who, among other things, “has been dedicated to the preservation of American ideals.”
For someone who has enough awards to stock a museum (or restaurant), this one was special.
“It’s pretty neat,” Spurrier said. “It doesn’t necessarily go to a coach or football player.”
It’s probably the first award he has shared with showmen like Regis Philbin and Bob Hope. Of course, Spurrier has always been pretty entertaining himself. That brings us to the headlines.
“Steve Spurrier: ‘There’s a feeling around the Gators of ‘What the heck are we doing?’”
“Steve Spurrier calls out Florida head coach Billy Napier”.
“At Florida, even Steve Spurrier questions Gators’ Billy Napier. Uh-oh”.
Spurrier did do all that, though the headlines make it sound as if he’s ready to join the Napier firing squad.
Hold the bullets.
“I’m not trying to be negative,” Spurrier said. “The bottom line is we’ve had three straight losing seasons. Man, they were ready to run me out of here when we were something like 9-2 and didn’t win the SEC.”
The past is Spurrier’s frame of reference. That’s natural when you’re 78 years old and are constantly celebrated for things you did decades ago.
But one thing has not changed. Spurrier despises losing, whether it’s football or golf or which restaurant sells the most chocolate chip cookies.
That’s why he’s had a bad case of football indigestion the past few years. Nobody has suffered the Gators’ crash more than the man who made the program soar.
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Author : The Gainesville Sun
Publish date : 2024-03-21 20:00:10
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