Ok, here's what all I've been hearing regarding Spurrier possibly coming to Alabama. Some of these could just be rumors, and some of these could actually be truths. I'm just putting everything I've heard down.
The University's (N1UA) and Paul Bryant Jr's (N323P) private jets were both in Augusta, GA on Monday after LSU's win over Bama. Please see N1UA's flight pattern and N323P's flight pattern to see this. I have been told it was for routine maintenance, but I've also been told it was not. Very odd that this just so happens to be where Spurrier enjoys playing golf, and it's only 60 miles outside of Columbia, SC.
""I grew up an rooting for Bama. Heck, how can you not love Coach Bryant? But, my opinion of Bama changed when I was not offered a scholarship to play there." - Steve Spurrier in Sports Illustrated back in 2001.
Supposedly, Spurrier's wife, Jerri, was in Tuscaloosa this weekend for two reasons: 1) To visit her goddaughter, and 2) To look at some real estate here in town.
Alumni friends of my parents and grandparents, who also happen to be close with AD Mal Moore, explained to us yesterday that this has been a done deal since the Bama / Florida game this year.
To throw a little credibility to that, Steve and Jerri Spurrier sat with the Crimson White crew on press row at the Florida game and apparently had a nice long dinner with a few members of the Board of Trustees after the game.
Rumors have been circling about Spurrier being ready to get out of South Carolina already because of the inability to recruit and win there. He apparently wants another national championship and knows that it is extremely possible at Alabama. He was always a fan of Bear Bryant, and the chance to coach at Alabama might be too good an offer.
Also, he is supposedly intrigued at getting to play against Florida State again next year.
Rumor has it that his defensive coordinator would be 'Brother' Bill Oliver, who I would gladly welcome back to Tuscaloosa. He and Spurrier have been reportedly been having meetings for the last couple of months, and everyone thought it was regarding Brother going to South Carolina. Brother would probably not leave the state of Alabama to take another job, so this would work perfectly for him. Brother and Mal coached together under Bear Bryant from '71-'79 and again under Gene Stallings back in '90-'93. Brother stayed around until '95. He and Mal Moore also played together under Bear Bryant on the 1961 National Championship team. Almost seems too perfect.
If I hear more, I'll be sure and post it. Apparently everything will be kept quiet until after South Carolina plays Clemson this Saturday. It's been a done deal for quite some time, according to most. It could explain why the gameplan has not changed for the entire 2nd half of the year. Coaching staff should be almost completely intact,
Anyway, if you've got the game DVR'd or recorded, go back and watch the play before the 2nd fumble and watch how badly Capps gets beat. That play was supposed to be a reverse, and would've worked beautifully because DJ Hall had the other side of the field to himself, but Capps got pushed out of the way and Darby was hit before he could even hand it off to DJ. Then you can watch Capps get beat again on the next play.
Ohh, and if you see what South Carolina has done with Blake Mitchell / Syvell Newton / Sidney Rice, just imagine what Spurrier could do with JP Wilson / DJ Hall / Keith Brown / Nakita Stover / Jimmy Johns / and maybe Prothro (?) next year. The schedule eases up tremendously. Could we be looking at a NC next year? Hehe.
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Comments:
you have got to be f'ing kidding me! Augusta? That's your proof? Spurrier enjoys playing golf, but the only course he enjoys playing in Augusta, GA is Augusta National. You are living proof that any moron can start a blog.
Quit dreaming. # posted by Anonymous : 7:32 PM
Thanks for writing. :-) I'm glad something I wrote could fire you up this much.
Like I said in the post, I'll believe it when I see it. Seems kinda odd that all of these coincidences keep happening.
If it happens, cool. If it doesn't, that's cool too. Either way, I'm going to root for Bama.
ROLL TIDE! :-) # posted by Memphis Tider : 8:13 PM
where are you "hearing" this. Any credible sources or did you hear it from someone, who heard it from someone... # posted by Anonymous : 8:18 PM
Most of this is built solely from internet reports. Like I said, very little validity.
Members of the Crimson White confirmed Spurrier and his wife sitting with them at the Bama-Florida game, along with the meeting.
My father and my grandparents both were told about Spurrier being a done deal by some older alumni friends that happen to be friends with Mal.
Again, I don't know how many times I can say it. I'll believe it when I see it, but it does seem pretty interesting that all of this is popping up at the same time. # posted by Memphis Tider : 8:26 PM
HELLO??? TO BUY SHULA OUT ABOUT 4 MIL. SPURRIER HAS 5 YEARS LEFT SO SAYS ESPN WITH A BUY OUT OF 2 MIL PER YEAR!!!!!!!WAKE UP IT WON'T HAPPEN!!! # posted by Anonymous : 11:09 PM
if you think these boosters don't have that money, you're out of your mind. :-) # posted by Memphis Tider : 11:27 PM
Dream On Sucker # posted by Anonymous : 3:12 PM
you people are idiots... spurrier is not leaving south carolina. # posted by Anonymous : 7:12 AM
What are you people smoking in Alabama? If you think Wilson or any WR you have is better than Mitchell or Rice you better wake up! You might want to think about the fact that 22 of our 44 deep roster are freshman and sophomores. We are graduating a total of 9 seniors and return 17 of 22 starters next year. We lost 4 games to top 12 teams by 7 points or less and all with a chance to win or tie. Our recuriting class for the coming year is better than yours. And with this youth, experience, and talent, why would Spurrier leave a team on the way up for a team that is on the way down? # posted by Anonymous : 1:45 PM
Since the year 2000:
Alabama 45-36 (includes 10-3, 10-2 seasons) South Carolina 45-33
Outside of the two good seasons, Alabama is 25-31. Alabama is 5-11 in Southeastern Conference road games in Mike Shula’s four seasons. More important, to Tide fans’ dismay and to the future of Shula at his alma mater, he is 0-8 at Arkansas, Tennessee, LSU and Auburn. Against the latter three, Alabama’s biggest SEC rivals, Shula is 1-11 at any venue.
Some of you Alabama fans are under the delusion that you are still a good team. FYI, Bear Bryant is dead. This isn't the 70s, 80s, or early 90s. You aren't even the best team in your state and have been on the decline for a long time. Most people in college football and even the SEC don't care about you anymore.
And you think Spurrier wants to go and live in the shadow of Bear Bryant to do something already done when he can make a name for himself at USC and done something never done before? Some of you have no common sense at all. Or either live in some reality where you think you are still a good school that all coaches are dying to coach at. # posted by Anonymous : 1:59 PM
anonymous (the one above) said... "And you think Spurrier wants to go and live in the shadow of Bear Bryant to do something already done when he can make a name for himself at USC and done [sic] something never done before?"
Yes. Because option B is impossible in Columbia. The Ole Ball Coach was sold The Ole Snake Oil by Holtz, and now realizes how BAD it is re: talent base in Columbia and how impossible it is to recruit there without the financial means to upgrade facilities.
Sure, Bama isn't what it used to be, but it sure as hell is a better situation than Chicken town. # posted by Anonymous : 5:17 PM
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