OFFICIAL 2015-2016 College Football Season Thread

[651akathepaul]

Spurrier retiring

Now or after the season?

Must have asked him to resign/retire as a courtesy. Do it while the microscope is on Sark and the real USC.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Spurrier retiring

Wow.

Hate to see the OBC go out like this.

 

[mr marcus]

Spurrier retiring

 

[bigmike23]

dude is doing it midseason ?

 

[Retroballer]

Ya they I haven't seen when yet. I assume it's after the season.
Edit** nevermind. It's right now. interim coach with be announced soon

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Apparently so, and its effective immediately, b/c South Carolina is naming their interim coach tmrw morning

 

[coolnclutch]

Coming soon to a TV near you? He'd be a star for any network

 

[jmause3]

Damn, wonder why midseason. Anyway props to Steve on a great career

 

[mr2cool80]

Someone just needs to hit the NCAA reset button for the day cause I can't deal with all these breaking news headlines .... Now the Old Head Ball Coach is calling it quits?

 

[az5950]

Wildest message board day in a while son

 

[ballahb]

Damn, wonder why midseason. Anyway props to Steve on a great career

Something happened. possibly a NCAA violation?

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

http://footballscoop.com/news/report-steve-spurrier-to-retire/

Breaking: Steve Spurrier to retire

The Head Ball Coach is hanging up his visor effective immediately, FootballScoop can confirm. Sports Illustrated first reported the news Monday evening.

An interim head coach will be named Tuesday morning at 8:30 ET.

A true original in every sense of the word, Spurrier won a Heisman Trophy as a Florida quarterback in 1966, then returned to his alma mater in 1990 and turned the Gators into a juggernaut. His Fun ‘n’ Gun system was ahead of its time, plowing through SEC defenses to the tune of eight top 10 finishes in a dozen seasons, a school-record 122 wins and a national championship in 1996.

After a brief stint with the NFL’s Washington ********, Spurrier returned to the college game at South Carolina in 2005 and took to the Gamecocks to heights previously unreached, peaking with an unprecedented SEC East championship in 2010 and three straight 11-2 seasons from 2011-13.

That peak saw a steep drop off, though. South Carolina slid to a 6-6 regular season in 2014, though Spurrier insisted an Independence Bowl victory over Miami had re-energized him. After an offseason spent picking fights with Arkansas, Tennessee and Georgia (this is the Head Ball Coach we’re talking about), South Carolina sputtered to a 2-4 start with blowout losses to Georgia and LSU.

With possible setbacks to Vanderbilt, Florida and Clemson on the horizon, it appears Spurrier decided to call it a day. And for that, we are all worse for it.


South Carolina becomes the fifth FBS program to make a head coaching change this season – and fourth this week, following Illinois (announced in August), North Texas (Saturday night), Maryland (Sunday) and USC (earlier today).

As always, stay tuned to The Scoop for the latest.

 

[mr marcus]

Hope it's nothing cognitive

 

[witnesskb24]

Good, glad he retired now and didn't become a joke like Paternk was

 

[spacedoodoo]

wow. Thought dude was going to coach forever. 

 

[az5950]

Guess SC can pick up on recruiting now with the Old Ball Coach calling it a career

 

[herbshuttles15]

Gonna miss Spurrier talking ****.

All these people getting out the paint and Golden is still here.

 

[Retroballer]

So now you have a blue blood school open, an SEC School, and Under Armour's school. Should be fun.

 

[mr2cool80]

Boy oh boy Chip is gonna have a TON of options now

 

[District of Columbia]

I don't see anybody running to coach South Carolina 

 

[herbshuttles15]

South Carolina should hire Ruffin McNeil

 

[spacedoodoo]

Boy oh boy charlie strong is gonna have a TON of options now

fixed

 

[nako xl]

Would South Carolina boosters want him? And would he want to go? He once said ECU was his dream job.

 

[statis22]

Both SCs taking it hard today.

 

[T0INE]

Goodness, all types of shenanigans today.