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Does Spurrier Feel Stupid Yet?
Posted by Thomas the Terrible on September 7, 2007
I have nothing against the South Carolina Gamecocks or their fans, I love the hate mail, but I do have a problem with their coach, Steve God Spurrier. For one he is a weak disciplinarian, and when the players do get in trouble USC has their own little Johnnie Cochran Jr. to “handle” things. Then there were his comments that involved the threatening of his departure if he didn’t get his way in the future about dumbing down the school so his recruits can play there. USC, rightfully so shot back at him, and this was before the knowledge of 84% of his recruits weren’t meeting the core academic standards at USC, that non-athletic students have to meet to gain entrance. To top things off this was after the knowledge that the starting QB, Blake “I bet he had a mullet in high school” Mitchell was suspended for…guess what…not going to his summer classes. Blake’s daddy “Nugget” acted foolishly and blamed USC for his sons shortcomings, that really isn’t God Spurrier’s or the fault of USC, but it’s freaking hilarious. Those aren’t even all of the stories I have written about since this blog was created on 7/27/07, but alas there’s a new story. Even though God Spurrier wants special favors when it comes to his players and the academic standards, it seems the current players can’t even meet the standards as it is, feel stupid yet God Spurrier?
“South Carolina defensive end Jordin Lindsay had an NCAA eligibility appeal turned down, meaning he won’t be able to play this season.
Athletic department Steve Fink said Friday that Lindsey, a senior, would remain on scholarship with the team and would take this as a redshirt season.”
Umm why would he remain on scholarship? Is that fair? What’s this BS about a “redshirt” season? I thought they can only do that with injuries and while the player is still in the “developmental” stage, but not for being another Jerrell Powe. Unless the coaching staff is talking about making him less retarded, is a “developmental” stage. If he is a senior now, do you really expect he can handle graduate school & play at same time next year?
“Lindsey did not play in South Carolina’s season-opening 28-14 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette while awaiting a final decision on his academic status.
Lindsey’s twin brother, linebacker Dustin, was placed back on scholarship this season. He had been declared academically ineligible after the 2005 season, reapplied for admission and worked with the scout team last fall.”
Great his brother is a moron as well. Good call Old Ball Sack Coach God Spurrier, on recruiting these two. If I was the brother I would be saying “WTF, why does he get to stay on scholarship and I didn’t?”, wouldn’t you? No wonder the school’s own student run newspaper, doesn’t believe God Spurrier when he says “We can play with anyone.”, I wouldn’t either, he’s losing creditability here in Columbia rather quickly.
Update 6:50PM I just got this bit of info from Go Gamecocks.com, you have to register but it’s free.
“Lindsey’s status was in limbo the entire preseason after his grade point average dipped below the 2.0 mark he needed to remain eligible. He received a grade change from one of his professors, but remained just shy of a 2.0, his father said.”
What a moron, and yet he remains of scholarship. Just think God Spurrier wants even dumber players…think about it.
So I profess on this day 9/7/07.
tTt
DawgFan01 said
While I’m certainly not a fan of Spurrier, I do have to disagree with Thomas the Terrible on this one. Unlike Tom, I do a little research before I make a post to insure that my facts are correct. I would like to applaud Spurrier and the University of SC for raising their academic standards abouve the minimum set by the NCAA. I love my Dawgs, but do wish the academic standards of GA were among the top tier of the SEC instead of dead last. Koodos to SC for that. When a Football program signs a player on Signing Day, it is the obligation of the Admissions Office of that University to make a hasty decision on whether or not that student will be admitted. Waiting until three days before the start of class is totally unaceptable. Spurrier had no problem with the higher standards set by the university, however he did have a problem with the timing of their decision. From what I gathered, Spurrier was furious with the timing, not with the higher standards. He dealt with the same higher standards while coaching the Gators. In other words, do your homework Tommy! LOL. Your’re the one that looks kinda stupid there bud!
Had the Admissions office at USC made their decision earlier, we (GA) could have had another shot at those players! Supposedly that part of the process has been corrected. I say keep denyings those top recruits and send them our way! Go DAWGS!
Thomas the Terrible said
Actually…if you bother to click in some of links I provided, you’ll find that the 2 students in question were still taking standardized test in July and USC didn’t receive the results until right before school started, also their coaches were reluctant to provide their transcripts.
Maybe you should try researching before you pretend to be a Georgia fan while making asinine comments from Fort Jackson, which is right here in Columbia. Understand private dumb-ass? Now give me 10 push ups!!!
Uga For President said
I agree with Thomas. No self respecting Georgia fan would make statements like that. Fort Jackson? Army right? Semper Fi you lying motherfucker.