Happy Birthday Coach Spurrier
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Have you eaten at his place? I think we’ve discussed this before but not sure. But for someone like you who remembers all those things, it’s almost a museum.
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Yeah, if Horseteeth Fooley, who ran the selection committee had hired Mike Archer from LSU like he wanted to do in 1990, and BHG HAD NOT intervened, we could have been .500 forever and fought Vandy for last every year.
Boy that Fooley sure knows how to pick them. GOAT Im told.
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"Obviously, Spurrier eventually found his way back to the SEC, as he was hired in 1990 by Florida. The athletic director for the Gators at the time was Arnsparger, who had advocated on his way out for Archer to replace him at LSU when Spurrier was available and wanted the Tigers' job. With prominent Florida power brokers leading the charge, Arnsparger brought Spurrier back to his alma mater."
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College football's greatest coaching 'What if ...' scenarios
The Florida and Oklahoma legends open up about potential jobs that could have changed their careers. Plus, Les Miles to Michigan, Urban Meyer to Notre Dame and much more.
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Right, Fooley was the AAD who ran the search committee who recommended Archer.
Archer was fired the next season after another losing season.
Archer was fired the next season after another losing season.
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Top Ten Spurrier Insults:
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The definitive ranking of Steve Spurrier's best insults
Head Ball Coach is retired, but he's still bringing the heat. So we decided to rank his all-time best insults.
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I suspect the lean toward Archer was Arnsparger's doing and Foley was simply playing the role of yes man, for which he was well suited. If he had no clue what to hire after Meyer left, he certainly didn't back in 1990.
Spurrier was seen as outside the tough-defense SEC mold and questioned of course for his work ethic. Arnsparger, an old school NFL DC, famously sidestepped the subject publicly, but he wanted no part of SOS. The boosters saved us.
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He was equally a yes man for Machen and yet he occasionally gets credit for Meyer, which is insanely laughable. Jeremy Foley is nothing but a poser as is his successor.
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Never trust an injun..."Obviously, Spurrier eventually found his way back to the SEC, as he was hired in 1990 by Florida. The athletic director for the Gators at the time was Arnsparger, who had advocated on his way out for Archer to replace him at LSU when Spurrier was available and wanted the Tigers' job. With prominent Florida power brokers leading the charge, Arnsparger brought Spurrier back to his alma mater."
College football's greatest coaching 'What if ...' scenarios
The Florida and Oklahoma legends open up about potential jobs that could have changed their careers. Plus, Les Miles to Michigan, Urban Meyer to Notre Dame and much more.
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You're just wrong, take the L ... next thing you know, you'll be trying to tell me there was a Joe's Deli on 34th Street!!!
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Interesting read. Thanks for posting."Obviously, Spurrier eventually found his way back to the SEC, as he was hired in 1990 by Florida. The athletic director for the Gators at the time was Arnsparger, who had advocated on his way out for Archer to replace him at LSU when Spurrier was available and wanted the Tigers' job. With prominent Florida power brokers leading the charge, Arnsparger brought Spurrier back to his alma mater."
College football's greatest coaching 'What if ...' scenarios
The Florida and Oklahoma legends open up about potential jobs that could have changed their careers. Plus, Les Miles to Michigan, Urban Meyer to Notre Dame and much more.
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Saw the first bad review on the Family page. Not for the food, but the service and manager on duty. Lady didn't sound like a Karen at all, just deeply disappointed and as long as she was telling the truth, she was being beyond reasonable.
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One of my friends who worked in ADs Office back in the day used to say it was surprisingly stressful. "There wasnt enough room in building for both Fooleys ego and Spurrier's."
One of those two EARNED the right to have a big ego.
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Joe’s Deli was the first restaurant I ever ate at in Gainesville. Mrs G and I went there when we were dating. Had to be ‘90 or ‘91. Best as I can remember it was on 13th, near Shands. Does that sound right or am I mixing it up with somewhere else?
