Where did the term "School Out West" originate?

[Ancient Reptile]

Many times I heard Spurrier not say it.

Absolutely brilliant exhibition of the difficulty of proving the negative.

 

[LagoonGator68]

So these other members are lying?

CG Gator vaguely remembers his dad saying did you hear what Spurrier called the noles today......all the rest are just hangers on....

 

[LagoonGator68]

So these other members are lying?

The better question is WGAF?

 

[oxrageous]

The better question is WGAF?

That question sums up 90% of the threads on this board.

 

[LagoonGator68]

That question sums up 90% of the threads on this board.

85%

 

[ShelbyGator]

So these other members are lying?

Not gonna dispute the other members. I listened to everything Spurrier I could when he was here and don't recall SOW being said but maybe I missed it. Like Law I recall Spurrier always using Semis but I'm sure he mixed it up too.

That said, Urban definitely made SOW the popular moniker for the Semis during his tenure and when I think of the term I think of Urban. So my memory agrees with Law but I'm becoming one of those old guys so...

 

[LagoonGator68]

Not gonna dispute the other members. I listened to everything Spurrier I could when he was here and don't recall SOW being said but maybe I missed it. Like Law I recall Spurrier always using Semis but I'm sure he mixed it up too.

That said, Urban definitely made SOW the popular moniker for the Semis during his tenure and when I think of the term I think of Urban. So my memory agrees with Law but I'm becoming one of those old guys so...

A voice of reason!

 

[Back Alley Gator]

So these other members are lying?

 

[gatormandan]

A voice of reason!

That doesn't belong here. It can really mess up a good thread.

 

[aka]

A typical day in GatorChatter,

Yeah, but don't come from the outside and try to start some shyt with one of us. We'll all be on you quickly.

 

[LagoonGator68]

Many times I heard Spurrier not say it.

Well stated.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

85%

I actually thought Ox was a little low.

 

[CGgater]

CG Gator vaguely remembers his dad saying did you hear what Spurrier called the noles today......all the rest are just hangers on....

Vaguely? I must not be getting my point across very well:

I remember my dad asking if I heard about the very statement in question.

I remember SEEING THE VIDEO later that same day on the local news, but looking back I couldn’t tell you if it was from a press conference or booster club meeting. Probably the latter.

I remember when urbs was first hired and the initial stories and interviews hit the papers and interwebs, one of the questions was “what attracted you to UF?”... Among several answers he gave, SOS’ offense, legacy and particularly his ability to get under rivals’ skin. He said he loved that Spurrier referred to f$u as the SOW. urbs adopted the term immediately and used it every chance he got.

It’s likely that Spurrier only said it that one time. It was not in his everyday vocabulary like semis and free shoes. But he said it first.

I typically concede if I’m not 100% sure about a fact or memory, because I’m not one of the guys on this board who insists on being right every single time. But I have no such doubts about my memory on this particular topic. Donkey just hates urbs so much, he can’t let it go.

 

[LagoonGator68]

Vaguely? I must not be getting my point across very well:

I remember my dad asking if I heard about the very statement in question.

I remember SEEING THE VIDEO later that same day on the local news, but looking back I couldn’t tell you if it was from a press conference or booster club meeting. Probably the latter.

I remember when urbs was first hired and the initial stories and interviews hit the papers and interwebs, one of the questions was “what attracted you to UF?”... Among several answers he gave, SOS’ offense, legacy and particularly his ability to get under rivals’ skin. He said he loved that Spurrier referred to f$u as the SOW. urbs adopted the term immediately and used it every chance he got.

It’s likely that Spurrier only said it that one time. It was not in his everyday vocabulary like semis and free shoes. But he said it first.

I typically concede if I’m not 100% sure about a fact or memory, because I’m not one of the guys on this board who insists on being right every single time. But I have no such doubts about my memory on this particular topic. Donkey just hates urbs so much, he can’t let it go.

This is most likely the case in a nutshell as the entire premise of SOW by Urban is refusing to refer to the semis directly, whereas Spurrier had a veritable plethora of direct and derogatory names for them and used them at every opportunity.

 

[AuggieDosta]

I know this, I loved it when he said...

"I was at the Orlando Gator Club and I said, 'We finally have found some gators that the Seminoles hate worse than the Florida Gators. It's called the NCAA investi-gators." /SOS

 

[Oscar the G]

I love to bag on Meyer, but the dude is impressive. While he was the wr coach at csu he was able to find a video of SOS speaking at a booster club. A video and quote that most of us diehards had no idea about, or maybe saw and forgot forever. I love to hate on Meyer, but hes pretty remarkable.

 

[divits]

Wow. 4 pages......so far.

 

[NVAGATOR86]

So these other members are lying?

Not lying, but they may be to quote Roger "The Rocket" Clemens, "misremembered"

 

[MidwestChomp]

The only way to settle this is for Dooley to do some investigative journalism. Oh wtf am I talking about.

 

[AuggieDosta]

The only way to settle this is for Dooley to do some investigative journalism. Oh wtf am I talking about.

I've emailed him.