TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama didn’t quite look like itself at first after an extended period on the sidelines, but it scarcely made a difference on the scoreboard. DeVonta Smith caught nine passes for 144 yards and set the Southeastern Conference career record with two more touchdowns in the top-ranked Crimson Tide’s 63-3 victory over short-handed Kentucky on Saturday. “I…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – There’s a new 80-foot poster planned at South Carolina’s football stadium to replace the giant Steve Spurrier banner that has hung there in 2014 and 2015. The banner will feature a Gamecocks football player wearing No. 1 with a reflective shield on his helmet, now showing a face. The player is standing in front of the…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – After having Florida Field named after him and then leading 90,000 rain-soaked fans in a pre-game cheer, Steve Spurrier did something no one could have seen coming. He posed like Usain Bolt. Yep, the 71-year-old retired coached flashed Bolt’s “To The World” pose to all four sides of the newly renamed Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Florida has named former coach Steve Spurrier an ambassador and consultant for the school’s athletic department. Athletic director Jeremy Foley made the announcement Friday, welcoming Spurrier “back home.” Foley says “it’s only fitting that at this point in his career he is back in Gainesville.” Spurrier stepped down as South Carolina’s coach last season, but stopped…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Florida is renaming its football field after former coach Steve Spurrier. The university’s board of trustees approved the change Thursday, making it Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The modification recognizes Spurrier, the program’s first Heisman Trophy winner (1966) and the coach who led the Gators to their first national championship (1996), and keeps…
