Spurrier comments about quality of A&M OCC

by **lwjr** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 1:31 pm

This really should come as no surprise

â€œThey havenâ€™t played the bigger teams so their schedule has been a little misleading,â€ Spurrier said, according to a first report by Josh Kendall of GoGamecocks.com.
A&Mâ€™s nonconference schedule last season included Rice, Sam Houston State, SMU and UTEP. Spurrier referred to those teams as â€œbarely Division Iâ€ according to the report.

by **ponyinNC** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 1:43 pm

So wait, ECU is okay, but not SMU?

ECU is "like a middle of the pack B10 team" and SMU is "barely D1"?

Ball Coach does realize we are in the smae conference and beat them, right?

This...this is the reason I am starting to HATE the new college football and will likely never watch a P5 game should they break away.

Idiots.

by **smusportspage** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:18 pm

by **Pony ^** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:15 pm

He couldn't be more correct. They have won 3 out of 11 games against ranked SEC opponents since they joined. All hail Johnny Football and those 4 loss season championships. They will finally be exposed this year.

Still haven't played Georgia either

by **MustangStealth** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 4:52 pm

And yet Spurrier has scheduled East Carolina, Clemson, South Alabama, and Furman.

Only one of those is better than what A&M has scheduled. Furman is FCS and South Alabama is transitional. So essentially he has 2 FCS teams and he wants to call out others for being soft?

I guess the dementia is setting in.

by **CenTXpony** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 6:40 pm

This isn't anything new with Spurrier...and he's right about us being an easy W for A&M...

by **leopold** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:12 pm

This isn't just directed at us as a team. All four teams are a step or two behind a P5 team; you have to schedule at least one heavy-hitter as a program. Clemson counts for USC, Tennessee counts for OU and so on. When A&M and UT pull there heads out of there fourth points of contact and play each other every year this will be a mute point, regardless of the rest of the competition.

by **gostangs** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:23 pm

their. and its moot. just saying.

by **DanFreibergerForHeisman** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:30 pm

Spurrier is such an idiot - but you already knew that.

by **StallionsModelT** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:49 pm

Nothing he said was wrong.

by **MustangStealth** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:13 pm

Keep in mind this is the same guy who voted for a Duke team on a 20 game losing streak in his top 25 when he voted in the coaches' poll.

by **WordUpBU** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:15 am

MustangStealth wrote:And yet Spurrier has scheduled East Carolina, Clemson, South Alabama, and Furman.

Only one of those is better than what A&M has scheduled. Furman is FCS and South Alabama is transitional. So essentially he has 2 FCS teams and he wants to call out others for being soft?

I guess the dementia is setting in.

As a PROGRAM I don't see ECU as better than SMU but THIS YEAR I think their roster is in an UP year when SMU is having to rebuild their secondary, break in a new QB, and fill spots on the OL. ECU has a LOT coming back so it makes sense that Spurrier considers them a tougher out in 2014. I mean if SMU had their QB it would probably mean 2-3 wins on most peoples season projections so it's a fair point.

So we have 2 games that are roughly equal.
ECU 2014 > SMU 2014 (based on what each has coming back)
Clemson > Rice (Duh)

2 games that are tougher vs 0 that most expect to be tough. It certainly isn't equal in noncon but then again USCe doesn't share a division with Auburn, Bama, and LSU.

by **ideal** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:53 am

poor sportsmanship, that's all

by **peruna81** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 8:13 am

Our OOC is a bit steeper than South Carolina's...and A&M's...

their Conference games rank ours. Welcome to the P5, Ball Coach.

Welcome to our world, too.