Spurrier won the league playing one quarterback he won it playing two. But the Gators won the next four SEC titles, beating the Crimson Tide in the league championship game in three of those seasons. Robert Neyland had written on stone tablets.Īlabama staved off Spurrier in 1992 with a defense for the ages. The running game, and stopping the run, were no longer enough to win championships, as God or Gen. Spurrier, the son of a Tennessee minister, was committing football heresy. The next season, Florida threw for 308.5 yards per game and won its first conference championship. Only the NCAA probation that Hall left behind kept Florida from winning the SEC. The Gators not only went 9-2 in 1990, but they did it while throwing for 290.6 yards per game. Writer Buddy Martin recalled that Spurrier said he didn't know who would run the offense, but "whoever it is will lead the SEC in passing next year." On the first play of the spring game, the Gators' offense lined up three receivers wide left, and quarterback Shane Matthews threw a 35-yard completion. So I figured I'd try to coach some different ball plays, and instead of poor-mouthing my team, I'd try to build it up to the point where the players think, Coach believes we're pretty good by golly, let's go prove it."įive quarterbacks competed for the starting job in Spurrier's first spring. I can't outwork anybody and I can't coach the off-tackle play better than anybody else. Price of Sports Illustrated in 1995, "you have to do it the way everybody does it and do it a lot better - or you have to do it differently. "If you want to be successful," Spurrier told S.L.
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