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Spurrier responds to Dabo's Orange Bowl comments


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According to Chris Low of ESPN, South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier agreed with Dabo Swinney's comments after the Orange Bowl that Clemson was the only team from the state South Carolina to win a BCS bowl.

“Well, he’s right,” Spurrier told ESPN. “We’ve never even been to a BCS bowl. We can’t get invited. We’re in the SEC.”

Spurrier also questioned whether Swinney's comments were completely accurate.

“I called Danny Ford and said, ‘Danny, does Dabo forget that Clemson in 1981 went down to the Orange Bowl, won the national championship and went undefeated?’ ” Spurrier joked. “They didn’t call it a BCS bowl back then, but it was the same bowl, the Orange Bowl, and the Orange Bowl has always been a major bowl.”

Click here for full ESPN article. Spurrier also calls Gamecocks the "national champion of the bowl season".

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spacer Football Update: Spurrier responds to Dabo's Orange Bowl comments
TigerNet News®
spacer Just win your conference and you can get an automatic bid
CU_Kobe_24
spacer Re: Just win your conference and you can get an automatic bid
USCSECUSC
spacer Re: Just win your conference and you can get an automatic bid
jbthe1tiger99
spacer The mighty SEC is going 0-2 in BCS bowls tonight...
Tiger8693
spacer He meant to say is don't get beat by an unranked Ten. team***
R_we_back
spacer That's it?
Lilnaitch
spacer Sorry coot, That's all your jerk coach had to say.***
Tiger_Fan_007
spacer Re: Sorry coot, That's all your jerk coach had to say.***
Dugatiger®
spacer Re: Sorry coot, That's all your jerk coach had to say.***
pacman116
spacer Re: Sorry coot, That's all your jerk coach had to say.***
Dugatiger®
spacer And Im sure Ford told that visir wearing ***** to ####
NorthAlabamaTiger
spacer Visor
NorthAlabamaTiger
spacer Coots used to be in ACC; didn't make it to major bowls then
cutigersco
spacer Re: Coots used to be in ACC; didn't make it to major bowls then
Dugatiger®
spacer That come back is so weak...
CURev28®
spacer Re: That come back is so weak...
Dugatiger®
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64Tiger®
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opt®
spacer That's about as lame as Clowney's ankle !***
argonaut1992®
spacer Love the SEC crutch ...
icebucket®
spacer That's the most apt description I've heard yet.
CUtiger2012
spacer The SEC gets invited to the Sugar Bowl
dattiger05
spacer Spurrier blowing the UT game cost them millions of dollars.
argonaut1992®
spacer How's that? Money is distributed evenly among SEC members...
Thornwell21
spacer There's givers and takers. You Coots are takers !***
argonaut1992®
spacer because maybe the SEC would have placed teams in bigger
ggordon
spacer Re: How's that? Money is distributed evenly among SEC members...
CidTiger
spacer Dabo, PLEASE do not respond to Spurrier. Bullies like
Tiger_Fan_007
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Spook
spacer Re: Football Update: Spurrier responds to Dabo's Orange Bowl comments
jbthe1tiger99
spacer Actually Slurrier's comments are valid...
clawpaw®
spacer Re: Actually Slurrier's comments are valid...
opt®
spacer we've won THREE Orange Bowls all-time
scooter
spacer Deer USC recruits; Your HC just just admitted that you
UtilTiger
spacer THIS! Spurrier admits that USuC cannot win the SEC!***
ggordon
spacer Don't miss a FG vs a 5-7 ut team and you can go to a BCS
RockyMountainHigh
spacer Talk about being in somebody's head...wow***
dw1959®
spacer So he's saying Orange Bowl = BCS bowl?
BobRoss
spacer Re: So he's saying Orange Bowl = BCS bowl?
armsb
spacer Re: DW1959 summed it up with his post.***
peanut
spacer Re: "Spurrier is like an old man who farts in church and
peanut
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71PR
spacer Awesome of Spurrier to remind the nation that we have won
Clemson81to85
spacer Spurrier remind the nation that we have won 3 OB.
71PR
spacer Slurrier, you need to contact the manufacturer
CUTiger1989®
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jsgclemson1127
spacer Aahhhhh hah hah hah hah! What a butthurt little brat he is.
wildblulou®
spacer Can't get to the BCS? How about Ala, Aub, LSU, TN, Fla, GA??
cdj001
spacer Maybe he means that USuC can't pay as many players
ggordon
spacer What does he mean they can't get invited?
tigertrain®
spacer He just admitted that they will never finish higher than
clover65®
spacer Good evening and Happy New Year, Clover65. Long
hartins®
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srrosebrock
spacer Guess what Spurrier, we are 3-2 in the Orange Bowl
tigertrain®
spacer Hahaaaaa it's killin him
GunTotnTigr
spacer Thanks Spurrier....
1988NC
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TigerDrewz
spacer Spurrier out of context
1988NC
spacer Translation: We lose a couple of games every year
92TigerGrad
spacer Disappointing comeback.
Francis Marion®
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92TigerGrad
spacer Here's some more bad news Slurrier.....
gmurphy10®
spacer Re: Here's some more bad news Slurrier.....
71PR
spacer So we're the first and second school from Sc to win a BCS
AirRaidRat
spacer I think he's just lost his mind. I guess coaching at USUCK..
rustyoldtiger
spacer Re: I think he's just lost his mind. I guess coaching at USUCK..
JDTigerB®
spacer By that standard, 4th
phonograf®
spacer 8 current SEC teams have been to BCS bowls
WillardTFrog®
spacer Only 7 SEC schools. TAMU doesn't count. Tougher from SEC.
Razzmatazz
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Balwiles
spacer And who is living in who's head again?***
phonograf®
spacer The best response would have been no response
BentZero
spacer Yep, TRUTH always wins in the end! Dabo now needs not
tigeron®
spacer Guess Spurrier doesn't realize that the USuCk program
TigerGrant8®
spacer Would love to hear Danny tell everyone....
Tiger8693
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pacman116
spacer losers make excusers
Tigerdug23®
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sanwt
spacer Good point + lame point = overall mediocre-lame comeback.
Razzmatazz
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fullgrowntiger44
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fullgrowntiger44
spacer I am sure Coach Ford wishes Spurrier would leave him out
TigerzzRoar®
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