Spurrier: 'We were meant to win this game and Georgia was not'

Steve Spurrier became the first coach in college football to post 16 career victories over Georgia on Saturday night in Columbia after South Carolina held off the Bulldogs, 38-35, in an instant classic in the SEC East.

Spurrier’s decision to go for it on 4th-and-inches at midfield nursing a three-point lead with 1:26 remaining was a patented gutsy call from the Head Ball Coach and it paid off for the Gamecocks who are still alive in the division.

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Spurrier: "Sometimes all you can say is that it was our turn to win. We were meant to win this game, and Georgia was not."

— GamecockCentral.com (@GamecockCentral) September 14, 2014

Spurrier: "All you hear all week was how great they are and you kind of get tired of it. We wanted to come out today and show what we had."

— Josh Kendall (@JoshatTheState) September 14, 2014

SOS "some wins are better than others. This one was better than most" #Gamecocks

— Willie Smith (@willie_t_smith) September 14, 2014

Spurrier on SEC East race: "Didn’t say a word about that. We just wanted to win a ballgame."

— David Cloninger (@DCTheState) September 14, 2014