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He’s still got it: Steve Spurrier delivers perfect Georgia burn to discuss DeVonta Smith’s Heisman chances
By Keith Farner
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Former Florida and South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier has long been known as a quote machine, especially when it comes to firing off barbs toward his arch-rival, Georgia.
Some of his best were these:
“Why is it that during recruiting season they sign all the great players, but when it comes time to play the game we have all the great players? I don’t understand that. What happens to them?”
“I sort of always liked playing them that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended.”
But his latest may measure up with some of these as Spurrier shared thoughts with ESPN’s Harry Lyles Jr., who recalled Alabama WR DeVonta Smith’s big catch in the national championship win over Georgia, and his current chances to win the Heisman Trophy.
“DeVonta, gosh I still remember when he was a true freshman when he caught the touchdown to beat Georgia for the national championship,” Spurrier said. “Nobody knew who he was, he just flew down the sideline and obviously Georgia was in a bad coverage. Some kind of Cover 2 on that side — which doesn’t make sense — but that’s what they were doing.
“And so then we knew who he was, and then he sort of just quietly went a couple more years, and then this year of course he’s right there as one of the best wide receivers of all time in college football.”
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
