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I've always said Spurrier is the best coach since Bryant, and I would have loved to [have] seen them go head to head. I think Spurrier would have had some success, at least more than anyone else did. I really think Spurrier would have driven Bryant crazy.

Paul Finebaum

Anywhere I go, no matter where he's at, I never had a chance to beat him before. This is my first time beating him, and it feels great my senior year to beat Spurrier.

Gerald Anderson

Sometimes it is [more about beating Spurrier], ... It doesn't matter who he's coaching for, it's all about beating him.

D.j. Shockley

I'll watch the game and root for Coach Spurrier every day of the week until the one day he plays Florida. I'm a Gator and I have no split allegiance when it comes to that. The University of Florida is my school and I hope they pound South Carolina when they play them.

Chris Doering

Of course, I was very excited [when Spurrier joined the Gamecocks]. I thought it'd be a great opportunity for me and for this university. He's very demanding as far as technique and throwing on rhythm, things like that. He's a good coach. I couldn't have asked for anything better.

Blake Mitchell

[Spurrier] is a perfectionist, ... Being a former quarterback, he's right in there. He's very tough on his quarterbacks. ... Our situation became a bad one. It just sort of deteriorated at the end. I don't keep in contact with him. I wish him well.

Terry Dean

[But during the season Danny Wuerffel emerged as a worthy challenger. Spurrier seemingly enjoyed pitting Dean and Wuerffel against each other.] If you made a mistake, you heard about it, ... He was very demanding.

Terry Dean

You have to take what Coach Spurrier tells you to do and just go out there and do it. It's a lot of fun playing for him.

Blake Mitchell

There will be some things that are different that all college coaches go through when they get to the NFL. Spurrier comes to mind, and some of the adjustments he was forced to make and was reluctant to make at various times,'' Aikman said.

Norm Chow