Steve Spurrier

Sad, but true. There are many athletes that do meet the entrance requirements for the rest of the student body.

 

Spurrier's Feelin' the Heat...

is what this is all about. As you can tell from my screen name I'm a Georgia fan and I've watched his antics for years(yes, I know he kicked UGA's butt every year) and this is about his ego and reputation. He is not recruiting they way he did at FL as SC does not have the quantity of top players FL has and in fact, the top players in SC are still going to other schools(Yes, GA is getting their share of them). He wants to recruit any kid that qualifies under NCAA guidelines as it will be the ONLY way he can compete in the SEC at SC and he knows it. He will not be happy until he gets SC to let him bring in any kid he wants and those are just the facts. Read the article in the above post as he's already getting 84% special admits which I bet is a much higher number than most SEC schools. Unless its a 100% he'll use this as his groundwork for the "schools" failure to be successful not his.

All I can tell you is Georgia has standards that are higher than SC and it has been a real challenge for Richt as each of the last 4 years UGA had players turned away who had committed. He's adapted and taken the recruiting more national as UGA has been successful and its worked. Top 5 recruiting classes each year and this year every player qualified. If UGA can do it than other schools can do it.

Just because an athlete meets NCAA guidelines dosn't mean they should be able to go to any school they choose and I hope SC will hold the line with Spurrier. There's plenty of schools a player who qualifies at the NCAA's minimum guidlines can go to so I hope SC sticks to its guns with the "ol Ball Coach"

 

Agree 100%. Just tell the kid up front before you are over the limit.

 

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A crack in Spurrier's master plan

By Gene Sapakoff (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Wednesday, August 8, 2007



Tyrone Walker
STAFF Gamecock head coach Steve Spurrier.

Football season officially has started at the ambitious state university attached to the frequently expanding football stadium on George Rogers Boulevard. You can tell because the lips of South Carolina administrators are moving when Steve Spurrier talks.
That school president Andrew Sorensen stopped short of responding to Spurrier's four-minute Sunday rant about South Carolina's admission process for football players by donning a visor and offering a salute might be a good thing.
South Carolina (the university) evidently has drawn a line in the field turf with Sorensen telling The Post and Courier's Travis Haney "our standard, even for our special admissions committee, is higher than the NCAA's."
This apparent Head Ball Coach vs. Institution quibble cuts deeper than Spurrier's apparent concern for recruits Michael Bowman, a receiver from Wadesboro, N.C., and defensive back Arkee Smith, a defensive back from Jacksonville, Fla., who were denied admission despite meeting NCAA eligibility standards.
Spurrier, 62, wants to win big now.
As in Southeastern Conference title big. Fans, of course, will be happy if Spurrier can duplicate Lou Holtz-style New Year's Day bowl victories at some sunny stadium in Florida.
But there are potential cracks within the Gamecock master plan, even for one of the greatest coaches in college football history:
--Academics vs. athletics. State universities want the prestige and cash flow that comes with national academic recognition, and they want good football and basketball teams, too. Tommy Bowden and his staff successfully negotiated tweaks in the Clemson admission system, which blazed the trail for Spurrier's crusade. Both of these battles will continue at least into Signing Day '08, dividing influential boards and ordinary households.
The shallow base
--A compromise in recruiting philosophy. Spurrier already was struggling with the realization that major adjustments are necessary at South Carolina that were not necessary at Florida, his alma mater and previous college gig. The pool of good, academically prepared players is too shallow in the Gamecocks' home-state recruiting base to accommodate his high demands. Which is why, stunningly, only seven of South Carolina's original 32 signees this year are from South Carolina. Even more stunningly, more than 80 percent of the players in Spurrier's first three recruiting classes were "special admissions" cases.
--Yes, how times have changed. Spurrier while at Florida thoroughly enjoyed pointing out that the academic prowess within his program was rivaled within the SEC only by Vanderbilt. Now he is asking South Carolina, rarely compared to Vanderbilt, to lower admission standards that are at least perceived to be a notch lower than those at such schools as the College of Charleston and Clemson.
--But all the Head Ball Coach ever asks for is a level playing field. He makes sure everyone in his golf foursome counts every shot. He has a shiny reputation with the NCAA enforcement office. He uses the word "permissible"
a lot when talking about NCAA rules. He knows some schools have coaches who cheat.
--High School Musical II. Already less popular than you would expect among high school coaches in South Carolina, Spurrier's integrity essentially was questioned by Bowman's high school coach, Jody Grooms. He implied that Bowman was "weeded out."
Thin margin
--Fuzzy math. Spurrier and his staff "over-signed" for its last recruiting class, originally signing 32 new players when the NCAA limit is 25. Something has to give if everybody is academically qualified. Coincidentally, Bowman and Smith were among the lower rated players in the signing class and among the first dozen to commit. In the cutthroat, big-boy world of college football there are hurt feelings on every campus but this could have been handled much better — by a football office that has to know the impact of perception on reality.
--Gray area. Spurrier said the over-signing plan was grayshirting, the practice of having some players delay enrollment or attend fall semester classes part-time — at their own expense — until scholarships open up in January. But how many prospects in South Carolina's recruiting base can afford to grayshirt their way through even one semester?
The margin for error is every bit as thin as a new Gamecock Club decal.
Spurrier, in two seasons at South Carolina, has qualified for back-to-back bowl games and has not lost a game the Gamecocks were expected to win. South Carolina this season just might compete for an SEC title by vaulting over Florida, Georgia and Tennessee in the rugged SEC East.
The SEC, however, is more unforgiving than The Ocean Course. Bowden, despite a 31-28 loss last November, has owned the Gamecocks. Slippage is only one 6-6 season away.
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The exit plan continues

Spurrier 'positive' South Carolina to revise athlete admissions policies

Associated Press






Updated: August 9, 2007, 11:44 PM ET

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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier said Thursday he is positive university officials will revise the admissions process for athletes to his satisfaction.
Last weekend, Spurrier said the process left him embarrassed and angry after two of his recruits were denied admission to the university despite being cleared by the NCAA to enroll.
In response, the school has created a committee that includes president Andrew Sorensen, athletic director Eric Hyman, professors, coaches and other administrators to discuss the university's special admissions process for athletes.
The committee plans to have its recommendations to Sorensen and the university board of trustees by the end of September, according to the school.
Over the weekend, Spurrier threatened to leave South Carolina if things didn't change. He seemed much more optimistic Thursday.
"I feel positive President Sorensen and the university administrators will revise our recruiting process to where we're all satisfied and we can eagerly and enthusiastically go about our business in recruiting," Spurrier said in a statement.