Archive for April, 2007

Apr200724

joeperson

1

Up among them

After putting the icing on his top-10 recruiting cake in February, Steve Spurrier talked about how “neat” it was to see the Gamecocks listed along the likes of Texas and Southern Cal in a national ranking.
To borrow a phrase my grandmother uses when infiltrating high society, the Gamecocks have been “up among them” when it [...]

Apr200718

joeperson

8

Spurrier’s Flag Day

“I’m not trying to be a politician. I just gave my opinion,” – Steve Spurrier
In the five days since Spurrier told a service organization that it was time to bring down that “damn” Confederate flag, it seems everyone has an opinion on Spurrier’s motive for sharing his opinion.
The most popular theory: The flag hurts USC [...]

Apr200714

joeperson

1

Spring game blog

Pregame, early first quarter
The game-day operations folks are still in spring-practice mode. They hit the “play” button on “2001″ about 10 minutes too soon (thanks to the ESPNU’s 2:08 p.m. start). So they played it again a few minutes later. This time the Gamecocks ran out on the field.
I can’t remember the last time tailback [...]

Apr200711

joeperson

0

Filling out future schedules

First off, apologies on the belated blog. I had Masters duty last week in Augusta, and didn’t think anyone would want me blogging on the whine-and-cheesers who complained all weekend about the course and weather conditions.
It was windy and a little cool on Saturday. Big deal. Bobby Jones played in knickers and hit with wooden [...]

Apr200702

joeperson

3

Replacing Rice

The overriding question at USC spring practice this year is: Who will be the Gamecocks’ next Sidney Rice?
Short answer: There isn’t one.
That is not a knock on Kenny McKinley or Jared Cook or any of the other receivers. It is more of a testament to Rice, a rare talent who might be the Gamecocks’ best [...]