“Well I like the other conferences, too. Heck, those guys deserve the chance to go play just like the big conferences,” Spurrier said. “The SEC – we’ve got some down the line teams just like every conference has down the line teams. The big five conferences all playing each other, I don’t think that makes a lot of sense really. Playing East Carolina is a lot tougher game than maybe picking up one of those bottom Big Ten teams. Plus the fans around here, we’d rather see a team from close by.”
The comment came Spurrier was responding to a media question on the current push for autonomy for the "Power Five" conferences (SEC, ACC, Big Ten, Pac-10, Big 12). The Old Ball Coach used the opportunity to give a shout out to East Carolina, which plays the Gamecocks on Sept. 6. The Pirates went 10-3 in 2013, the team's last season in Conference USA. This includes a win over North Carolina in Chapel Hill. ECU defeated Ohio 37-20 in the Beef O'Brady's Bowl.
Translation: This is Spurrier using a media question about the current state of the college football landscape to hype up a game on the 2014 South Carolina schedule that would otherwise be pretty much ignored by the CFB media. Don Draper would be proud.
(via Dr. Saturday)
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