Stanfill put him on his tail four or five times, ... Steve was a great athlete, confident and cocky, but we put tremendous pressure on him. That was the best way I knew to stop the quarterback. |
Steve had a great ability to stick it to somebody, and he took a special delight in doing it to Ray. And their personalities are different, which might be a part of it. |
Take it from me, Vince Dooley, you'll be totally satisfied and your car will look and run like a winner. |
That was huge for us, |
The passing game is more sophisticated now, but we are also more sophisticated in trying to defend it. |
The SEC made the effort to get to 12 teams in order to have a championship game. If the ACC wants to do the same thing, why should we change a rule just for them when it's been on the books for a long, long time? |
[Any dislike of Spurrier starts] first with the winning, ... Not only that, on other occasions he might make comments. He might score more points here in Athens. Instead of trying to slow the scoring down, it seems like he never tried to slow the scoring down. That really rubs (people the wrong way). So it's a combination ? the winning and the other things. |
[Gators coach Ray Graves later called that 1965 victory] the sweetest I've ever experienced. ... the toughest of my coaching career. |
[Meanwhile, it's killing college sports. There are several reasons -- none of them valid -- why the Cabinet turned the ACC down, but here's the worst of them: The SEC doesn't want to see an ACC football championship game that will compete with the SEC's for regional, and national, dollars.] The SEC made the effort to get to 12 teams in order to have a championship game, ... If the ACC wants to do the same thing, why should we change a rule just for them when it's been on the books for a long, long time? |