Desperate man, desperate measures

Almost four years after declaring that South Carolina fans should quit talking so much about beating Clemson and focus on the SEC Steve Spurrier has apparently given up on winning the SEC and focused on Clemson. Spurrier claims that the owner of an unnamed Clemson web site has been sending copies of newspaper articles to recruits detailing the arrests of Gamecock players.

Besides obviously not understanding the legal system in the United States (people are arrested on probable cause and a trial determines their guilt or innocence), the hypocrisy flows from Spurrier's mouth ad nauseum. He's bothered by a rush to judgement when one of his players is arrested, yet he goes public with accusations against a web site based on this evidence: "That’s just the word we got. We thought that’s who it was,” Spurrier said. No evidence of guilt needed when Spurrier is leveling accusations.

But we're just getting started. Spurrier also ruffled feathers when he suggested that sportswriters should consider what would happen if Clemson played South Carolina's schedule and South Carolina played Clemson's schedule when making predictions. Besides being ludicrous, one would think the argument would hold more water if South Carolina actually beaten Clemson more than once in the last 6 years.

Alas, there seems to be at least one writer who has tired of the Spurrier shtick and understands Spurrier's actions for what they are: The desperate moves of a desperate man trying to deflect attention from an average football team that can't beat it's rival and that seems to be losing terribly at the recruiting game.

Spurrier keeps telling us how young he feels and what great shape he is in. Physically, perhaps. But, it's becoming more and more obvious that three plus seasons in Columbia have taken their toll on his psyche.