When asked if his Florida team would beat Georgia one year, he responded with the question,
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is Ray Goff still the head coach there?
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Insulted Florida State University as
(after a shoe store gave Florida State players free shoes) .
Questioned the abilities of Head Coach Phillip Fulmer of Tennessee
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You can't spell Citrus without UT
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and former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning,
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I know why Peyton came back for his senior year: he wanted to be a three-time Citrus Bowl MVP
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in reference to the Citrus Bowl being the designated bowl for the second-choice team from the SEC.
Poked fun at a fire that burned 20 books at an Auburn University football dorm, saying
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But the real tragedy was that fifteen hadn't been colored yet!
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Often referred to Georgia Head Coach Ray Goff as
Imitated Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers, sticking his finger into a camera and saying
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How y'all like my Kenny Rogers impression?
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When talking about recruiting at South Carolina, Spurrier mentioned that he signed a player from the state of Alabama, offering a comparison to his recruiting when at Florida, said,
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In 12 years at Florida, I don't think we ever signed a kid from the state of Alabama.
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But then he immediately added the punch:
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Of course, we found out later that the scholarships they were giving out at Alabama were worth a whole lot more than ours.
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in reference to the University of Alabama recruiting violations in the early 2000s.
Responded to a question of
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Coach, how did we beat Tennessee this year?
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at a South Carolina alumni meeting with
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The same way Vanderbilt did.
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Cleaned up the OP.