Spring Break
In 1990, a 45-year-old Steve Spurrier returned to coach his alma mater. In 12 years, he won 122 games as the head ball coach of the Gators. He won six conference championships and a national championship at a school that had never seen either. Spurrier revolutionized the SEC with a passing attack the likes of which the league had never seen.
USC football coach Steve Spurrier is known for a lot of things. He's one of the most successful and highly regarded college football coaches of all time. He won a Heisman Trophy in 1966. He's known for a personality that mixes seriousness with sarcasm. But most of all, he knows how to coach up college quarterbacks.
Stanley Doughty is a big guy. He's every bit of the 6-foot-1-inch, 328 pounds that the USC Web site lists him as. Sometimes, though, big guys play big in big games, and that's exactly what Doughty has done during the Gamecocks' four-game winning streak.
Less than a month ago, many USC fans were noticeably apprehensive about the abilities of the Gamecock defense, and not without reason.
Drive up to the home of Lou and Kathryn Sossamon and you'll see a high-rise retirement complex with small balconies up and down the face of the building. More than 40 separate rooms fill the building, but their home is the easiest one to spot. It's the only one with a Gamecock flag hanging over the banister.
Stadiums all around the South come alive on Saturdays, where college football has become more than just a passion, but a way of life.
5 questions with Jake Broom.
