You find things when you’re surfing the internet. Monday night, when looking at X (the site formerly known as Twitter), I happened to come across a podcast from former Gainesville Sun sportswriter Pat Dooley, who is now a contributor to our friends at Gators Wire. Dooley’s podcast includes a segment with legendary college football head coach Steve Spurrier, the most famous figure in the history of Florida football. Spurrier is the only man to win the Heisman Trophy as a player and then coach a Heisman Trophy winner at the same school. Spurrier won the Heisman for Florida in 1966. Thirty years later, in 1996, he coached quarterback Danny Wuerffel to the Heisman. Spurrier won the 1996 national championship, six SEC championships, and numerous New Year’s Day (BCS, now called New Year’s Six) bowl victories. He is one of the great coaches in SEC and college football history. On his most recent podcast appearance with Dooley, Spurrier called USC one of the most snake-bitten teams in the country, given the Trojans’ very close losses, including the recent defeat at the hands of Penn State.

Spurrier added that on Penn State’s long touchdown pass to Tyler Warren in the third quarter, the defensive back just didn’t go up for the football and challenge the play. USC defensive backs have failed to make a number of plays like that this season. It’s bad enough that USC is losing. It’s worse that a Hall of Fame coach is paying attention and noting the flaws in how the Trojans play football.

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