Another sad day for the Gamecocks, besides all of the games we have been losing this season, we learned today that our coach, the most successful coach in USC History, stepped down today!  Yes that’s right, we may be having a slightly bad season so far, but remember Coach Spurrier came to the University of South Carolina (who never exactly had a winning reputation in football) and completely turned this program around!

Before Spurrier, the Gamecocks had never won more than 10 games in one season; in 2014 USC was ranked number 4 nationally, the highest ever ranking for the Gamecock football program.

Spurrier, at 70 years old, is currently on track to experience his worse start in conference football since 2003 when the Gamecocks experienced a losing season under Lou Holtz.

Today, Spurrier stated that it is time to move on.  He explained,  “If it starts going south, going bad, then I need to get out, You can’t keep a head coach who’s been at it as long as I have if it’s going in the wrong direction.”

Check out the rest of Spurrier’s speech! We will miss you coach!