SEC series A team-by-team gaze at the Southeastern Conference.

SEC series

A team-by-team gaze at the Southeastern Conference.

Coming Saturday: Tennessee

Steve Spurrier brought a certain number of rare thrills to South Carolina in his first season as the Gamecocks' coach.

A victory through Urban Meyer and his former team, the Florida Gators. His trademark smirk after another breakthrough, the Gamecocks' 16-15 triumph athwart Tennessee's Phil Fulmer and 104000 of his closest friends at UT's Neyland Stadium. An opportunistic offense and enough defense to bear South Carolina's first bowl berth in four years.

The list goe upon and on.

It was no surprise, then, that Spurrier worn out much of SEC Media Days lamenting his squad's second-half collapse in a 38-31 los to Missouri in the Independence goblet He questioned the commitment of a certain of his players. He picked nits and picked his team apart, with an notice on the big picture.

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