Re: I'll put all of this in one thread.

Vijay Ramanujan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan
> Mundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> There is a difference, clearly. I was merely pointing out that
>> UM-tOSU isn't perfect in this regard, either.
> 
> Nothing is. Just degrees.
> 
>> As for the coaching stuff, I don't ever recall Bobby telling the
>> press he hated Spurrier. I'm sure he admitted that Spurrier irritated
>> the hell out of him (which was Spurrier's goal all along), and that
>> he hated the way he made things personal, but I'm equally sure he
>> never said "I hate Steve Spurrier."
> 
> Neither do I. But Bobby Williams did say he didn't like Lloyd Carr.
> That example was to contract UM-OSU with UM-MSU.

Ahh. Gotcha.
 
>> Frankly I think the extreme bad blood between these teams was
>> Spurrier's doing and it will eventually fade as the kids who remember
>> those years graduate. He elevated it from a contest between football
>> teams and made it personal with the coaches and certain players.
> 
> But, on a national level, that rivalry gained prominence because of
> Spurrier and his raising the bar at Florida to the point where the
> game meant something every year. 

No doubt about that. And all the off the field stuff made it that much 
bigger. At least in terms of media coverage.

The games in 96 and the late hit stuff and all that was just insane.

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Alan Mundy