There's also an 85-foot tall banner of Spurrier hanging down outside Williams-Brice Stadium, where the Gamecocks will look to extend their nation-best 18-game home win streak when they open against No. 21 Texas A&M.
Spurrier has used a different tact for success at South Carolina than during his pass-happy, title-winning time at Florida in the 1990s, counting on ball control and a strong defense to win games.
Spurrier has handled that well in recent years, including an unprecedented run of three consecutive 11-2 seasons. Before that, the Gamecocks had only reached double-digit wins (1984, 10-2) once since starting football in 1892.
For Spurrier, things changed when he and his staff began persuading the state's best talent to play for the Gamecocks. South Carolina has sent several stellar players into the NFL's early rounds in recent years,
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"Coaches and players, we can't worry too much about what happens outside," he said. "We have to worry about what happens on the field. That's our major thought right there."
The school has spent about $200,000 to spruce up the stadium,
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"They want to play for winners. They want to play where you can graduate your players, guys stay out of trouble, do the right things, and we got a track record for that now," said Spurrier, 69. "So we got to keep pushing and pushing and see if we can win an SEC someday."
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)