Colleges: Florida-Georgia

Steve Spurrier and the Dawgs

By Times Staff
Published October 25, 2005

"A lot of our coaches had mentioned that nobody had ever scored 50 in this park before. ... This is probably the only time in our lifetime that we will play up here. We wanted to try to make it a memorable game for the Gators." - After Florida's 1995 win in Athens

"If we can get Georgia to get on a plane to come all the way down here to Florida and play in a place called the Gator Bowl when all we have to do is get on a bus, I think there's got to be some sort of advantage for us." - Before the 1991 game

"I like (former Georgia coach) Ray Goff. His wife and my wife are good friends. I don't think Ray and I are good friends, but we get along all right. I don't think the coaches from Florida and Georgia should be buddy-buddy. The fans aren't, so how could the coaches be?" - Before the 1992 game

"How is it when (the Bulldogs) sign people they get the best players, but when we play, we have the best players? Something just happens to them when they get to Georgia, I guess." - After the 1991 game

"We didn't hear many complaints in the '70s and '80s, when the Bulldogs were winning most of the time. But now that we've won three in a row, Georgia folks swear it's not such a neutral site." - About the game being played in Jacksonville

"Georgia played about like we thought. They sat back in a zone. Sure enough, we tossed them a couple. We've got no excuses, they just beat us. We were ready. We had a week off. We knew the position we were in. They beat us. We had good preparation. They probably would beat us if we played them next week. They're better than us." - After the 1997 game, his first loss to Georgia

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