The SEC has never had enough colorful faces among his football coaches, but some of the main characters of the conference are no longer coaching all the time.
So who do we miss the most?
In this issue “SEC Football Unfiltered“- conducts a podcast from the USA TODAY network Blake Topmayer and John Adams offer their list of coaches they would like, still in the SEC side.
The late Bryant Bear and kipster Steve Spurrier are choosing the best choices, but some other choices may surprise you.
Each host selected a quartet of coaches they would like to see as responsible for the SEC team.
Here are their choices.
The election of John Adams
Bryant Bear: I remember seeing him leaning on the goal post during the warm-up before the game. It looked about as lively as a cardboard cutout. But if you put the cardboard expression of the Bear on the sidelines of Alabama, that would be enough to intimidate the opponent.
Bill Curry: If Hollywood had commissioned the championship coach from the central casting, he would have looked like Bill Curry. I can still see him standing confidently on the sidelines of Kentucky with his arms crossed and in sunglasses. His body language said, “We’re getting ready to punch you in the ass and there’s nothing you can do about it.” The scoreboard said otherwise.
Les Miles: He ate grass on his side and could not determine the time in the heat of the game. I asked him two questions and never got a clear answer. Nevertheless, he was dubbed “Crazy Hatter” and exalted as a coach. His success proved that almost everyone can win the national championship.
Urban Meyer: No coach hated losing more than Urban Meyer. So you couldn’t help but enjoy the perverse pleasure of knowing how badly he suffered – no matter how stoic he looked – how the number was against him. Not surprisingly, he lost to Nick Sabana in the SEC championship, he was hospitalized.
Blake Topmeyer’s election
Steve Spurrier: The head coach’s disrespectful attitude towards the game is reminiscent of mine. He did not put anything or anyone on the pedestal. Meanwhile, Spurrier’s Fun ‘N’ Gun attack and platoons of defenders left no room for a sad moment. Like his press conference. Spurrier knew like the needles of rivals, but he also did not refrain from humiliating his own team. After South Carolina beat Vanderbilt by two touchdowns in 2014, Spurrier called the victory – and his team – strong. “We’ve all seen good football teams. We’re not alone,” he said.
Ed Orgeron: Argeron is a rare coach who: A) won the national championship and B) offered to fight with an opponent’s fan before the game because he did not like the fans powder blue shirt. I enjoyed listening to Orgeron’s solid cajun accent, even though I couldn’t always understand what he was saying. The the man knew how to celebrate his triumphs and his defeats. Based on how he left the field after losing to Alabama last November, one would have thought that he had been elected Emperor of Bay. The shooting could not spoil Orgeron’s fun.
Houston Nate: Although I appreciated Spurrier’s happy crimes, I always liked the other end of the spectrum, and few teams could compare to Arkansas ’ability to chew yards in the midst of the Natta era. He had not one, but two backbacks, Darren McFadden and Felix Jones, who ran 1,000 yards in 2006 and 2007. Also, after Ole Miss fired Natta, he made a memorable award helping to close the scandal with Hugh Freese. I respect the successful tour of revenge.
Jeremy Pruitt: Was he kick the boardcomparing his team on the Titanic.or imposing a $ 100,000 fine for wearing a mask as he was Great Cornholio, this former Tennessee coach rarely got to entertain – even if he couldn’t beat Georgia. Pruitt did not have a filter, which is an administrator’s nightmare, but a reporter’s dream. One of Pruitt’s most memorable quotes came after Alabama scored 31 points in his final season. “The gap is narrowing”he said.“ I can assure you of that. ”This loss came amid the first in more than 30 years of a series of six games.
Where to listen to SEC Football Unfiltered
Blake Topmayer is an SEC columnist for the USA TODAY network. John Adams is a senior columnist for the Knoxville News Sentinel. You can subscribe to their podcast, SEC Football Unfiltered.
