The joke's on you this year, Steve; Vols win 31-24 By PETE IACOBELLI, AP Sports Writer October 29, 2006 Link to story COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Tennessee's Phillip Fulmer earned the right to take a couple of verbal pokes at Steve Spurrier this year. Don't count on the Vols' coach doing it. That's just not his style. "He's a good coach," was about all Fulmer would say about of his Southeastern Conference rival after No. 8 Tennessee beat South Carolina 31-24 Saturday night. "I don't know where all that gets started." If Fulmer really wanted to find the answer, all he had to do was glance across the field at Spurrier. The Gamecocks ball coach has made his reputation through the years beating then needling the Vols. He did it again this week as South Carolina relived last season's historic 16-15 victory at Neyland Stadium, its first win in Knoxville. After this one, Fulmer had every right to gloat, but didn't.
Spurrier looked lost in the last minute of the game, couldn't get his players on the field, couldn't get them lined up, I expected more out of him. He managed the end of the game very poorly IMHO.