Spurrier seeks steady progress

South Carolina's Steve Spurrier (right) talks to running back Kenny Miles (31) during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Kentucky on Saturday at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C.

South Carolina's Steve Spurrier (right) talks to running back Kenny Miles (31) during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Kentucky on Saturday at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C.

— The Ol’ Ball Coach wants to believe he’s got one more good run at an SEC title in him, but he knew it wasn’t going to be this year.

Only nine seniors returned to this year’s Gamecocks, giving South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier good reason to scale back the expectations.

“Our goals were not the division this year,” said Spurrier, who guided Florida to six outright SEC titles and the 1996 NCAA championship in 12 seasons at his alma mater. “We just wanted our team to improve week to week, win more than we lose and be bowl eligible and try to go win a bowl game. That was a very realistic goal for our team ...

Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino believes South Carolina is a must-win game for his Razorbacks this Saturday. The coach reflects on the ups and downs of the season so far, and why he respects South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier.

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Sports, Pages 15 on 11/03/2009

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Hogs are going to have to play for four quarters to win this game. We need this game bad.

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