An Associated Press review of admissions data submitted to the NCAA shows that athletes at 27 schools were at least 10 times more likely to benefit from special admission programs than students in the general population.

Steve Spurrier expects Florida coach Urban Meyer to return to the Gators sideline after a few months of rest.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier has
been given another year to build the Gamecocks football program.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney says he got a bit of encouragement for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game from an unlikely source in South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier says the Gamecocks are playing their biggest game of the year this weekend against Clemson.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier’s feelings about the team’s rivalry with Clemson continue to evolve. When he arrived in Columbia, Spurrier had all the “Beat Clemson” signs taken down from the locker room, saying the Gamecocks shouldn’t name one game a year so important. Instead, the goal should be winning the Southeastern Conference title.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier doesn’t even want to hear suggestions this year’s Gamecocks might have a late season swoon like the past two years. Spurrier pointed out Tuesday that the Gamecocks are 6-3, which for this year’s team full of young players is pretty good.

South Carolina safety Chris Culliver will miss Saturday’s game against Arkansas. Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier said Tuesday that Culliver’s left shoulder is still bothering him. But the coach also said he is angry the junior didn’t report how sore his shoulder was before last Saturday’s game against Tennessee.

Alabama coach Nick Saban says his kickers won’t use tape to spot field goals and extra points. South Carolina Steve Spurrier pointed out Leigh Tiffin’s use of the white tape to spot his kicks in last week’s game and reported it to the Southeastern Conference. He said Tiffin quickly put the tape in his pocket after kicking. Saban says Tide coaches have found that more than half of the SEC teams put something such as a piece of grass or mud on the field so the kicker knows where the ball will be spotted.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier says Alabama used some tape trickery on field goals and extra points last weekend and is asking the Southeastern Conference if what he saw on video is legal.

According to ‘The State’ newspaper, out of Columbia, SC, USC coach Steve Spurrier says he will contact the SEC office questioning whether a piece of tape used on Alabama extra points and field goals is legal or not.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier doesn’t think receiver Moe Brown will be cleared to play next Saturday after suffering a concussion against Alabama.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier expects injured tight end Weslye Saunders to play this weekend against No. 2 Alabama.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier says starting tight end Weslye Saunders will miss Saturday’s game against Kentucky because of an ankle injury.

No. 25 South Carolina wasn’t sure how well its kicking game would hold up with all-Southeastern Conference kicker-punter Ryan Succop off to the NFL. So far, Spencer Lanning has barely missed a beat, or a kick, for the Gamecocks.