Steve Spurrier was ‘glad’ to see Confederate flag come down

[struggle4progress]

Travis Durkee
July 14, 2015 12:07pm EDT

Steve Spurrier is never short on quote-worthy material, and it just so happens he’s the head football coach at the largest university in a state riddled with recent sociopolitical controversy.

During SEC Media Day on Tuesday, Spurrier was asked how he felt about South Carolina deciding to remove the Confederate flag from the State House grounds in the wake of the Charleston shootings ...

“We were happy and glad to see it come down,” Spurrier said. “I applaud our governor for setting the initiative ... and obviously it was received very well by just about everyone” ...

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2015-07-14/steve-spurrier-sec-media-day-confederate-flag-south-carolina

[KamaAina]

1. It would have knocked the hell out of his recruiting

had it stayed up.

[Scurrilous]

2. Yep.

It's why Ole Miss banned it.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Spurrier said as much back in 2007. . .

Steve Spurrier Was Right: We Need to Get Rid of ‘that Dang, Damn Confederate Flag’
By Dave Zirin

http://www.edgeofsports.com/2015-06-22-1046/index.html

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The setting was an awards banquet and Spurrier “caught everyone by surprise” by speaking off the cuff about his disgust over a 2006 South Carolina-Tennessee game where in the background on national television at ESPN's "GameDay," he was appalled to see "some clown . . . waving that dang, damn Confederate flag behind the TV set. And it was embarrassing to me and I know embarrassing to our state.” Spurrier then said, "I realize I'm not supposed to get in the political arena as a football coach, but if anybody were ever to ask me about that damn Confederate flag, I would say we need to get rid of it. I've been told not to talk about that. But if anyone were ever to ask me about it, I certainly wish we could get rid of it."Keep in mind, "the Ole' Ball Coach didn't say "put it in a museum." He said "get rid of it."
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