Steve Spurrier wants to remain South Carolina's coach for a long time.
In a news conference called hastily Wednesday, Spurrier said that he's not too old at 70 to coach and is not leaving the school where he has coached the past 10 years and is the team's career victory leader.
The questions surrounding how long Spurrier will still be coaching have been asked in recent years and picked up last week at the SEC media days in Hoover, Ala.
"I got some enemies out there, I got some guys talking and writing and it's all part of the game," Spurrier said Wednesday. "Some of our enemies out there want to make you think, 'Spurrier's getting old, he can't do it anymore.' "
Spurrier said questions about his future did not come up when the Gamecocks went 11-2 three consecutive seasons from 2011 to 2013, but added that it's suddenly an issue after South Carolina went 7-6 last year.
Spurrier used comments attributed to ancient conqueror Attila the Hun as a lesson he and Gamecocks fans need to seize on when others say South Carolina can't win.
"It's a simple truth that the greater your accomplishments -- your victories -- the greater opposition, torment, and discouragement your enemies will throw in your path. Expect it and don't become a victim of it," Spurrier said, quoting Attila.
"So I'm telling our fans, expect those people that are our enemies to talk bad about us," Spurrier continued. "We finally won enough games."
Spurrier has gone 84-45 in 10 seasons with the Gamecocks.
He said the school's doctor said he had the physical and mental faculties of a 55-year-old.
Spurrier said a member of the university's Board of Trustees wanted to name the field at Williams-Brice Stadium after the coach. But Spurrier advised him to wait five or six years.
He said it
From Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times:
• "Talk about going the extra yard in Baltimore. Colleen and Tony Serra are such huge Orioles fans that they've named their son Camden and their daughter Yardley. But the ultimate test, veteran observers say, is whether they can resist the temptation to name the next one Boog."
• "The nine finalists for November's World Series of Poker have been announced. Apparently the All-Star Game winner gets his pick of seats."
• "Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic, arrested at a Miami Beach hotel after guests complained of loud music, has been charged with resisting arrest and trespassing. Shouldn't that be racket abuse?"
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• Steve Schrader of the Detroit Free Press, on LeBron James portraying himself in the motion picture Trainwreck: "Of course, Coach David Blatt and the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers have their own movie out, too: 'Minions.' "
• Greg Cote of The Miami Herald, on baseball's upcoming Hall of Fame weekend in Cooperstown, N.Y.: "Officials warn visitors that prohibited items include weapons, coolers and Pete Rose."
• Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr, to the San Francisco Chronicle, on whether he can still dunk after wrenching his back in Game 5 of the NBA Finals: "Could I ever?"
SPORTS QUIZ
What NFL expansion team was Steve Spurrier traded to in 1976?
ANSWER
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sports on 07/23/2015