Steve Spurrier’s personal vendetta against Georgia ignited a half-century-long beef

Few coaches in college football history, or really sports for that matter, can rival Steve Spurrier’s gift of gab. Whether it’s declaring Florida State University — “Free Shoes University,” saying star quarterback Peyton Manning only returned to college to play in the lowly Citrus Bowl, or a variety of digs, Spurrier has made a ton of enemies, dissing whoever he feels when he gets an opponent in his crosshairs.

However, when it came to the University of Georgia, Spurrier had a unique disdain for the Dawgs that dated back to the 1960s.

As a Heisman-winning quarterback at the University of Florida, Spurrier saw the Gators’ SEC title hopes fall at the

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