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Well, paulwesterdawg is predicting that 2009 will be Spurrier’s final campaign in Columbia, and in coaching for that matter.

The coaching defections plus the mounting losses further convince me that this is Spurrier’s last year coaching college football. The talent level in Columbia just isn’t strong enough to keep him there.

PWD refers to this article in The State about the fifth, and most recent staff defection.

Fact is, the ole ball coach’s carcass is starting to smell and the assistants are wising up and taking control of their own destiny before Spurrier throws in the visor and leaves ‘em hanging.

What about South Carolina though? This is the second consecutive college football coaching legend who has had their career end on a sour note trying to raise up the program to where common sense says it should be. Holtz’s high water mark was two consecutive 9-3 seasons. It looks like Spurrier’s may be 2006′s 8-5 mark.

Gamecock fans have to be wondering if it will ever happen for them if what seemed to be a sure thing flops worse than the last sure thing.

Where do they go post-Spurrier?

Georgia drops it’s fourth in a row in Nashville.

Georgia (9-8, 0-2) lost its fourth straight overall. The Bulldogs had leads in each of the previous three games, blowing big leads in the second half of two of those including last weekend’s loss to Tennessee. This time, they led only briefly in the opening minutes.

UPDATE: More links

• Ogilvy’s return boosts Commodores – Online Athens
• Cold-shooting Dogs fall to Vandy – ajc.com
• Bulldogs falter late against Vols – Macon.com

Neat embed available from ESPN. Wish I could filter it all the way down to UGA but I will take what I can get. 42-31 Vandy at the time of the post.

UPDATE: Found my Georgia widget

Paul Finebaum ranks the SEC coaches. Mark Richt comes in at number three. Not much to argue with there.

Passage of interest.

3. Mark Richt (Georgia): It’s a compliment to Richt when a 10-3 record and No. 10 finish in the final USA Today poll is considered a catastrophe. But when you start the season No. 1 and your hated rival ends up there, there is no reason to celebrate in Athens. Only dread more beatings by Florida.