I don’t normally post this sort of thing, but Steve Spurrier only retires once. I happened to catch the very tail end of the Ol’ Ball Coach era at Florida in person in 1998-99. Without further ado, courtesy of Gatorzone.com, are some of the all-time best Spurrier zingers.

• “We read in their media guide where no opponent had ever come ‘Between the Hedges‘ and got 50, so we figured we’d do it,” he said. “Pretty nice ball yard, too!”
• “Can’t spell Citrus without a U and T.”
• “These kinds of games don’t prove all that much. Just proves we’re better than Kentucky,” Spurrier said after a 66-0 smashing of the Wildcats.
• “They said it was going to be really loud up there and I have to admit it was — during pre-game warm-ups,” Spurrier crowed after UF took a 35-0 second-quarter lead and went on to beat Tennessee in a No. 2 vs. No. 3 showdown in Knoxville.
• “Hopefully, LSU’s defensive coordinator won’t be giving any more clinics on how to stop the Gators all next offseason,” Spurrier said after hanging 635 yards on the Tigers in a 56-13 rout, the year after struggling for a season-low 327 in a win at Baton Rouge.
• Oh, and that one about fire [that destroyed 20 books] at the Auburn library. “Shame of it all, 15 of the books hadn’t even been colored in yet.”

Let’s go over to ESPN for a few more.

• “I don’t know. I sort of always liked playing them that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended.”
• “Why is it that during recruiting season they sign all the great players, but when it comes time to play the game, we have all the great players? I don’t understand that. What happens to them?”
• “You know what FSU stands for, don’t you? Free Shoes University.”

Ouch! We’ll miss you, coach.