November 13, 2015 FFFFacts about Florida v South Carolina

The Day before Game Day - Florida v South Carolina edition

1. Shawn Elliott is the Gamecock's interim head coach after the Ole Ball Coach resigned in October, he is 1-1.

Previously Elliot was the co-OC/OL coach and before that he coached the running game & OL. 

2. The Florida Gators v South Carolina  overall record is:

24-8-3

the largest margin of Gator victory was in 1995 of 63-7

The GCocks are 4-1 for the last five years

Bc Spurrier is and always will be a Gator

3. As a QB Spurrier beat SC in 1964 the one time they met, 37-0

As a coach (FL), he beat SC all 10 times they played.

At SC he was 5-5 vs the Gators.

4. Spurrier compiled more wins than any other coach in the history of the Florida Gator and South Carolina Gamecock football programs. 

Notable game(s)

5.  Spurrier's first game back in the Swamp: The game of blocked kicks... 

three crucial kicks were blocked in the 2006 game against South Carolina. 

After that game Spurrier forshadowed: "This could be the year of the Gators," 

Block 1. Ray McDonald blocked a 47 yd FG attempt

Block 2. Jarvis Moss blocked an extra point kick in the 4th q 

Block 3. With only 0:08 seconds left in the game Moss blocked a 48 yard FG attempt allowing the Gators to win 17-16

Setting records: Leak finished the contest 19-of-21 passing for 254 yards and a touchdown, and added 19 rushing yards to the Florida cause. His 273 total yards moved him past former UF great Danny Wuerffel into first in the school’s 5,000-yard club (passing, receiving and rushing yards) with a total of 10,553 career yards. His 254 yards through the air also tied him with Wuerffel for Florida’s all-time lead in 200-yard passing games, with 31.

Bonus fact bc it's our last SEC game of the regular season:

This past week, McElwain referenced tomorrow's game as our last stop on the "journey to the top" 

Last time McElwain was in Columbia he was coaching Alabama, who went into the game as No 1.

The Gamecocks ended their 19 game winning streak and Spurrier holds the game in his top two favorite games of his career at USC