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According to a release by the USC sports information department the news of Victor Hampton’s return to the USC football team may have been a bit premature.
“Coach Spurrier just informed me that he has not officially reinstated Victor Hampton to the football squad. Coach Spurrier indicated that Victor’s situation is still under review and Victor needs to “do some things” between now and the start of the second session of summer school to be reinstated to the team.”
Steve Spurrier isn't afraid to give a second chance
Steve Spurrier is apparently in a pretty good mood these days. Just a few days after news came down that defensive back Victor Hampton had been kicked off the Gamecock football team comes multiple reports that the Head Ball Coach has decided to let the redshirt freshman return.
Hampton was dismissed for what the team termed a violation of team rules. According to sources Hampton was struggling academically and was not showing up for the voluntary team workouts.
The BigSpur is reporting Spurrier met with Hampton and his parents and together they came up with a new set of guidelines for Hampton to follow. The report said Hampton signed a contract stating he would do what is asked of him from this point forward.
Spurrier is no stranger to second chances. Or third chances. Or fourth chances. Or fifth chances. Bottom line is that you have to do a lot to get the permanent boot from the HBC’s team these days.
The fate of defensive back DeVonte Holloman is still in the air. He was arrested last week and charged with DUI. Per athletic department rules he is suspended indefinitely until the school can sort through the legal issues. Holloman has a clean record and is one of the hardest working players on the team so it would be surprising if he is not back sooner rather than later.
Steve Spurrier
USC football coach Steve Spurrier joined us on SportsTalk Wednesday night from the “Victory over Violence” program in Columbia. Spurrier, along with Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and S.C. State’s Buddy Pough were also part of the program that calls attention to domestic violence and sexual assault.
Spurrier took a couple of minutes to join us on the program to discuss why this event is important to him and give an update on how is team is doing this summer.
Steve Spurrier turned 66 Wednesday
Here is the audio of Steve Spurrier’s comments on the SEC conference call today. Today is Spurrier’s 66th birthday and he is spending it at Harbour Town playing in the Heritage pro-am with Boo Weekly. Not a bad way to spend a birthday, eh?
Among the items Spurrier addressed was the oversigning issue that has been a hot topic of late and, yes, he talked about Stephen Garcia and the quarterback situation. You can read our take on Garcia in the post below.
Winning the SEC East helped Spurrier bump up his salary
As expected USC approved a new contract for Steve Spurrier today. Nothing out of the ordinary really. Spurrier will get a raise over the final three years of his contract (details below).
I will say I am little surprised they didn’t add a couple of years to Spurrier’s contract to stretch it to five years. Spurrier has said he wants to coach that long and from a recruiting standpoint it always looks good to have your head coach locked up for at least four years.
Anyway, click below to read the entire release from USC.
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