Steve Spurrier to Appear on ESPN's 'College GameDay' This Saturday

Since Steve Spurrier made the surprise decision to walk away from South Carolina, we've wondered how it will be possible to get through Saturday afternoons without seeing or hearing from the Head Ball Coach.

For one week, at least, we'll get to enjoy him on a Saturday morning.

Making an impromptu call into the Dan Patrick Show on Wednesday, Spurrier said he plans to join ESPN's College GameDay show from its stop in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Saturday.

This announcement feels like it was borne from the wishes of the college football fan collective, many of whom called for Spurrier to join GameDay on a permanent basis either as a successor to longtime member Lee Corso or in addition to him.

"There isn't a better outlet than GameDay to showcase Spurrier's humor and insight," Mike Foss of USA Today's For the Win blog wrote on Tuesday. "It would put Spurrier at the center of the biggest game in college football each week and gives us the opportunity to take in a completely unfiltered version of the old ball coach."

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For now, the appearance is a one-time deal. Whether it goes beyond that likely depends on what Spurrier wants to do more than whether ESPN would want him.

There are no details yet as to what role he'll play on the show, either as a brief guest or for the entirety of the three-hour program, but whatever he does, it's sure to be TV gold. Spurrier has appeared on the show in the past when it has made stops in Columbia, South Carolina, but this will be his first time doing so in a non-coaching capacity.

We can only hope Spurrier will expound on his love of trolling and throwing shade at opposing coaches and teams, an activity that has produced a long list of one-liners. "Steve Spurrier never met a target at which he didn't enjoy aiming verbal jabs," wrote CBS Sports' Jon Solomon, who compiled a list of his best jabs.

The 70-year-old Spurrier resigned—his preferred description, rather than retired—on Tuesday, midway through his 11th season with the Gamecocks. At 2-4 overall and 0-4 in SEC play, Spurrier was in line for his worst season at South Carolina. Including stops at Duke and Florida (where he won the 1996 national title), he has 228 career wins in college.

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