The man who brought Michael Scarnecchia to South Carolina five football seasons ago watched Scarnecchia’s first collegiate start from Florida’s stadium on Saturday.
“Man, what a performance,” said Steve Spurrier, the former South Carolina coach who is now a consultant for the Gators. “Threw the ball beautifully. That last pass right before the field goal was really a thing of beauty. He zipped that thing in the open area to make it a lot shorter field goal. Really proud of Michael.”
Spurrier put the Gamecocks noon game against Missouri on the television in Florida athletics director Scott Stricklin’s suite at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and watched “about the whole game,” he told The State on Monday.