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  1. "Just another little win on the road," said Gator quarterback Terry Dean. Spurrier would bench him for Danny Wuerffel, his ultimate QB.

  2. Read the player quotes in this 1994 game story after a 31-0 demolishing of Tennessee. This is peak Spurrier:

  3. When I got to UF, I struggled to see what the "offensive genius" was. Finally realized it was hunger to repeatedly expose opp's weakness.

  4. But few things were more fun than covering Spurrier's Gators. Teams are a reflection of their coach, and Spurrier has been good for CFB.

  5. Steve Spurrier once read a column of mine & told another reporter that I was a "jerk and a punk." For years it was my proudest prof moment.

  6. “The difference between us and Vice,” he said, “is that we’re going after the guy with a job.”

  7. "I would have voted Yay." You mean you would have voted, Yay!!!!, right?

  8. Tabular voting data! Sort of.

  9. Tonight's cooking adventure:

  10. Kid just brought home a trumpet AMA about my hearing.

  11. A Senate filibuster is one thing. Tomorrow, Rand Paul filibusters the entire Internet:

  12. Donors to Russ Feingold joint fundraiser: Tom Steyer & Pat Stryker:

  13. Retweeted

    Tomorrow in another digital first Rand Paul will become the first Presidential candidate to live-stream an entire day.

  14. McIlwain, on leaks: "Leak the right things."

  15. Retweeted

    if you’re a hurt, backup kicker at a D-1 school you don’t take anything without checking with medical staff.

  16. I'm sorry, but if you're the starting QB at a D-1 school, you just don't take _anything_ without checking with medical staff.

  17. .: "I took an over-the-counter supplement that had something in it." Well, yes, that's what supplements are.

  18. Retweeted

    This is very, very interesting.

  19. Today, in tweets that may not survive the day:

  20. Remember, kids, when campaigns issue fundraising numbers anytime before next deadline, it's only b/c it's good news.

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