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Retirement Is Not an Option for South Carolina's Steve Spurrier, for Now

"I breezed right through age 60, breezed right through 65, and I'm going to try my best to breeze right on through 70."

South Carolina's Steve Spurrier didn't shy away from the retirement question earlier this month at SEC media days in Hoover, Alabama. He met it head on.

From the way the "head ball coach" sounds this summer, hanging up the headset in favor of the golf clubs doesn't seem like something that's rattling around his visor at the moment.

That's not to say that there weren't rumblings, especially after a grueling 2014 season that saw the Gamecocks finish 7-6 and struggle to close out games.