It was not so much a press conference as it was a manifesto; a full accounting of his accomplishments, his health and his perceived enemies squeezed into 10 minutes of fury that made one of the game's great coaches and biggest characters look smaller than he ever should be.
Steve Spurrier has spent a lifetime winning with such style and flair that he probably should be granted another. But the college football landscape is no country for old men. He is not the first to go down this road, and he won't be the last.
At 70, Spurrier is in throes of humanity's most natural reflex, playing out for all the world to see: Getting old stinks.