The Florida Gators vs. Spurrier

The Ol' ball coach, formerly from the Swamp land, will roll into Gainesville tomorrow to face the Mighty Gators in what could be his biggest upset to date for SC.

One word to describe Steve Spurrier - Scrappy.

The man never gives up, never surrenders, hates to lose and would love, more than anything, to knock the Gators out of contention for a national title run.

I was at the game in 2006 when Spurrier and his Gamecocks almost dashed the Gators' hopes of making it to the SEC title game and then on to the national championship. All I can say is... we were scared to death, and it was ugly.

The Gators came into that game ranked No. 6 in the country, South Carolina was unranked at the time.

Florida, like in so many games already that season, struggled. The Gators failed to score in the first quarter, only to come back and tie the game with a 21-yard pass from Chris Leak to Dallas Baker with less than two minutes on the clock, making the score 7-7 going into the half.

Third quarter, nothing.

Fourth quarter was an ol' fashioned shootout from the Wild Wild West. The Cocks hit a 47-yard field goal to kick things off (no pun intended!), but then the Gators answered with a field goal of their own to tie the score at 10.

But it was the Gator's special teams that made the difference in this game.

South Carolina scored a touchdown with eight minutes left, but the Gators' special teams unit blocked the extra point. Score 16-10.

Florida responded by driving 80 yards, scoring a TD off of a 12-yard run from Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow. Score 16-17.

South Carolina wasted no time to get in field goal position with almost no time left on the clock. All they needed to do was land a 48-yard field goal. The ball was kicked and as time expired, Florida's defensive end, Jarvis Moss, blocked the attempt... handing SC a 16-17 loss.

All in all, South Carolina left seven points on the field. Florida blocked three kicks, one PAT and two field goals.

Watch for Spurrier to put up a scrappy fight on Saturday, but Florida's special teams should be the game changer as the Florida Gators take on the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Swamp at 3:30 p.m. EST on CBS.