Steve Spurrier just put a lot of men in America — including me — to shame. The 70-year-old former Heisman Trophy winner allowed The State columnist, Josh Kendall to workout with him.
To say that Spurrier is impressive is an understatement. The ‘ole ball coach’ may be in better shape now than he was as a quarterback at Florida.
It makes me feel only slightly better that Spurrier figures he’s in better shape now than he was when he won the Heisman Trophy in 1966.
“I work out more for sure,” he said.
In fact, Spurrier remembers that only three or four of his Gator teammates in the mid-60s worked out at all. Their buddies all kidded them about it at the time.
“We called them Mickey Muscles,” he said. “Here comes Mickey Muscles.”