Spurrier: I haven’t won enough to talk trash

It isn’t very often that University of South Carolina head football coach Steve Spurrier gets put in his place. But that’s exactly what happened Wednesday. And it came from none other than himself. While hitting the golf links for an afternoon round at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, Spurrier passed on the opportunity to talk smack against fellow Southeastern Conference rivals. When asked why he wouldn’t address the back-and-forth that has taken place for years between SEC coaches, Spurrier bluntly said, “I haven’t won enough games to banter with anybody right now. So when you’re 7-5 and 7-6, which is about what we’ve averaged, you just try to worry about your team.” – The State

Rutgers, UCLA Discuss Series

Those are essentially the reasons Rutgers is in negotiations with UCLA for a home and home series, having exchanged possible dates with the Pac-10 school. It all happened when Pernetti was at the Fiesta Bowl’s annual Spring Football Seminar two weeks ago — an event that draws most of the nation’s major college football coaches and athletic directors. Pernetti was returning from a morning workout, accompanied by his wife, when he saw UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel having breakfast with his wife. Pernetti, while an executive at CBS College Sports, hired Neuheisel to do announcing when he was between jobs. “I explained our scheduling situation this year to Rick and how we had to play two 1-AAs and he said, ‘Hey, we ought to be talking about playing a game,’” said Pernetti. “I said, ‘You’re right. We should be.’ So I talked to Greg Schiano about it and he was all for it. “Since then we’ve exchanged information and we’re trying to see if we can work something out.” – Newark Star-Ledger

Les Miles: LSU can make a run at SEC title

Remaining is a young team that LSU Tigers head coach Les Miles thinks can step up and get the job done. “I like the position we’re in,” Miles said. “Certainly there’s work to do over the summer, but it appears to me that we’ve got a quarterback in place. We think we’re in a good position to make a run at it.” Jordan Jefferson stepped up big in LSU’s Capital One Bowl win against Georgia Tech to cap an up-and-down rookie season. Now the sophomore quarterback has been tabbed the Tigers’ starter for 2009, and Miles is pleased with what he has seen. “I’m happy to a point,” Miles said. “He’s a sophomore. He started two games, played in three, and it appears to me that when he’s prepared as the starter he’s pretty talented.” – Pensacola News-Journal

Army AD upset with Notre Dame?

Army athletic director Kevin Anderson said he hasn’t spoken with Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick on the possibility of playing at the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. “He hasn’t talked to me about it,” Anderson said. “I guess he’s negotiating in the newspaper.” Anderson said that for a game to be played at Yankee Stadium, he would need to negotiate with Army’s opponents to move some games. “It’s concerning that Notre Dame’s athletic director would put something like that out without talking to me first to see what’s on my schedule,” Anderson said. Anderson added, “It’s shocking for anybody to be talking about us playing in Yankee Stadium. The other thing is that it’s alarming to learn about this from anybody but the Yankees. If there was going to be a football game and Army was playing in it, wouldn’t a release be going out by the Yankees?” Swarbrick could not be reached for comment. – Times Herald Record