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Steve Spurrier fires shot at the state of Kentucky football: 'They don't have a lot of wins to brag about'

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Legendary Florida Gators head ball coach Steve Spurrier talks with members of the media during a ceremony to officially opening his new restaurant Spurrier's Gridiron Grille in Celebration Pointe, in Gainesville, Fla., Aug. 10, 2021. SpurriersRibbonCutting03
Legendary Florida Gators head ball coach Steve Spurrier talks with members of the media during a ceremony to officially opening his new restaurant Spurrier's Gridiron Grille in Celebration Pointe, in Gainesville, Fla., Aug. 10, 2021. SpurriersRibbonCutting03

When Kentucky pulled off a flip of wide receiver Denairius Gray, a few eyeballs were raised. Gray was previously committed to the Auburn Tigers and had been since New Year’s Day 2024. Well over a year, Gray decided he wanted to play for Mark Stoops moving forward.

This has led to jokes surrounding Hugh Freeze, particularly on the uptick in golf rounds the third-year head coach appears to be playing. Steve Spurrier caught wind of Kentucky fans making jabs at Auburn and decided to knock them back down a level or two.

“Kentucky fans are pointing out that their coach doesn’t play golf,” Pat Dooley pointed out via Another Dooley Noted Podcast.

“Kentucky?” Spurrier interjected. “They don’t have a lot of wins to brag about right now.”

Last season was not too kind to Kentucky, finishing 2024 with a 4-8 record. Three of those wins were against nonconference opponents too, none of which were in a power conference. If there was anything for Kentucky to hang their hat on, it was taking down Ole Miss in Oxford and effectively keeping Lane Kiffin‘s bunch out of the College Football Playoff.

However, the previous three seasons all saw the Wildcats finish above .500. The 2021 campaign was a high for a program as Stoops was able to guide them to just the fourth-ever 10-win season. Records of 7-6 were accomplished in both 2022 and 2023, losing bowl games after seven wins during the regular season.

Not that Spurrier needs a reason to take a shot at somebody but he has a lot of room to talk when it comes to Kentucky. Spurrier never lost to the Wildcats while the head coach at Florida. And while UK did get three wins over him during his South Carolina tenure, Spurrier himself gained eight more victories.

Everyone in Lexington will be hoping some wins begin to stack up so Spurrier eats his words. Unfortunately, one of the hardest schedules in college football is on deck. Stoops will have as difficult of a job as ever.

Recruiting wins in the summer are nice, though. Especially when the prospect was previously committed to another SEC school like Auburn.

Kentucky will need to get Gray over the finish line as National Signing Day is just under six months away. If they can, a nice wide receiver will join the program and maybe add to the win total Spurrier likes to poke at.