- ABC News
- July 22, 2014
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South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier calls this "talking season," and he had plenty to say Tuesday during his visit to ESPN. It didn't take long for the comments of Clemson coach Dabo Swinney to surface. On Monday, Swinney joked that he and Spurrier were from different planets and that Spurrier was from Pluto and Swinney from Mars. Spurrier, perhaps reading up on his science journals, cracked back, "Dabo probably thinks there's only, what, nine planets out there. I think I read where Pluto may not be considered one now." The Clemson-South Carolina rivalry has been spiced up considerably in recent years with some of the verbal volleys between Spurrier and Swinney. But Spurrier wants to make sure everybody knows that he's not the only one doing the volleying. "The only thing I remind Dabo of is his comments three years ago of the real Carolina being in Chapel Hill and the real USC being in California," said Spurrier, whose Gamecocks have won five in a row over the Tigers....