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Campus Clicks: Spurrier retires, Sarkisian fired, Will Grier suspended

Tuesday's Campus Clicks: Coaching carousel continues to spin, Florida quarterback Will Grier suspended
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Campus Clicks: Spurrier retires, Sarkisian fired, Will Grier suspended
Campus Clicks: Spurrier retires, Sarkisian fired, Will Grier suspended

Calling it Quits

Many folks expected South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier to hang up the visor soon, but no one saw his midseason retirement coming. Here are six things to know about his departure from college football.

He'll finish his college coaching career with a record of 228-89-2, with 86 of those victories coming with the Gamecocks. Who will replace Spurrier? And here are some Twitter reactions to the news.

Ezana Kahsay

We were pelted with unfortunate and negative news from the college football world on Monday and although the situations at USC and Florida deserve serious attention, we have a heart-warming story from college soccer.

Check out this article and video about Ezana Kahsay, a refugee from Africa who managed to earn a soccer scholarship at Akron and is enjoying every moment of life.

Recruiting Op

Four-star Oregon commit Lamar Winston Jr. is attempting to lure USC recruits and targets to Eugene:

Bill O'Brien, Anyone?

Here are seven guys that could receive serious consideration to replace Steve Sarkisian at USC.

Bielema's Antics

Bret Bielema's PR folks probably had a field day on Monday. First, a video surfaced of the Arkansas coach flopping after confronting Bama lineman Cam Robinson. Then, it was discovered that he might have bumped into Crimson Tide running back Kenyan Drake. It's unclear if he did anything intentional or egregious in the second video but because of the Robinson video, everyone was still talking about it.

Big-Time Forearms

The intensely vascular forearms on the guy modeling Northwestern's 1995 Rose Bowl-inspired uniforms will give you nightmares.

Bad News for UK

Trojans React

Numerous USC players took to Twitter to deliver reactions to the Steve Sarkisian dismissal news, including defensive end Claude Pelon and wide receiver Dominic Davis:

Odds and Ends

Best CFB cheerleaders from Week 6 ... Horrific news: Former Texas A&M receiver Thomas Johnson (2012) is being charged with murder for allegedly stabbing a jogger to death ... Here's a 53-man NFL roster composed entirely of former FCS players ... South Carolina announced that home game vs. Vanderbilt is still on ... Who are college football's most pleasantly surprising power conference teams? ... Pete Carroll on Sarkisian: "It breaks my heart" ... Northwestern CB Matthew Harris out for a while with broken bones in face ... Florida State trolls ESPN over supposed SEC bias.

Will Grier

The announcement of Florida QB Will Grier's suspension shocked college football and although most people were quick to blast him, let's remember he's still a young man that obviously made a huge mistake. Understandably, he was very emotional during a press conference on Monday:

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