The rise and fall of Steve Spurrier's website

Examining the short-lived and long-forgotten fad of college football coaches ostensibly running their own digital media empires.

On Aug. 23, 2007, Steve Spurrier announced the suspension of three players: running back Bobby Wallace, cornerback Chris Hail, and starting quarterback Blake Mitchell. On the surface, there doesn’t appear to be anything extraordinary about these suspensions. In the moment, the prospect of losing Mitchell for any length of time was a source of great drea…