HOOVER, Ala. — South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier thinks it's unanimous among his SEC brethren: Football and basketball players should get paid, and Notre Dame should join a conference for football.
    Spurrier opened his quip-filled media days address Tuesday by saying the 28 football and men's basketball coaches were in favor of paying players about $300 a game in football and perhaps a little less in hoops. Spurrier, who has made the pitch before, also said the coaches each indicated at spring meetings they were willing to pony up the $280,000 or so he estimated it would cost.
    "This is tiny compared to the money that's coming in now," he said. "I think we all know that.
    "I'm going to keep fighting for our guys. If President Obama would say, 'Spurrier, you and those coaches need to quit fighting for your players, that they get enough, they get enough full scholarship,' then I'll shut up about it."
    He said that "little bit" — $3,600 or so a year per player, he figures — would give players some pocket money and help their parents attend games.
    Spurrier also said the football coaches spoke with BCS executive director Bill Hancock, who told them he was meeting with the commissioners of BCS conferences — and Notre Dame's athletic director.
    "We just started trying to figure out why the athletic director of Notre Dame is equal to all the conference commissioners," Spurrier said. "Nobody had a good answer except that's the way it's always been done.
    "For whatever reason, all 14 of our head coaches thought that Notre Dame should join the ACC and play football like the rest of us."
    The colorful coach added he knows that notion would anger "the Notre Damers" at him and his colleagues but didn't back down.

Gators turn attention to offense
    Will Muschamp's defensive acumen has already helped Florida return to the upper echelon of the Southeastern Conference.
    The third-year coach spent most of his appearance at SEC Media Days on Tuesday explaining how the offense plans to catch up.
    Florida's defense was among the league's best last season, giving up just 14.5 points per game. It needed to be that good, because the Gators' offense ranked just 10th in the SEC with 26.5 points per game.
    "Offensively we've got to be more consistent and efficient," Muschamp said. "I'm not telling you anything you don't know."
    Florida was 11-2 and lost to Louisville in the Sugar Bowl last season.
    Jeff Driskel, the 6-foot-4, 236-pound junior quarterback, returns after a promising but inconsistent season.
    He threw for 1,646 yards and 12 touchdowns while rushing for 413 yards and four touchdowns, including a school record for yards rushing by a quarterback in a game with 177 against Vanderbilt.

UGA kicker arrested for BUI
    ATLANTA — Georgia sophomore kicker Marshall Morgan is facing a possible suspension following his arrest for boating under the influence.
    According to Putnam County Sherriff's Chief Deputy Russell Blenk, Morgan was arrested Saturday night on Lake Sinclair by a Georgia Department of Natural Resources officer. Morgan was charged with operating a watercraft under the influence and towing a skier without a life preserver on board.
    Blenk says Morgan was released Saturday at 10:35 p.m. on $1,724 bond.
    Georgia spokesman Claude    Felton said Tuesday coach Mark Richt is aware of the situation. If Morgan is suspended for one game, he would miss the Bulldogs' opener at Clemson on Aug. 31.
    Morgan, from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., made 8 of 14 field goals as a freshman and is projected as the starting kicker in 2013.