Steve Spurrier uses Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' as inspiration with Gamecocks

Published Nov. 4, 2014 2:46 p.m. ET

Jimmy Traina

Who would've guessed that Steve Spurrier was a Taylor Swift fan?

Maybe "fan" is stretching it, but South Carolina's head coach is definitely aware of the pop star's latest hit.

According to Spurrier, he channeled his inner T-Swift when addressing his players about getting over their 45-42 loss against Tennessee last week in order to focus on Florida this Saturday.

"I was telling our coaching staff, I think Taylor Swift's got a song called 'Shake it Off.' Ugh. That's what we're trying to do, shake it off and get ready for the Florida Gators next week. That's what we're going to try to do, see if we can regroup and try to win a close game. You know we've had our share of close ones, though we've struggled on defense and so forth."