Zook gets the hook
Before the ink had dried on his contract, Florida football coach Ron Zook was the subject of a Web site, www.fireronzook.com, calling for his ouster. Today, that site has this proclamation: "It's happening! It's happening! Oh my god it's happening!"
There's also excitement at www.hirestevespurrier.com, where it counts the days since the Ol' Ball Coach left the Swamp: 1025. Now that Zook's been fired with four games left in the season -- another late-game collapse, this time against woeful Mississippi State, was the last straw -- there's a fervor to bring back Spurrier, who didn't exactly deny an interest when asked about it Monday.
No doubt, there aren't many Florida fans who would turn Spurrier away after his previous success at his alma mater. The question is: Will he be offered (probably) and will he accept (I'm not so sure)?
What do you SEC fans out there think? And UNC fans who thought just maybe he'd become a Tar Heel, as outlandish as that might sound to Duke people? And Texas fans who are tired of Mack losing to Oklahoma and would like to sell Spurrier on all the great golf courses around Austin?
And what of solid, young would-be candidates, i.e. Urban Meyer or Bobby Petrino or perhaps a proven winner with UF ties, Bob Stoops? Should Florida skew younger than Spurrier?
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