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Spurrier signals desire for
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GAINESVILLE Steve Spurrier wants to
return to college coaching. Spurrier told several newspapers he has no
intentions of returning to the NFL, where he spent two losing seasons with
the Washington Redskins.
Spurrier left Florida in 2002 after 12
winning seasons, six Southeastern Conference championships and a national
title. He went 12-20 with the Redskins and resigned after last season.
``I probably decided then that I was
done with the NFL,'' he told The Gainesville Sun. ``It wasn't the lifestyle
best for me. You don't have scout teams in the NFL. When I was at Florida, I
worked with the quarterback every snap for two hours. It wasn't that way in
the NFL.''
Miami Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt
resigned Tuesday, prompting speculation that Spurrier would bring his famed
visor and playbook to South Florida. But Spurrier told Florida Today that
NFL teams shouldn't even bother pursuing him.
``I've said recently to several people
that if I get back coaching, it will probably be a good college job
somewhere,'' Spurrier said. ``It seems like I'm better suited for that. I
know I certainly had a lot more success in the college game than in the NFL.
So if I return to coaching, I think that would probably be the best idea.''
Spurrier even took a shot at his NFL
record.
``Probably very few NFL teams would
want me after the success I had,'' he said. ``Some probably would say that
in the right situation I could be successful. But if I had a choice, I'd
lean toward the college game. Everybody has their own little niche. The
college game was certainly a lot better success-wise for me.''
Spurrier withdrew his name from
consideration to return to Gainesville, where Ron Zook was fired last month
after two-plus seasons.
Spurrier refused to reveal whether he
would have taken the job had it been offered, but school president Bernie
Machen and athletic director Jeremy Foley weren't planning to extend any
invitations without a full-blown search-and-interview process something
Spurrier may have felt was a slap in the face considering his track record
with the Gators.
Now Spurrier could land elsewhere,
maybe even with another SEC team.
Spurrier said he would prefer to coach
in a warm-weather climate. He declined to say whether he has spoken to any
schools.
``I can't answer all that. I can't
answer all your questions. In the next two or three weeks, once the season
is over, we'll see what happens,'' he told The Sun.
``I think I've made it clear now that
if I go back into coaching, it'll be at a good state university, a college
job. Hopefully it will be in the South. I'd rather not get up there in the
North.''
LeFors leads Louisville rout of Horned Frogs
LOUISVILLE Stefan LeFors threw three
touchdown passes and No. 12 Louisville rolled to a 55-28 victory over Texas
Christian on Wednesday night.
LeFors, completing 75 percent of his
passes coming into the game, went 13 for 21 for 275 yards as the Cardinals'
top-ranked offense totaled 587 yards.
J.R. Russell and Broderick Clark caught
two touchdown passes each for the Cardinals (7-1, 5-0 Conference USA), who
beat the Horned Frogs for the first time in four meetings since 2001.
Louisville topped 50 points for the
fourth time this season and went over 40 points for the ninth time in 21
games under second-year coach Bobby Petrino.
LeFors became the sixth Louisville
quarterback to go over 5,000 career passing yards.
TCU (4-5, 2-4) allowed at least 40
points for the fifth time this season after giving up 40 points only five
times in the previous six seasons.
Louisville's defense, meanwhile, held
TCU to 308 yards after giving up 603 in a 56-49 win over Memphis last
Thursday.
The Cardinals, leading the nation with
542 yards per game, raced to a 17-0 lead in the opening 6:53 before the
Horned Frogs got their initial first down.
Louisville took the opening kickoff and
marched down the field in six plays, averaging 11 yards per snap. Michael
Bush finished the drive with a 12-yard scoring run.
After a TCU punt, LeFors scrambled
twice to get the Cardinals across midfield again. He found Russell for a
32-yard touchdown pass with 10:06 left in the first quarter.
On the ensuing kickoff, Louisville's
J.T. Haskins stripped the ball from Cory Rodgers and Louisville's Harry
Douglas recovered at the TCU 38.
Art Carmody finished the Cardinals'
scoring blitz with a 31-yard field goal. At that point, the Horned Frogs had
gained only seven yards on three plays and fumbled twice.
LeFors started 4-for-4, then misfired
on five straight passes before consecutive completions to Tinch and Russell.
Clark caught LeFors' next pass and outran a defender for a 42-yard
touchdown, Louisville's longest scoring reception of the season.
The Cardinals' only early miscue came
late in the first quarter, when Rodgers sneaked behind Louisville's Kerry
Rhodes and caught a 72-yard touchdown pass from TCU quarterback Tye Gunn.
Petrino replaced LeFors with freshman
Brian Brohm late in the first quarter, the sixth time in eight games Petrino
has made the first-half switch. Despite starting 1-for-6, Brohm drove the
Cardinals for another Carmody field goal and a 27-7 lead.
Russell went over 100 yards receiving
for the third straight game on a 25-yard touchdown pass from LeFors with
10:45 left in the third quarter. It was the third time this season LeFors
has thrown three TD passes in a game.
Bush, who was a star quarterback in
high school, threw a 48-yard touchdown pass to Clark later in the quarter.
Brohm returned in the fourth quarter
and threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to tight end Gary Barnidge.
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