Yeah, I saw this headline on ESPN. Big bummer for SC fans, the program was really heading in the right direction. I don't know who SC would go after if they lost Spurrier.

UNC really screwed things up by nabbing Butch Davis.

This move makes no or little sense. Granted, Nick Saban & his team has not been under-performing this year, but this is just the second year of the coach and it is too early to move away from his philosophy.

If this happens, I want to be there when they tell Bowden.

2: University of Miami, not the Dolphins.

on behalf of BC fans everywhere...

GULP.

Kaylan -- University of Miami, not the Dolphins.

I for one would welcome this news. It means that Schiano's probably staying at Rutgers.

Chris,

The odds of Schiano staying at Rutgers next year are the same of me making the PGA Tour.

Zero.

Hey, maybe Schiano could complete the circle by coaching at SC! OK, so that will never happen.

#10: Guys like Spurrier don't like to be comfortable. Guys like Spurrier like the challenge of a big-name job. He's so arrogant, he thinks everything he touches will turn to gold.

As a fan of the Hurricanes, I really wanted Butch to come back. But Spurrier would be a great consolation prize!

this is a swift kick to the nuts for Florida.

Also, doesn't S.C. have the most golf per square mile in the country or something? A man's gotta have priorities.

As a Miami alumnus, I'm glad to see that Spurrier has shot this down. Granted he's lied to the press before, but there's no way I want that guy anywhere near our program.

There aren't a lot of good candidates for the job, but one guy that I do NOT want is Spurrier.

Dan Hawkins up at Boise State is under contract through 2009, but has an $850,000 buyout clause. He's probably tops on my short list of guys to go after. Bob Bratkowski (Bengals offensive coordinator) should get a look, and maybe the guy from TCU.

ANYONE BUT SPURRIER!

Dan Hawkins left Boise for Colorado a year ago.

RE#15: D'oh!

That short list keeps getting shorter.

#13 - Not to mention it's only about an hour's drive to Augusta for the Masters.

RE#8 - Schiano will stay at Rutgers. Bet the farm on it. He's a Jersey guy who for whatever warped reason, has always considered turning Rutgers around to be his dream job. Also, the school just gave him a parcel of land next to the stadium for him to build his dream house. That's not a guy who's going anywhere any time soon. I'd love to see him return to Miami, but it's simply not gonna happen.

RE: #14

As a hurricanes season ticket holder, I've watched them play live. And I can't make this any more clear. It is 100% the offensive schemes and coaching that made us lose those opening games, and the tragedies the rest. The hurricanes throw an average of 3 passes that aren't to either of the sidelines, everything else is either a run or pass to the sideline. The coaches, save for Randy Shannon, have not a creative bone in their body. An offensive master mind like Steve Spurrier could take this team, these exact same players, to a national championship game, defintely a BCS bowl game and ACC championship with teams like Wake dominating the ACC. If Troy can score 21 on FSU, and we know they don't have more talent then Miami, I have to say its the schemes. Now Spurrier may not be the only answer, but he's definitely a good one. If we can get him that is...

" but he’s definitely a good one."

No. He's not.

For the record, I think the offense is where the problem is manefested most obviously on the field, and I do support hiring an offensive minded coach. But Spurrier is not offensive, he's offensive.