I miss the visor thrower

If you saw the game you had to know. After watching Jerious Norwood break free up the left sideline for a 37-yard, game-clinching touchdown, we all knew. It was bound to happen eventually: When you are the No. 19-ranked team in the country and you lose to a 24-point underdog, it might be time to move on. \nSo though the University Florida Gators lost Saturday to the Mississippi State Bulldogs, their fans, especially those who run the Web site www.fireronzook.com, might have actually won.\nYes, Ron Zook has been told that he will not be brought back as the head coach of the Gators next year. \nSaturday's loss was possibly the hardest to take in the Zook era, as the Bulldogs, who were last in the nation in scoring offense, managed to drop 38 points on Florida's talented defense. What's worse is that Zook is supposed to be a defensive coach -- ouch. This would be like the Patriots losing to the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League -- that's how overmatched the Bulldogs were talent-wise.\nSo where does this leave the University of Florida? Well, since he took over for a legendary coach in 2001, Zook has gone 20-13 though he has managed to bring in phenomenal recruiting classes. With that kind of talent lying around, an experienced head coach could do some serious damage in the SEC. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Oh yeah, it's time to bring back Steve Spurrier.\nFlorida needs the ole ball coach back, and so does college football. I mean, this is a guy who, after his team's 31-10 victory over Syracuse in the 1999 Orange Bowl, awarded a game ball ... to himself! \nOnce, when asked who the most valuable player on the field was during his Florida team's win over Tennessee, he coolly answered, "Phillip Fulmer," who happens to be Tennessee's head coach. \nHow about in 1991, when, telling a group of Gator fans that a fire in Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books, he said, "But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet."\nI mean, you can't pass a human quote machine like this up. Florida needs to act and hire him back right away -- if for no other reason than to get people talking about its program. Right now it is a joke. What with all the Zook-bashing going on, the school needs to go where it has been successful before. They need to go back to the "Fun and Gun" offense, back to drawing up plays in the dirt on the sidelines, back to a coach whose players can't stand him but who gets them to play like champions. \nPlus, I always loved guessing how long it would take Spurrier before he broke down and threw his visor. Without fail, it happened every game.\nIt should also be noted that Zook has been fired after Spurrier quit his job with the Redskins, and I really don't think that is a coincidence. They gave Zook his shot, and Spurrier took his jaunt into the NFL; now it's time to get back to business. \nFlorida needs to do this simply for my sanity. I don't think I could take another coach who just spits out clichés being hired into college football. I like my coaches with a little edge. I like it when they don't say all the right things all of the time. I guess maybe that's why I can't stand IU coach Gerry DiNardo. I mean, he seems like a decent guy, but come on, Gerry, show some emotion. \nHey, wait a minute. If Florida doesn't re-hire Spurrier, I know a struggling Big Ten program that should be in need of a head coach after this year.