SOURCES: While not yet public, Will Muschamp has been fired * SECOND UPDATE*

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Why was this taken off of the "Sticky" source finally admited that he heard it from the Gainesville Sun Newspaper Delivery Boy?
 

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Who’s Next At Florida?

The hits just keep coming at Florida for Will Muschamp. He’s the only coach in the past 10 years to lose a game when allowing 120 yards or fewer. And he’s done it twice. Gainesville Sun writer Pat Dooley points out it just how much rope Muschamp has been given: “The comparisons to Ron Zook have cursed Muschamp ever since he took the job. It turns out if he could have won like Zook (eight wins, eight wins, seven wins) his job likely would not be in jeopardy.”

Florida AD Jeremy Foley continues to hope against hope that the Gators can pull out of their slump and he won’t have to fire Muschamp. “At the beginning of the season, we said we would evaluate the season as it plays out,” Foley said Monday. “We will continue to do so. Our sole focus right now is supporting our coaching staff and players as they prepare for Georgia.”

Sources indicate nothing is going to happen to Muschamp until at least after the Georgia game and it’s possible nothing will happen until the end of the season. Foley is going to give his head coach every opportunity to save his job.

This is the same Foley who stabbed his longtime friend in the back and dumped Ron Zook after two and a half seasons. Muschamp is in the midst of year four.

Will Florida end up firing Muschamp? In all likelihood, yes. But, it’s not a certainty. What if Florida finds a way to beat Georgia? Vandy, South Carolina and EKU are all certainly winnable games. FSU probably isn’t, but 7-4 could buy another year. A loss to Georgia likely signals the end. Few – if any – believe the Gators can afford a loss next week in Jacksonville.

So who’d be next? We’ve heard
Foley would have an interest in Chip Kelly, although the timing of that is highly unlikely to workout even though sources close to Kelly believe he’d listen. Notice we said listen – not necessarily accept. We’re also told Brian Kelly, Hugh Freeze and Rich Rodriguez are likely to be on the list. Bob Stoops will also likely get a call. Multiple sources indicate Foley is not a fan of Dan Mullen and is unlikely to hire anyone closely associated with Urban Meyer.

Whoever is next in Gainesville is likely to be a proven head coach with an offensive background. Don’t be surprised if it ends up being a hot up and comer. Foley will swing for the fences, but in the end he’s not the type of guy to cede the control a guy like Chip Kelly or Bob Stoops would command.
 

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Ray Finkle;n89021 said:
I did not get the feeling that was pro-Muschamp. Just pro-UF.

Well...Ropo4Champ seems to be in support of Muschamp. It didn't say Ropo4UF...

Doesn't really matter though. Muschamp is dead man walking.
 

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Rich Rodriguez to Florida fears begin at Arizona

Rich Rodriguez and Greg Byrne are doing good jobs -- and that means there's a fear they might leave.

One mention and it's speculation. Two and it gets a little uncomfortable if you're an Arizona fan.

Rich Rodriguez hasn't taken long to build a winning team in the desert, and if the Wildcats find themselves challenging in or winning the Pac-12 South in four weeks, rumors could begin building. The Florida Gators are floundering, and after two less-than-stellar coaching tenures by Ron Zook and current coach Will Muschamp, it seems that a new coach could be on the horizon.

Both Yahoo!'s Pat Forde and Sporting News' Matt Hayes place RichRod on the shortlist of potential replacements for Muschamp. Read again: These aren't reports that this is going to happen (you know, Florida has to fire their coach first), just their lists of coaches who would be solid candidates.
From Hayes:
Rich Rodriguez, Arizona: Already has Arizona competing at a high level in the Pac-12, and would bring the same offense that former Florida coach Urban Meyer ran with so much success. Rodriguez still talks about his days at Michigan, and how he would have gotten things turned around had he been given more time. What better way to prove that than doing it at Florida?
This is all true, except one of Rodriguez's biggest regrets of his Michigan tenure was, in his words, baking the cake and not getting to eat it. He's still baking at Arizona.

This situation isn't too different from one in January, when Greg Byrne had to bat down rumors about Rodriguez's candidacy at Louisville. That was followed in May by Rodriguez, Byrne and Sean Miller receiving extensions through 2018.
Forde, however, also mentions in his Forde-yard dash of "Worst fears of the college football season" that Byrne could be a top candidate to become the SEC commissioner with Mike Slive retiring after this academic year.

Byrne has done his job in doing everything to keep Miller and Rodriguez in town, and he'll have to continue fighting away the gnats after their success. But if Byrne ever leaves Arizona, it could provide the opening and uncertainty at Arizona for others to swoop in.

All things considered, Rodriguez probably doesn't want to move his entire staff across the country if he believes he can help Arizona challenge for Rose Bowls -- and without the pressure cooker in Gainsville that's probably similar to that of Ann Arbor. Byrne, likewise, moved to Tucson from Mississippi State to be closer to his family.
 

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MatthewM.;n89039 said:
The rep meter here is weak, you should be able to give positive or negative rep to someone. Enough negative rep from the community and that user is banned.

That's ridiculous, and you know it. I agree it would be awesome if there was a "dislike" button or some such. That would be fun. But giving posters the power to ban someone by ganging up and clicking "dislike" on all their posts is not a wise dynamic to introduce.
 

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we need some new news. It has been slow since this thread was started. Any new rumors I should be aware of?
 
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