From some sports guy's idle speculation:
2. North Carolina: Now, here's the perfect fit. Tar Heels head coach John Bunting had a nice upset win over Miami last Saturday; the school is selling pieces of the goalposts on its Web site. In three-and-a-half years in Chapel Hill, Bunting is 17-28, but just 9-23 since finishing 8-5 in his first season. He's on the hot seat. North Carolina has the financial resources to pay Spurrier and to make a commitment to winning (the UNC weight room is like Club Med). Heck, the school opened its checkbook for Mack Brown, and he almost got the Heels over the top in the mid-'90s, but they kept running into Florida State at the peak of Bobby Bowden's dynasty.I don't know. You beat N.C. State. You beat Miami. You spank Florida State a few years back. It's hard to fire a guy that seems to be moving up, as opposed to another local coach, who's moving down but not on the "hot seat".
Back then, Bowden told me, "There are only a few schools that are capable of winning the national championship. North Carolina is one of them.'' The weather in Chapel Hill is good enough to run a passing game and attract players from Florida. And it's not exactly foreign territory for Spurrier; he won an ACC title at Duke. Best of all, by winning at North Carolina, Spurrier would get the same type of adulation he got for resurrecting Florida. It would all be new and special and how many coaches get to play the savior twice in their careers?
Let's wait and see if Bunting can be the Hokies.
