The on-the-field fiasco between Miami and Florida International last weekend created a firestorm. Players using helmets as weapons, stomping on players � it was enough to make the college football lover flip channels in search of the baseball playoffs.
Miami head coach Larry Coker has publicly commented on the affair, and Miami President Donna Shalala has said the event was nothing Coker should lose his job over. But let’s take a deeper look. The Hurricanes’ loss to Florida State took them out of the BCS picture in the opening week of the season. Then came a blowout loss to Louisville. Then a one-point win over Houston. In other words, Coker was a lame duck coach well before his players made a public disgrace of the program.
The popular pick to replace him at season’s end (assuming he is replaced) is former Hurricane coach Butch Davis, who once before resurrected the program from the depths of despair. But another name floating around Southern Florida is former Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez.