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Mike Shula To Florida Seems Highly Unlikely

The heart-warming Friday night college football rumor: former Alabama Crimson Tide coach and current Carolina Panthers quarterbacks coach Mike Shula as the next Florida Gators offensive coordinator. You'd have a hard time coming up with a rumor more likely to irk Gators fans already sick of Charlie Weis' NFL-infected vibe.

Good news: the rumor has been pretty widely shot down by media far and near:

@Andy_Staples Told the Mike Shula for UF OC rumors are totally bogus. Probably concocted to drive @edsbs insane. 3 hours ago via UberSocial for iPhone

@greggdoyelcbs Just got text from a big-time Florida source - hey, I got 'em - saying Mike Shula is a bad, bad, bad rumor. Drats! 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

@pat_dooley Pat Dooley Florida will not hire OC or strength coach until after bowl game. Mike Shula is not nor has been in picture. But there is name that will ... 2 hours ago via web

Brad Childress, perhaps?

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