GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- If you were wondering who Steve Spurrier, the face of Florida football for decades, might like as the next head football coach, it might be time to stop wondering.

After Knights247 reported Tuesday that Spurrier had given athletics director Scott Stricklin his blessing on UCF coach Scott Frost, Spurrier seemed to double down on that idea.

"He's done a super job," Spurrier said, speaking to the Orlando Sentinel's Mike Bianchi on his "Open Mike" radio program. "What do they lead the nation in scoring? I tell you, that would make some Gators happy if we could score 40. Or 30. Thirty would be a highlight day."

Spurrier first dove into the Frost topic on his own volition, when Bianchi asked him his thoughts of the first playoff rankings, which were released on Tuesday night.

The Head Ball Coach had some clear thoughts on some in-state teams.

"Let those Florida schools, give them a chance," he said. "They've got 11 guys, they can play. I'm really impressed with both of those schools, Central and South Florida. I'm going to be at that game. I think they play Friday night in about two or three weeks. I'm looking forward to that.

"My boy Scottie (Spurrier) is coaching down at South Florida with Charlie Strong, so that may be the biggest game in the state. I know one thing, they're going to have a lot more wins than those Gators and FSU guys when they play, that's for sure."

The bottom line is that Spurrier, who experienced the highest level of success as a coach at Florida and ultimately left for a chance in the NFL, feels like the expectations should rightfully be higher at Florida.

Coach Jim McElwain won the SEC East twice in his first two years at Florida, but the Gators never seemed competitive once they actually reached the title game against Alabama.

And that's a problem.

As Tim Tebow put it last week, you don't come to Florida to compete. You come to Florida to win.

And the expectation is being in Atlanta routinely, then having a chance once you get there.

"That's where we should be," Spurrier said. "We're not going to win them every year, but we should be knocking on the door. That's the expectation here.

"Now sometimes in football, if the offense or whatever, ugly games occur, it does affect the crowd, there's no question about that. But the idea of competing for the championships is what we should do in every sport."

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