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Like Spurrier, O'Leary sounds like he's about to step down as UCF coach

Like his contemporary Steve Spurrier, it’s sounding more and more like George O’Leary is going to step down as the head football coach at UCF after this season.

On Thursday, I asked O’Leary, who just gave up his position as interim athletics director amid his team’s shocking 0-6 start, if Spurrier stepping down at South Carolina earlier this week has made him think more seriously about retiring.

“He (Spurrier) is older than I am,” cracked O'Leary, who at 69 is a year younger than Spurrier.

But in a more serious moment during an appearance on our Open Mike radio show on FM 96.