Redskin coach returns home

    KRT—JACKSONVILLE—If Florida voters can pass a constitutional amendment protecting pregnant pigs, can’t we do something to deliver Jags fans from their suffering? It’s especially severe this week.

   Steve Spurrier came to town over the weekend. And though he won’t say it, he’d love to remind Jacksonville what it could have had.

   Namely, him.

   There’s no guarantee Spurrier would have taken the Jags job, though everyone from his mother to the kid who cleans the pool at his Crescent Beach condo thinks so.

   There’s no guarantee Spurrier would be enjoying a football honeymoon marked by victories, sellouts and visits from John Madden. Though could it be any worse than what’s going on now?

   A few hours after Spurrier resigned at Florida, Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver gave Tom Coughlin a one-year contract extension. Weaver’s devotion to Coughlin should rank as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

   Will this wonder never cease? Coughlin deserves credit for almost building the Jags into a near-Super Bowl team. He also deserves credit for an unprecedented cut in football interest rates around town.

   The Jags are on the verge of losing five consecutive games for the third consecutive season. Attendance has plummeted so far that Winn-Dixie gave away tickets.

   For the first time, last week’s game was not the No. 1-rated TV show in Jacksonville. The Florida-Georgia game was. The Jags are losing the Neilsen War to Ron Zook.

   Booster-club membership has dropped from about 2,200 to 1,500.

   The Jags beat Washington. Spurrier better look elsewhere.

   The teams are now tied at 4-5.