A race with no finish line. (College Football).(Florida Gators' Ron Zook and other news)(Brief Article)

The words are frantically flying as they always do. One thought overrunning the next, each begging for a hint of hesitation in Ron Zook's gotta-have-it, gotta-get-it world. This is high energy. The calendar is loaded, the meter is ticking and that damn clock has to be fast, doesn't it?

"Hectic" Zook says of his new job. And it's only beginning.

It was less than a month ago that Jeremy Foley, the Florida Gators' highly successful athletic director, looked at Zook and summed up a move that shocked the senses: "I just put my career in your hands."

The new football coach at Florida never has been a head coach at any level. The new football coach in the best job in college football--with its combination of facilities, money and recruiting base--wasn't the first choice to replace Gators icon Steve Spurrier. Or the second choice.

And in many minds, shouldn't have been third.

The new football coach at Florida--drum roll, please--makes less money than the basketball coach.

"Everyone has their opinion" Zook says. "Thank God, Jeremy has his."