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Stoops is always gonna have a college job, because he is smart. The smartguys get the job and the not-so-smart gots to complain and dream of being a head coach. Just like Auburn. They picked the right man. The numbers proved the point to be true. Stoops has godd history behind him. A great mind and solid support. Iowa State deserves a quality coach that will be good for the school and it's heritage. He's the man!

I would love to see Mike Stoops come back to the Big 12. He could actually be the guy to make Iowa State a semi-dominant program.

This move would definitely be an upgrade for Iowa State from Chizik. But I would say that at Arizona he could eventually become an upper Pac-10 program. He did well this year when the Pac-10 was abysmal. Washington, Washington State and UCLA were 3 of the worst program in the country while Cal and Arizona State under achieved greatly. So with that being said he might be better served by staying at Arizona cause in the Big 12 I can think of 10 programs that are more solid than Iowa State and Baylor is on the rise.

if for some reason arizona lets him go, he should come back to the sooners, forget about iowa st. he knows that at iowa st he wont be competing for any conference championships too many teams that play big time football

Stoops definitely seems like a Big 12 kinda guy... But I do think he is doing some good things at UofA... And why would Long be anyone's coordinator right now???... If he does that.. He gives up more than a million bucks from San Diego State... Unless of course... Someone wants to pay a coordinator... 700k per year

Stoops is just an awful coach. With a decent QB for the last 4 years and a fair amount of talent, his record has been atrocious and getting rid of him would be one of the best things that could happen for the PacX. 'Zona isn't known for its smarts -- inside or outside of the classroom -- but even *they* aren't dumb enough to hand this guy more money...are they?

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Originally posted 12:39 PM ET  12.20 by ICEnSoCal

Stoops definitely seems like a Big 12 kinda guy... But I do think he is doing some good things at UofA... And why would Long be anyone's coordinator right now???... If he does that.. He gives up more than a million bucks from San Diego State... Unless of course... Someone wants to pay a coordinator... 700k per year

I asking becuase I do not know; did his buy out prevent him from taking another job without loosing his buy out money?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081124/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_san_diego_st_long_f ired

That's his deal with SDSU... If he is not coaching... He gets the remaining 2 years of his contract... 1.4 Mil... If he takes another job... They don't pay him anything

Better get current Iowa State just picked Rhoades from Auburn as their coach.

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Originally posted 01:56 PM ET  12.20 by igor

Stoops is just an awful coach. With a decent QB for the last 4 years and a fair amount of talent, his record has been atrocious and getting rid of him would be one of the best things that could happen for the PacX. 'Zona isn't known for its smarts -- inside or outside of the classroom -- but even *they* aren't dumb enough to hand this guy more money...are they?

For an awful coach he sure has seemed to turn a program that was nonexistent after a crappy Malco for a coach and gave it life. You should not talk when you have no legs to stand seeing as Cal barely managed to finish just above AZ when they were supposed to be "GOOD" this year and Stan is staying home this bowl season. AZ getting to a bowl game is a huge step for them. If you can't see that Stoops is a good coach that took over a bad program and made it competitive then you are the dumb one. Go watch some history of the program before you post.

Any coach that can't beat New Mexico doesn't belong in the Pac 10. Stoops needs to start at the bottom and work his way up. Maybe SMU, Miss St, Tennessee, Baylor, Iowa St, etc...

I can't believe that Arizona has not offered him a huge contract with the way he has turned their program around. It doesn't matter, now some school is going to lure Stoops away from Arizona and Jim Livengood will be getting fired in a few years.

This story had me excited, but apparently it contained no merit since Iowa State just hired Auburn's defensive coordinator.

I had no idea the Las Vegas bowl was so prestigious as to make-or-break a contract upgrade. Now that I know this information, I must say that Stoops will likely get double the money because he's treating BYU like his own personal gloryhole. 31-14 Wildcats. I knew BYU was over-rated and lousy, but I had no idea a mediocre Pac-1 team would expose them as such.

Between the 21 point win over ASU, and the bowl victory over Brigham Young tonight, Stoops has earned himself another 2 years, at least.

Stoops is building something good in Tucson. UofA will continue to rise in the PAC10. They would be foolish to let him go!

He started from ground zero and has really come along way baby! Arizona has a lot of HS football talent that has been going West to California. Stoops will now begin to divert some of them to a revitalized program that has the potiental to compete with USC. Good for you Mike!

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Originally posted 11:00 AM ET  12.21 by The COLONEL

Stoops will now begin to divert some of them to a revitalized program that has the potiental to compete with USC. Good for you Mike!

I agree. At the rate Stoops has been going with AU, I look for the Wildcats to compete evenly with USC by at least the year 2021 or 2022.

I, for one, cannot wait!!!!