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Rumored New Defensive Coaches At WVU: Some Background Info
With the defections of coaches Casteel, Kirelawich and Lockwood, the WVU football staff needs some replacements. The three most heavily rumored have been Joe DeForest, Brian Stewart and Zac Spavital. These are just the rumored possible coaches. Nothing is official until a release from the WVU...
Reports starting to come out about Mike Stoops' impending return to Oklahoma
Ed. Note - However many people can report whatever they want, but we (OU fans) all know nothing official is coming until some news on Willie Martinez comes out. Probably didn't need to be, but just wanted to clarify that. In the "Me first! Me first!" media news cycle we currently live in, most...
Latest Nebraska Hire Leaves Mike Stoops Still Lurking
Former Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops is still on the hunt for a job and the field is narrowing. One of the rumored places to land Stoops was Nebraska where Bo Pelini promoted John Papuchis from defensive line coach to defensive coordinator. Yep, you can scratch that one off the list...
Kirk Ferentz Interviews Potential Defensive Coordinators
Inside the Jacobsen Athletic Building, in the Iowa Football Offices... Good morning, Coach Ferentz. Um, so why's Ken here? What does he know about defense? He insisted on tagging along. The Wiggles was a rerun today. Whatever. Let's just get these interviews over with. Who's up first? ...
BCS Programs Making Coaching Moves While Boston College Stands Still
Brian: It has been a big, big year for the college football coaching carousel. To date, a total of 24 Division I-A programs will be breaking in new coaches in 2012, including 11 from BCS AQ conferences. Within the conference, North Carolina just hired Southern Miss's Larry Fedora to replace the...
A List Of BCS Programs Refusing To Accept Mediocrity
A list that continues to grow ... and will not include Boston College this season. UCLA -- 6-6 overall, 5-4 Pac-12, Pac-12 South "Champions" Report: Neuheisel done after Pac-12 title game (CBS Sports) UCLA was blown out 50-0 by USC on Saturday night to finish the season at 6-6 and 5-4 in the...
Mike Stoops is fired as Arizona coach, but let's not forget what preceeded him
Mike Stoops is out as Arizona head coach, but as necessary as that move became, Arizona fans should not forget the positive and lasting impact he made on the program. Confession: I have never been much of a supporter of Mike Stoops. Between the sideline antics, recruiting troubles, and baffling...
Mike Stoops fired: Greg Byrne makes first defining move at Arizona
Head coach Mike Stoops has been relieved of his duties as Arizona Wildcats head football coach Monday night, Byrne said at the presser. Defensive coordinator Tim Kish will take over for the remainder of the season as interim coach. "The last 11 games have been a road rough," Arizona AD Greg Byrne...
Not bowl-or-bust: The reason Mike Stoops' job at Arizona is not on the line
So I've been slacking with my posting duties for the slightly understandable reason of moving. I spent the past wild week by hauling all my crap from New York, to Phoenix and then to Tucson. When I got to the Old Pueblo for what will hopefully be my last semester at Arizona -- not that I don't like...
Finding their inner Desert Swarm
What's the name of this blog again? Oh, right. Arizona football does indeed have a weird history. The Wildcats have never been to a Rose Bowl, or any other major bowl game. They never won a Pac-10 Conference title, never have reached success in even a few seasons' succession. Never. It's always the...
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