but I can’t really get excited about a guy who was on the chopping block until he beat Arizona State.

I was about to post this, but BAM you got it! Hopefully you don’t fail your final over this. Don’t want you to start off on the wrong foot with the new coach!

Not thrilled about this, but who knows..

Why would ISU want Stoops? He hasn’t really done much at Arizona – just enough not to get fired every year. What does Stoops give ISU that someone else wouldn’t, besides having a brother who is a great coach?

Why would Stoops want to go to ISU? No offense, but I don’t see how this is a step up – more of a step sideways. At the very least, Arizona is at a higher point than ISU is right now (although neither are too high).

Is there someone who can explain all of this to me – I really don’t get it.

At practice today as the Wildcats prepare to play in Saturday’s Las Vegas Bowl, Stoops chuckled when asked about the opening.

    "I don’t have any comment," Stoops said. "I’m getting ready to play a game here."
    Iowa State has not contacted the UA athletic department for permission to speak with Stoops, Arizona Athletic Director Jim Livengood said this afternoon.

I know a lot goes on behind closed doors and even around AD’s backs, but there’s no way we’re in the ‘final stages’ (as Marty said) of hiring someone without even talking to their AD. Which is fine by me; Stoops wasn’t at the top of my list.