Posted on 01/06/2002 1:57:37 PM PST by Pokey78
Bob Stoops is headed to Florida. That according to a report from a Florida TV station minutes ago. Mike stoops and others on the staff can tell you that they did not know of this decision until moments ago. More later.
It is pretty here much to my surprise when we moved up here from South Texas. I live in the rolling hills of East Norman. It made my day to see Coach Bob Stoops actually pick Norman, OK, over Gainesville, FL cold weather and all!
To SEC fans: Looks like you will all be getting Shanahan at UF, but you will definitely not be getting Bob Stoops!
Who knows, Bob or Carol may have been on FreeRepublic and may have seen all your posts and how much we care.
You have made more of a difference in this and helping contribute to the perception of the heart and spirit and class of loyal Sooner fans nationwide than you will ever know. You probably have even helped recruiting!
You could start your own website with OU football news and people would flock to it.
Boomer! Sooner!
Pat Briley
I missed you on the thread about Stoops staying, but you were right!! Thank goodness, you were right! I haven't felt so relieved about an event like this in many years.
He has now turned down Notre Dame (supposed #1) and Florida (another supposed #1). There aren't a whole bunch of jobs left that could compete with the one he has. I think Bob will be here for a few more years. Channel 9's web page quoted Stoops as saying "We've got something special here (at OU)." Glad he feels that way.
Carry on, and BOOMER SOONER!!
Some folks are just plain wired backwards and see things exactly backwards from others. I was just talking with my son in Gainesville as he was watching the interview at a local Gator Pub. He said the general consensus there was that Spurrier was childish and petty, but nobody cared, because he is a winner. Now, I stand by to hear more of your fanitical Talibanese.
Great night to be a Sooner -- our men's basketball team just beat Connecticut at CT!
I wonder. I heard from a completely unreliable source that Shanahan has already told UF that he won't take the job, and they aren't going to Denver to talk to him, but to Gary Kubiak.
Probably a bunch of bravo sierra, but who knows?
My daughter and I stood out in the snow and ice last January to welcome the 2000 National Champions home from the Orange Bowl at the Switzer Center with 8,000 other crazy fans. It was cold but worth it!
Boomer Sooner and thanks again for making my evening!
Sharon
Bob Stoops now knows how much he truly means to the Oklahoma fans, but this has sure been a long three days! They said tonight on Channel 9 that Bob had turned down the FL AD yesterday afternoon but the FL AD INSISTED that he wanted to talk to Bob in person to try and convince. After 20 minutes, the AD left for the airport and Denver. All I could think of was that he did not know the meaning of the word "NO!"
Al from The Sports Animal said that he thought that Bob Stoops woke up Sunday morning and was leaning toward going to Florida but after he and Carol went to Church on Sunday morning where he prayed for guidance and then visited the house they were building, they decided to stay in Norman!
Guess all those prayers from the Sooner Nation paid off. Then we beat CT tonight with our men's basketball and right now the Sooner Nation is on a total high!
Boomer Sooner!
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