Bob Stoops going to meet with Notre Dame

• One Man Gang

  Could be as early as tomorrow according to the same guy that said Billick was being looked at as a serious option for the job.
  
  How much is his buyout from Oklahoma?
• darbypitcher22

  

  Just saw it on CBS.... wouldn't suprise me if it did
• mallymal614

  I guess this mean Charlie is officially gone. Even though most of America only knew that.
• darbypitcher22

  

  We already knew that, but you would have at least hoped they waited until the game was over tonight before this got out; guess you can't keep anything quiet now a days
• hoops23

  

  So, if Stoops leaves, what happens to Oklahoma?
  
  Also, what if Bob Stoops fails at ND? Will it be his fault or the programs? Serious question by the way!
• darbypitcher22

  

  I think Oklahoma would try to promote Bret Venables within to take over if Stoops doesn't take him to Notre Dame
• Quint

  

  I think Bret "Willem Dafoe" will become the head coach at OU. Stoops to Notre Dame. . . where does Weis go? Back to the NFL?
• Lovejoy1984

  

  Looks for Weis to land in Kansas City, or back in NE.
• darbypitcher22

  

  who knows where Weis goes at the point; he'll probably have many options at that point. I like Venables to step up and take over Oklahoma
• mallymal614

  Weis got it good. He is getting fired but also getting paid big bucks!!!
• One Man Gang

  Weis is destined to be an OC in the NFL.
  
  He is just not that good as a head coach.
• darbypitcher22

  

  sometimes that happens; the best coordinators aren't always the best head coaches and vice versa
• Swamp Fox

  This is what I thought would happen a long time ago. Will it improve the Irish? Maybe. Maybe not. I think Notre Dame's problems run a lot deeper than the name on the coaches office door. I'm afraid that it may be that Notre Dame's time as a king pin of college football is over. They need kids that can play like Florida who have academic qualifications like Harvard. They need the kids who are spoiled by the good weather locations that are all over the place these days. You are recruiting against palm trees, warm temperatures, beautiful girls on the beaches etc. There are always going to be those that will live and die for the right to walk past the "Golden Dome" everyday on the way to class. Others won't. You can import all the sand you want, Notre Dame just isn't attractive to the recruits of this era. It would help if Notre Dame football was better, but the fact is it isn't. I think it's going to take more time than most fans are willing to put up with. Whoever comes in has to understand that and know that whoever the next coach is, the pressure will be beyond belief. Reality will not be factored in by Notre Dame fans that think it can be solved with one hot shot coach. I'm not a Notre Dame fan, but it is kind of sad the way that Notre Dame football has gone recently. (OK, it's been considerably longer than just recently!)
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Kevin Sumlin should be the next HC at OU
• Skyhook79

  

  Is Notre Dame lowering their admission standards? Stoops is used to a slightly more friendly one at Oklahoma.
• crusader1980

  ^^^^BINGO! We have winner! 44, you are right.
• grass_licker

  id like weis for an o.c. for the steelers
• centralbucksfan

  grass_licker wrote: id like weis for an o.c. for the steelers

  I'd like to see him in Chicago myself. Ron Turner killing my bears as he did Ill!!
• centralbucksfan

  Skyhook79 wrote: Is Notre Dame lowering their admission standards? Stoops is used to a slightly more friendly one at Oklahoma.

  Slightly!? lol No doubt ND admissions is tough. But don't kid yourself, for the football team, they lighten it up just as everyone else around the country does.
• crusader1980

  Where is the link to this?
• killer_ewok

  

  Somewhere athlete37 is smiling. I am too.
• darbypitcher22

  

  I don't see them offering the job to Sumlin; if Stoops bolts Venables will be offered the job if he doesn't follow Stoops.
  
  Notre Dame has a lot more to compete with nowadays than they ever did with Lou Holtz at the helm
• centralbucksfan

  killer_ewok wrote: Somewhere athlete37 is smiling. I am too.

  Not sure I would be smilling just yet. Nothing is signed sealed or delivered at this point. And if you don't think Stoops isn't walking in with some demands...your kidding yourself. He isn't going to walk away from Oklahoma without getting everything he wants.
• darbypitcher22

  

  You don't think Notre Dame will give him everything he wants?
• noreply66

  Love to see ND come back to the top