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Bob Stoops: "I will not be the next coach at Notre Dame."

  • Mooney44Cards
    http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/OU/article.aspx?subjectid=92&articleid=20091205_92_0_ALNTNe938491

    Ouch....this stings. First REAL denial.

    athlete37, where are you?!
  • thedynasty1998
    I'd say that's a solid no. But honestly, until Notre Dame offers someone some money a denial doesn't mean much.
  • SportsAndLady
    Yeah you can't take any coach says right now serious...until he gets offered 6 million dollars a year, he's gonna keep saying no lol
  • dwccrew
    Maybe it's Urban Meyer then? LOL, Notre Dame fans crack me up. They have gotten themselves all worked up about Stoops and I really don't think he is going there, he is using it as leverage to get more out of OU IMO.
  • killer_ewok
    dwccrew wrote: Maybe it's Urban Meyer then? LOL, Notre Dame fans crack me up. They have gotten themselves all worked up about Stoops and I really don't think he is going there, he is using it as leverage to get more out of OU IMO.
    Sorry....the possibility of getting an established college head coach was really exciting. I thought that it was a done deal and heard that it was several different times from what were thought to be extremely reliable sources. What the hell.....I fucked up.
  • SportsAndLady
    dwccrew wrote: Maybe it's Urban Meyer then? LOL, Notre Dame fans crack me up. They have gotten themselves all worked up about Stoops and I really don't think he is going there, he is using it as leverage to get more out of OU IMO.
    Yeah those darn Notre Dame fans!! Getting excited about the possibilities of their next head football coach!! What the hell is their problem!!??
  • ytownfootball
    If he pulls a Saban I would lose some respect for him.
  • sherm03
    Ploy to get more money out of ND?
  • killer_ewok
    ytownfootball wrote: If he pulls a Saban I would lose some respect for him.
    I could live with it. :D
  • Swamp Fox
    Urban Meyer on a really cold Saturday in the Horseshoe...coaching against the Maize and Blue... If Notre Dame fans can dream, so can the Buckeyes. Of course, this scenario for me would have to have some qualifiers...1) Jim Tressel would decide to retire and that would be entirely up to him, 2) this would be at least 8-10 years down the road, and 3) We could find enough money to lure him to Columbus. I think by then Urban would have no more reason to want to change jobs again and he would retire from Ohio State after winning the National Championship in his final season. An Ohio Boy comes home. The Prodigal returns!!! (And it's not Bob Stoops. Not now and not 10 years from now!)
  • dlazz
    You'd think Stoops would be all over a position like that. He loves to score 60 on crappy opponents. ND is a great place for that.
  • sjmvsfscs08
    I've thought for a few days that he may have just been using Notre Dame rumors to get more cash from Oklahoma. You can't blame him for asking the brass is Norman to match the Notre Dame offer and he'll stay. I just felt it was too good to be true :s.
  • newarkcatholicfan
    I am sticking by my prediction.
    I have said that when the new coach is hired it wil cause a lot of those who are big fans and those making prediction go WTF.
  • Mooney44Cards
    dlazz wrote: You'd think Stoops would be all over a position like that. He loves to score 60 on crappy opponents. ND is a great place for that.
    Nebraska, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Missouri, Oklahoma State

    Crappy opponents huh? :rolleyes:
  • centralbucksfan
    I don't believe this is a big loss for ND at all. Although, I am not sure they ever had him like some were saying. I still think ND best bet is Kelly. Right now, except for a couple other coaches, I would take Kelly in a heartbeat at OSU. I think if ND can get him, they will be just fine.
  • BCSbunk
    Look people are not seeing what Stoops is not saying. He is not saying Notre Dame is crap and I will never ever go there I would not go there for a billion dollars. So this is just a ploy to make sure all the T's are crossed and the I's dotted./sarcasm
  • centralbucksfan
    ccrunner609 wrote:
    centralbucksfan wrote:I don't believe this is a big loss for ND at all

    RFLMAO.......after a week of reading shit about Stoops this and Stoops that......now its no big loss?


    Only at ND.
    How is it a loss when you never had it in the first place? And I honestly think Kelly is a better choice at this point in time.
    BTW moron, I am an OSU fan. And I'd take Kelly in a heartbeat over Stoops right now. I think Stoops is very good...but I really like Kelly.
  • Tiernan
    As Ralph sez...Ha Ha...nice insider info athlete 37...hey who shot Kennedy?
  • rocket31
    ccrunner609 wrote: Sure you werent on the Stoops jock but everyone else was.
    ftr, i for one, always stated i would rather have brian kelly...many, many times...
  • jordo212000
    I'd love to see Athlete's explanation
  • Teabagger
    Last I checked they still haven't hired anyone. I agree it looks doubtful that stoops will be in south bend, but until someone signs none of us know what is actually happening behind the scenes.
  • SportsAndLady
    Can someone please explain to me what this thing with Athlete said means lol I must have missed that thread..
  • jordo212000
    SportsAndLadies wrote: Can someone please explain to me what this thing with Athlete said means lol I must have missed that thread..
    He kept telling everybody he had inside information that Stoops was taking the job and that a contract was going to be signed soon. At one point he said an announcement would be made Friday (yesterday)
  • Lovejoy1984
    Athlete stated many times he had insider sources that it was all but a done deal and the Press Conference was to be last monday or Tuesday. Then it was too be pushed back to Friday, then pushed back indefinitely.

    He really seemed confident, so until they hire a coach, I won't come down on him.
  • unique_67
    Maybe ND will end up hiring Brian Kelly, as he has now stated he is willing to talk with officials from ND next week, if they wish to speak with him about the job.

    Kelly would entertain Irish advance
    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4716552

    "Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly told ESPN this week that he promised fans he would focus on the Pitt game and that speculation he is a candidate for the Notre Dame opening wouldn't be a distraction.

    Kelly still maintains that it hasn't been, adding that he was staying away from it until after the game, but if Notre Dame wanted to speak with him next week, he would "entertain" their request."