Just like at Arizona?

My favorite football has a squeaker in it.

FB, we just work here. There's no ban. Everybody says things they didn't mean to be broadcast. It's up to those involved to decide how to handle it.

I'm psyched for Mike.
I guess we will all have to wait and see how it works out though. Mike didn't have OU quality players at Arizona and U of A is notorious for their poor facilities compared to other Pac-12 schools. You don't get as good of athletes, your usually not going to win. I don't why the NCAA won't switch to the footballs with squeakers in them to broaden the fan base.

Why Mike Stoops? Because Bob is stubborn as a government mule. Its the only change he's even halfway willing to make.

No. I don't believe that Bob would consider hiring Mike if his name wasn't Stoops. That last name is what makes the difference, and it's not because of nepotism. IMO, Bob and Mike have a relationship that just "works" together. You see what happened to the two of them when they weren't working together. From the outside looking in (which is what ALL of us are doing - including the Picker), it appears that Mike is Bob's sounding board, his confidant. Mike also brought fire to that D, and since he left, there have been very few "firey" performances. (One that immediately comes to mind is the 2007 Big XII CCG against Mizzou, but I digress...) That D needs some discipline and some fire that Venables wasn't able to consistently supply. As an alum and lifelong fan, I think it's worth a shot.

Picker, Obviously your memory is shorter than your....well, anyway. Here's a refresher:

In Mike Stoops' 5 yrs as DC for the Sooners they were ranked 39th, 8th, 4th, 10th, and 3rd in Total Defense in FBS. They won a national championship, they finished in the top 10 4 out of 5 years, he was a finalist for AFCA Asst. Coach of the Year. There's much more, but I think you're picking up what I'm laying down.

Is he the answer now? Who knows? Is he a better DC than head coach? Probably. Does someone here write their column, ignoring obvious facts and previous successes, just so the story appears to validate his predisposed notion? Definitely.

Is this how far you've fallen? I guess we'll see...

Well, except Tech. Oh, and Kansas. And OSU the last year or so. Obviously, the numbers show they were fairly decent at stopping whatever offense(s) was/were run against them.

Is your argument that he was only a good DC because teams didn't run the spread offense then? That makes as much sense as saying he can't coach defense because he was a lousy head coach, even though when he did coach defense, those defenses were pretty good.

Great point by DJ. Some coaches make great offensive or defensive coaches, but lousy head coaches.

Anybody reading these comments must be spinning like a top.

Another job?

At what, drill sgt?

A good example of a great defensive coach making .a lousy head coach was right there at good ol' OU. Anyone remember Gomer Jones?? Great defensive coach, replaced Bud and took a national championship quality team to something like a 6-4 record. I say give Mike a chance, they had good defenses when he was there before. Some kids need yelled at. This past team sure needed it.