Bob Stoops is O-U-t

[Porked Tongue]

Out at OU

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https://twitter.com/JenniCarlson_OK/status/872528770225377280

[hogsanity]

retiring effective immediately according to multiple reports

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https://twitter.com/CareyWWLS/status/872529983482331137

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https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/872531094989553664

[WilsonHog]

Yep, effective immediately per Bruce Feldman.

I bet Sooner fans are pissed. Smells like a set-up to get the guy in that Stoops and the AD want without benefit of the normal coaching search that would come after the season.

[factchecker]

[Porked Tongue]

Joe Mixon situation finally coming to roost?

[RazorPiggie]

I think something is going to go down at OU soon! You don't leave during the summer.

Something smells fishy to me.

[HoggieStyle]

Is Stoops a habitual Harley rider?

[Wildhog]

WOW.

They should hire Bert.

[hawganatic]

Yep, effective immediately per Bruce Feldman.

Venables as interim?

Lincoln Riley is already being reported as the new head coach.  Doubt Venables would leave Clemson for an interim position.

Will be interesting to see if Riley is ready.  He's only 33-years-old.

[go hogues]

A job opening?!

Where?!

[rljjr]

This is huge and made bigger because it's completely out of left field.

[hawganatic]

I think something is going to go down at OU soon! You don't leave during the summer.

Something smells fishy to me.

Think more than likely to get Riley where they wanted him.  Doubt Sooner fans would be happy with that hire at the end of a coaching search.  Do it in the summer where there is no other choice and he has a season to prove himself to the fanbase.

[WilsonHog]

https://twitter.com/CareyWWLS/status/872529983482331137

Which begs the question, what IS his retirement about?

[Porked Tongue]

Which begs the question, what IS his retirement about?

Joe Mixon?

[Wildhog]

Joe Dixon?

Moe Dixon.

[factchecker]

A job opening?!

Where?!

[rljjr]

Hootie missed another one.

[factchecker]

Hootie missed another one.

That damn smear campaign by Ole Miss.

[cosmodrum]

Moe Dixon.

Jonathan Moxon

[ricepig]

Moe Dixon.

Dickson street......

[rljjr]

That damn smear campaign by Ole Miss.

That might keep him out of coaching for 50 years. Fifty!

[Tejano Jawg]

https://twitter.com/CareyWWLS/status/872529983482331137

I just heard from an OU guy, via sports radio, that it could be health related. But this tweet says otherwise. Guess we'll see.

Bon jour, Bob.

[rljjr]

The question is how will this help us with recruiting for this season.

[Pigsknuckles]

A job opening?!

Where?!

Insert HDN pic here.

[GuvHog]

Could be that he just wants to retire from head coaching and help his brother in Kentucky.

[WilsonHog]

A job opening?!

Where?!

Currently has booster cables hooked up to his balls, trying to get his piss hot.

[Mike_e]

In with OU to the SEC rumor before it actually comes out. 

[phadedhawg]

Very unexpected but certainly looks orchestrated.  Saddling a program with an interm head coach in the Spring isn't a recipe for success

[311Hog]

is this retiring like how Urban Meyer retired from Florida?

[ricepig]

Very unexpected but certainly looks orchestrated.  Saddling a program with an interm head coach in the Spring isn't a recipe for success

He isn't the interim coach.


https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/872534545353940993

[Wildhog]

He isn't the interim coach.


https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/872534545353940993

...ehhh, really?

[Polecat]

WOW.

They should hire Bret.

I wouldn't cry one bit

[cosmodrum]

Currently has booster cables hooked up to his balls, trying to get his piss hot.

I am now going dig my eye balls out with a melonballer.

Thanks, Wilson.

[Wildhog]

Just naming your OC as full-time HC the same day your legendary coach retires?  I'd be burning down the OU message boards if I were a Sooners fan.

[GuvHog]

In with OU to the SEC rumor before it actually comes out. 

I hadn't thought of that one.   

Nice reply.

[Wildhog]

I do have a pair of OU gym shorts that I haven't burned.  My sick grandmother got them for me not long before she died.  She thought they were UA shorts and I didn't have the heart to tell her.

[The_Iceman]

Just naming your OC as full-time HC the same day your legendary coach retires?  I'd be burning down the OU message boards if I were a Sooners fan.

That's who Stoops wanted to replace him. That's why he resigned in June. Program has no other choice.

[Wildhog]

That's who Stoops wanted to replace him. That's why he resigned in June. Program has no other choice.

BS they have no other choice.  Bob Stoops isn't the AD.

I mean, naming him the interim I get.  IF they sign him to a long term contract, I won't understand that.

[SamBuckhart]

Quite a shocker. Me thinks a zit is about to get lanced. Does he own a motorcycle?

[longpig]

Lincoln Reilly taking  over is concerning.

[Jim Harris]

Is Stoops a habitual Harley rider?

big volleyball fan.

[Jim Harris]

Lincoln Riley is already being reported as the new head coach.  Doubt Venables would leave Clemson for an interim position.

Will be interesting to see if Riley is ready.  He's only 33-years-old.

same age as Frank Broyles was when hired by Arkansas.

Barry Switzer was 35 when Chuck Fairbanks left OU for the Patriots.

[Smokehouse]

BS they have no other choice.  Bob Stoops isn't the AD.

I mean, naming him the interim I get.  IF they sign him to a long term contract, I won't understand that.

I'm a grad student at OU currently. Most of the Sooner fans think Lincoln Riley is the second coming because they've put up some good offensive numbers (against Big 12 defenses...) since he got to town. I imagine he'll get a honeymoon period from them unless they have a Smiley-esque season this year.

[longpig]

same age as Frank Broyles was when hired by Arkansas.

Barry Switzer was 35 when Chuck Fairbanks left OU for the Patriots.

Don't you think the job is a bit more complicated nowadays?

[ricepig]

https://twitter.com/ArRecruitingGuy/status/872546054843052033

[GuvHog]

same age as Frank Broyles was when hired by Arkansas.

Barry Switzer was 35 when Chuck Fairbanks left OU for the Patriots.

Yeah, they were the same age but wasn't Frank Broyles already a head coach when Arkansas offered him the job??

[Inhogswetrust]

Just naming your OC as full-time HC the same day your legendary coach retires?  I'd be burning down the OU message boards if I were a Sooners fan.

Heck you and other irrational fans would burn it down if they named a ten time NC and a five time super bowl winning coach as the new coach......................................