Well we have our first ever official trade in college football. Alabama agrees to send Jalen Hurts to Oklahoma for fired defensive coordinator Mike Stoops. Mike is the younger brother of previous beloved Oklahoma Head Coach, Bob Stoops. Mike probably definitely didn't get the job there because his brother was the coach and he was held in the highest regard by the fan base.
In his tenure as DC in Norman, Mike Stoops had a mediocre defense at best. Given it’s the Big 12 and given the attributes that that conference values he has been just solid enough to get by to this point. Until this year. Stoops’ defense submitted his worst Yards By Opponent Average to date with 453.8 per game. That puts Oklahoma at 105th ranking in the country. Here are Mike’s rankings in Yards By Opponent since he’s been DC. 105th, 60th, 74th, 30th, 44th, 18th, 68th. Somewhat solid, but evidently just enough is not enough.
So where’s the silver lining here? Who knows. Maybe it’s that he’s only on as an “analyst”. Or maybe it’s that the last time we took on a dwindling career of a highly regarded football family name it was this guy:
And he was recruiting a baby yesterday.
So welcome to the Houndstooth Halfway House Mikey, grab a cigar and pull a chair over by Butch there in the corner.
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