Why does Bob Stoops not want to play the Wildcats in the Sun Bowl?
Stoops is being considered for the vacant head coaching job at Youngstown State, according to Ohio media reports. Jon Heacock stepped down last week after nine seasons as the Penguins’ coach. The Wildcats (7-4 overall, 5-3 Pac-10) will take on USC this week in the teams’ regular season finale. The UA can earn a bid in the Holiday, Sun, Las Vegas or Emerald bowls with a win; lose, and Arizona would play in the Poinsettia Bowl, held Dec. 23 in San Diego. “I’ve invested too much in this program to go anywhere with this stuff until after the season,” he said. “I’ve put too much into it, I’m too close to this program, I work for my brother … all this stuff takes care of itself later. I really just care about trying to finish on a good note. To finish 8-4 here, and to have a chance to finish tied for second in this league is really quite amazing.” Head coach Mike Stoops is not commenting on media reports surrounding either of his two brothers. Bob Stoops, the head coach at Oklahoma, has been
Memo to the Sun Bowl: the Stoops brothers would prefer not to face each other in El Paso. With speculation swirling about Arizona’s bowl destination, Mike Stoops said he hopes the Wildcats won’t have to play brother Bob Stoops’ Oklahoma Sooners in the Sun Bowl, one of two bowls pitting the Pac-10 and Big 12. Mike Stoops said a bowl matchup between Arizona (7-4, 5-3 Pac-10) and Oklahoma (7-5, 5-3 Big 12) would be “something we would try to avoid at all costs.” “I don’t think it would be fun for either one of us,” Mike Stoops said at his weekly campus news conference on Monday. “I think it would be very uncomfortable for probably everyone. “That wouldn’t be ideal for us, but obviously you’ve got to look beyond that for the possibilities,” he said. “So we’ll cross that bridge Sunday.” Pac-10 bowl pairings are expected to be announced on Sunday. Speaking in Norman, Okla., Bob Stoops echoed his brother’s comments. “We would both prefer not to,” Bob Stoops said. “That’s it. It isn’t a big de
