Report: Stoops No Longer A Candidate At Florida

Longtime Gainesville Sun reporter, Pat Dooley, tweeted Tuesday morning three more names to remove from Florida’s search for their next head football coach.

As you can see, one of those names is Bob (or Bobby as some seem compelled to put it) Stoops. Makes sense really. Despite all the recent run of national writers professing how ‘maybe it’s time for Bob to move on’ articles, no one familiar with the program ever put too much stock into talk of ‘Stoops to Florida 3.0’ so here we sit.

I will say the inclusion of Mike Gundy’s name however did surprise me. I know many of you are aware of the story from the weekend that Gundy was ‘pursuing’ the job and this would obviously be in direct contradiction to that report. So it will be interesting to see what, if anything, comes from either side of things regarding Gundy’s interest in the job or there interest in him.

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  • Exiled In Ohio says:

    Jordan, it is unbelievable how much info you come up! I can’t imagine how much time you spend reading blogs and looking at Twitter feeds to come up with all of this. Much thanks!

  • Brian says:

    Bob is still known as Bobby in Gainesville…spoke with a former UF player (actually played with Spurrier) and when he found out I was a Sooner fan, he said, “Oh, we know Bobby.”

  • BigJoeBrown says:

    Gundy…really? Didn’t see that one coming. It seems that he his like that kid looking out the window waiting for the ice cream man.

  • Ryan says:

    🙁 more underachieving seasons for us

  • Herman Bubbert says:

    Doubt if that means any more than “their seasons are ongoing.”

    • Jordan Esco says:

      Possibly. But that guy has been down there a long time, I’d have to believe in that time he’s managed to find some decent sources.

      • Herman Bubbert says:

        As one of the stories on the site foretold, “two weeks of BS.”
        I don’t expect Stoops to go to Florida. But it’s hardly a slam dunk that he will be in Norman next year, in my opinion.

  • L'Carpetron Dookmarriot says:

    Let me put on my surprised face. It’s around here somewhere. Just a minute…

  • soonermusic says:

    I can’t remember where, but I read, early on, that they were not interested in Gundy for some reason, that he didn’t fit their ‘profile.’

    • Clint Lenard says:

      Gundy’s offenses are too good. He’d have a hard time getting his linemen to block each other. Wouldn’t qualify to coach at Florida.

    • JB says:

      He’s too big of a dork. The last major tool they hired (Zook) didn’t work out too well.

      That, and he’s the most overrated coach in the country.

  • Sooner Ray says:

    Gundy shouldn’t be on an elite coaching job list until he can dominate bedlam. He has only had success when BP has convinced a good OC to spend some time in stoolwater. Or maybe I just don’t like him and his Bart Simpson haircut. 🙂

  • Jeremy Phillips says:

    seems like Hugh Freeze name is getting thrown around a lot for Florida right now…