Could the football gods give us such a gift? 
Stoops and Virginia Tech?
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Don't tempt me with some good news. That does seem like a team that he'd go to.
They have been losers since beamers retirement. Stoops would be an upgrade honestly and have them way better than what they have been with less conference competition.
Virginia Tech knows football . If you was a VT football alum would you want Stoops. A&M Deja vu. Beamer has the job.
Shhhh. Stoops is a great coach. VT should definitely hire him.
VT fans would revolt with pitchforks and shotguns, no chance UK gets that lucky
He should take it.... be a fresh start for him and good for us too.
VT would not touch Stoops with a 10' pole. You are absolutely correct that the fans would revolt. Babcock may not be a good AD but he is not completely stupid.
He would turn them around quick. Look at our program. Humming like a well oiled machine.
Exactly. VT not hiring Stoops would be a huge mistake. Hell...they can take offensive genius Bush Hamden with him.
I'm sure Stoops and his agent put out feelers but don't get your hopes up. They undoubtedly have better candidates.
We need Ferentz to retire. Stoops would crawl back to Iowa, and they probably regard him as an innovative offensive mind.
We need Ferentz to retire. Stoops would crawl back to Iowa, and they probably regard him as an innovative offensive mind.
VT and ACC schedule is very interesting indeed.
Iowa not so much. Too much offensive fire power in that league for CMS.
Iowa not so much. Too much offensive fire power in that league for CMS.
So fans can start trashing the next coach.
All of BBN could band together and make a concerted effort to bombard their athletic department emails, social media accounts, etc as though we are VT fans and shower the idea with all the praise in the world. 
I know you're kidding but he very well could turn them around quick in a weak as water ACC. He's outlived his shelf life here but don't forget what he built KY into. He did what I thought was impossible here.
I just assumed they were gonna throw tons of money at beamer and bring him back home. Although didn't he leave while he was "head coach in waiting"? Might have burned a few bridges. I definitely don't think stoops is anywhere near the top of their wish list.
Terrible timing for this news to break. If the team hears about this they may lose focus and that will cost us the Texas game.
He didn’t build Kentucky into anything. He had everything he needed, that previous coaches never had. Facility upgrades. Huge recruiting budgets. Total support. And what did he show for it? Nothing. He didn’t win anything. He beat a few mediocre SEC teams every once in a while.
0-14 against Georgia. 0-4 against Chumlee at Tennessee. Can’t even beat Vandy now.
1-11 the last 12 SEC games. Mizzou has played in 2 Conference championship games since joining the league. Stoops in 14 seasons, 0.
Now, in year 14, he has us at the very bottom of the conference, while he continues to rake in $9 million a year. Nice gig huh?
He‘s the 11th highest paid coach in CFB. Uh, we’re not even close to being the 11th best team in our own conference.
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TBF...Stoops offenses look like the fun and gun compared to what Ferentz does.
I hate when people act like someone else to make them look good for bad. Ugly human behavior.All of BBN could band together and make a concerted effort to bombard their athletic department emails, social media accounts, etc as though we are VT fans and shower the idea with all the praise in the world.
IIRC...that ended really bad. I think there's some serious animosity how all the "retirement" and whatnot went down.
I think you're right and I don't think the beamers left on exactly the best of terms.
Can Mitch pay VT $$$ to take Stoops?
I don't think sports are for you
This is 100% Stoops’ folks creating rumors to make it sound like another team is interested in hiring him. There isn’t a Div 1 program crazy enough to take him off our hands….even if he worked for free.
I think one could make a very strong case that a dignified exit to VT is infinitely better for both Stoops and UK than any other viable end to this mess.
But he did build it. I'm not talking about Stoops in his 14th year. I'm talking about the bowl streak, the streak over USCjr, UL and Mizz. I'm talking about the recruiting classes. I'm talking about the two 10 win seasons. You can make concessions if you want but Stoops was the head coach for all of that. He coached the team to those wins. He and his staff brought in Levis, Benny, Lynn, and wandell.
Stop me if I start telling lies
This is one of the things that holds us back as a people in general. We refuse to give credit to anyone we don't like, even when it's due. You're seeing it right now on the world stage. You see it every day in sports but mostly among rivals. It's ok to say that Stoops (the winningest coach in our programs history) had success here for a time and built a respectable program.
Two things can be true at the same time.
1. He built a successful program here.
2. He is no longer getting it done.
OR the players see this as a chance to get him out of Lexington and play for a competent coach, and go play balls to the wall and pull the upset to "help" their coach get a new gig. Always think positive.
I want him gone, but that's the exact opposite of "dignified". That's called a dirty trick, and pathetic behavior.