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Mike Stoops stated that ASU was a JR College yesterday after 4 of his commitments fled that other school to come to the open arms of the rising Sun Devils. So the question is what exactly is mike stoops
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All of the above. I wish he would keep his mouth shut, I don't want him to get fired.
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I love how the city of Phoenix is up in arms over this. Now that I see that it made every single ASU fan irate I start to love the quote even more. Hey Byrnes, it was 3 recruits we lost and 2 signed. I will never get mad at a recruit when he tells our head coach that he is decommitting and going to asu because it will be easier for him to get into academically. That's a compliment to my University. I also don't get embarassed when our head coach says that after the recruits literally TOLD him to his face. At least Gerrell told him if they didn't win 8 games he wouldn't commit. Considering he went to Hamilton he probably would have been able to handle maintaining academically. Stoops apologized and stated that it wasn't taken out of context and it was dutifully reported, which it was, but his quote was left short. No one quoted the academics part. Oh, well, at least Erickson got the last word in: "It's about who wins games....I don't know what he's talking about, they're the ones who took junior college players." (ASU juco transfers require to have a 2.0, UofA requires a 3.0)
signed once again,
no-need-to-take-the-SATs
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I'm not defending Mike Stoops, but I understand where he is going with this situation.
U of Arizona is superior academically to Arizona State. U of A has tougher academic restrictions, and they do not accept as many applicants. U of A is on Forbe's list of best value colleges in terms of education and cost. ASU is not on that list.
Back to the football perspective, Mike Stoops has no right in saying anything bad about the Sun Devils. The Wildcats have lost 3 straight to ASU, and it will be 4 straight this year. Until Arizona makes it to a bowl game or beats ASU, they have no right to bash the Devils.
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Thanks for stopping by brent. If you still stand by Stoops' comments, well, are you feeling lonely? Everyone, in Tempe and Tucson alike, knows he was not only wrong, but dumb to say what he did. I wish he would shut up so he doesn't get fired.
Go Devils!!!
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Dbacksfan, did you go to ASU? You are wrong with your post. Both schools have the exact same admissions standards. The only difference is that ASU does not cap enrollment, so we get some leftovers that are the entire reason for our perceived inferior academics. Those lists vary every year, and different publications have very different points of view, so you can't put much stock into them. I haven't seen one of those lately, but in recent years we were always on those types of lists for academic values. Again, it doesn't really mean anything though.
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I hate Stoops. he's a cry baby just because his school sucks. He wishes that he could be anywhere as good as erickson is someday. To bad that will never happen. haha
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I wonder if the basketball team felt the "Stoops effect". The only one in a cat uniform who showed up to play was Bayless. I would love to see the football team bulletin board that first week of December. Keep sending us ammunition Stoops.
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