Iowa-Arizona: Stoops Brothers are Like Family, but Hawkeyes Plan Hostile Reunion

Posted by J.A. Allen on September-18-2009 Add Comments

Thomas Wolfe wrote that You Can’t Go Home Again. But that is not exactly true. When Mike Stoops comes calling this Saturday at Kinnick Stadium, along with his football team, the Arizona Wildcats, the former Hawkeye will be seeking to run roughshod over his alma mater. 

This is not exactly the kind of behavior we expect from adopted sons coming home for a reunion. 

The three Stoops brothers, Bob, Mike, and Mark, helped Hayden Fry, Iowa coach from 1979-1998, rebuild the Iowa Hawkeyes from the ground up. It all started with the oldest brother Bobby (Bob) Stoops, who now coaches the No. 12-ranked Oklahoma Sooners. 

Bob Stoops started for Iowa for four years as a defensive ba...

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