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Social media reacts to the FSU hire with Bob Stoops jokes
By Andrew Olson
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Florida State has officially announced the hiring of former Memphis head coach Mike Norvell. On social media, the news was widely met with jokes about Bob Stoops.
The head coach and general manager of the XFL’s Dallas Renegades was established as FSU’s top target after the firing of Willie Taggart. ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit poured cold water on the rumor early in the process and Steve Spurrier later followed with a similar tidbit, but Seminoles fans on Twitter and message boards refused to believe it wasn’t going to be Stoops. When Stoops continued to show up at XFL events and Renegades events, the rumors got further and further detached from reality, going as far as speculating Stoops held a “secret press conference” in Tallahassee.
Headed to Tallahassee to hear from Bob Stoo….
WAIT. WHAT?
I’m never trusting another eye doctor. pic.twitter.com/X2ADJJuKgQ
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) December 8, 2019
Working to confirm whether Capt. Stoops and co-pilot Sanders are flying Norvell to Tally. https://t.co/CU15N8wTLv
— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) December 8, 2019
It's official … Bob Stoops did not have a secret press conference in which he accepted the Florida State job.
— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) December 8, 2019
What happens if Bob Stoops and Nike Norvell both show up for presser at noon? FSUTwitter would explode, that is what would happen.
— Chris Gwaltney (@thehumidorchris) December 8, 2019
Warchant probably…”FSU is scheduled to introduce their new coach today at noon. We expect that to be Mike Norvell, but we can’t discount that it could be Bob Stoops.”
— Jared R. (@FSUNOLE21) December 8, 2019
I wonder how many seasons they decide to run with this Norvell smokescreen before everyone is off the scent enough to announce Stoops. https://t.co/IZAg9OBuzg
— Barton Simmons (@bartonsimmons) December 8, 2019
Florida State officially announces Mike Norvell as Seminoles’ new coach (XFL’s Dallas Renegades dodged a bullet)
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 8, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Photos of the three separate sources in the Bob Stoops to FSU story have been revealed. pic.twitter.com/8GX9qkKO4k
— Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) December 8, 2019
The amount of laughs this entire search brought to @jasonkersey and myself was tremendous. Kendal Briles as Bob Stoops OC was MY favorite.
— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) December 8, 2019
Going to tell my kids this was Bob Stoops. pic.twitter.com/Y0H2tcOKFJ
— Steed Designs (@SteedDesigns) December 8, 2019
I hope Bob Stoops is gonna like working with Mike Norvell.
— Josh Newberg (@josh_newberg) December 8, 2019
Can confirm Bob Stoops has NOT legally changed his name to Mike Norvell. Will continue investigating.
— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) December 8, 2019
But that’s not Bob Stoops… https://t.co/17UjAXcGsG
— Tom Green (@Tomas_Verde) December 8, 2019
RIP, Bob Stoops to Florida State. Gone but never forgotten. https://t.co/uAjwuJ9ymj
— Ben Kercheval (@BenKercheval) December 8, 2019
What happened to all that Bob Stoops talk? LOL
— Todd Yakoubian (@ToddYakoubian) December 8, 2019
Weird way to spell Bob Stoops https://t.co/9QKNaZHhmg
— Drew (@4thegatorgood) December 8, 2019
Wait….that’s not Bob Stoops? https://t.co/p6HhIuLUEa
— Barstool Sooners (@OUBarstool) December 8, 2019
That doesn’t look like Bob Stoops. pic.twitter.com/QQJCg9tRoz
— Tigers X (@TigersXcom) December 8, 2019
Hopefully, other college football fanbases will be careful about latching onto self-proclaimed Twitter insiders.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
