Flashback Friday: Stoops, Gran and Fisher at Florida State

(Photo: AP/Phil Sears)

It’s the year 2012 and the world is a completely different place. The Kentucky basketball team is the reigning NCAA national champion, Barack Obama is re-elected for a second term, Michael Phelps is winning every gold medal in London, there is a woman breastfeeding on the cover of TIME magazine, and “Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but here’s my number, so call me maybe.”

And down in Tallahassee, Mark Stoops is an assistant coach under Jimbo Fisher at Florida State, as is now UK offensive coordinator Eddie Gran. Stoops the defensive coordinator; Gran the associate head coach, running backs coach and special teams coordinator.

Now fast forward to today, some six…