He still has the beard. Don’t miss that. As you ponder Bob Stoops’ return to coaching, understand what being the new head coach and general manager for the XFL’s Dallas franchise really is:
A part-time gig.
That’s important. And it’s likely the only way Stoops -- who shocked the college football world when he retired from Oklahoma exactly 20 months ago today -- could have been convinced to grab a whistle again.
“When I stepped away a couple of years ago, I made it very clear I wanted my own time,” he said at an introductory news conference on Thursday in Arlington, Texas.