"What situation? That's a rumor that I have not heard and no one has contacted me about that so I don't know anything about it," Stoops said. "We're preparing for a national championship, that's all my focus, all my concentration is on that, so obviously I'm not a candidate. I'm sure someone might have told me .That situation alone is reason to leave, and Fisher is hardly unemployable. He'd also do well in television, the "holding tank" for coaches. His critics say he's never won anything.

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