It hired one in Kirk Ferentz. Oh, the sound and fury it all caused. It has been one of the wildest, wooliest soap operas in the history of Hawkeye athletics. The people's choice, Bob Stoops, went to Oklahoma instead of his alma mater. That may have been 100 percent accurate.
Some sources insist it is.
It also may have turned out to be much less than gospel. Other sources insist that is the case. We may never know the whole truth, and that's fine. The stances taken on both sides of the ball have only given more material to a good tale. Someone says Stoops agreed to a deal with Oklahoma the night before he had his interview with the Iowa search committee in Atlanta.