Breaking news from Tucson in the run-up to the Duel in the Desert: apparently, Mike Stoops is safe.

Stoops, as seen on the right in a file photo in his favorite posture (screaming at referees), is not on the hot seat.

According to John Moredich of the Tucson Citizen, a story will run tomorrow that says that UofA president Robert Shelton, along with "several prominent boosters," are fully in support of Stoops. They're apparently "not thrilled with a 6-5" record in 2008 but they reportedly like where the program is going.

I'm speculating that "several prominent boosters" means Jim Click still likes Stoops.

Little Brother is 22-33 in 4+ seasons at Arizona including a meager 15-25 in the Pac-10. He's beaten us just once in his career; his first game against ASU in 2004 was the one in which Andrew Walter suffered a career-ending injury and Matt Miller dropped that 4th down pass to secure an upset for then 2-8 UofA against then 8-2 Arizona State.

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December 3rd, 2008 1:30 PM

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