In this Sept. 3, 2011, file photo, Arizona coach Mike Stoops looks at the stadium video screen during the first half against Northern Arizona in an NCAA college football game at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Ariz. Stoops has been fired halfway through his eighth season at Arizona. Athletic director Greg Byrne announced Stoops’ dismissal at a news conference Monday evening, Oct. 10, two days after the Wildcats lost their fifth straight game, 37-27, at previously winless Oregon State. (John Miller/AP Photo, File)