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Show 14 . THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 2002 TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, Stay Coach 01 Old anoma; Flo naa urns Attention to nananan v. ii .rv "t, 7-S1- 1 Will , Foley then left for Colorado, where he met with Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, now the leading contender for the Florida job. "Obviously, there is nothing certain." Foley said. "I'm out here to visit Mike, but that's all it is right now." Shanahan, a good friend of Foley's and long considered one cf his favorite coaches, said Sunday he would be willing to talk about the opening, although he said he has not been contacted. "We always teased each other that if the job were open, he'd talk to me," Shanahan said. "Obviously, he's a friend of mine and I would talk denied a report that he would get a raise to continue coaching for the to him about it. I'm very happy here. I've got a contract and I intend on Sooners. keeping that contract, but that doesn't mean I won't sit down and talk with Jeremy." Speculation that Stoops might be interested in Shanahan's contract pays about 44 million a year and he coaching at Florida began shortly after Friday's announcement that Steve Spurrier was resigning as would almost certainly take a pay cut He has a new coach of the Florida Gators. house in Denver, and his reputation is still strong, even though the Broncos have had three straight disappointStoops served as Florida's defensive coordinator from before under Spurrier 1996 to 1998 becoming ing seasons on the heels of two straight Super Bowl head coach at Oklahoma. titles. Asked about the search Sunday, Foley refused comStoops met briefly at his home Monday morning iX.., n with Foley, ment. He is essentially a search committee in "I'm out here just to talk to Bobby and go from who took Florida man of the charge replacing Spurrier, from decades of mediocrity to one of the top, and most there," Foley said. He declined comment after returning to the airport about 90 minutes later for a flight to entertaining, programs in the country over his 12 sea he Mike where with Denver sons. Broncos coach Shanahan. met Colorado, Shanahan said Sunday he would talk to Florida about the vacancy Spurrier scheduled his resignation to give the Gators a chance to fill the opening before the dead period for recruiting ends Saturday. Foley only if he were contacted by Foley, a close friend. Oklahoma won the 2000 national championship and was in the hunt would like to have somebody in place by then. "To all the recruits out there that are considering the University of The Sooner are 7 under again this year before winding up after not in mark the the five before he Florida, I ask that you have faith in us that we'll find a quality football Stoops cracking .500 years arrived. coach that will take this on and build upon what coach Spurrier has A contract extension approved last summer made him a U million already built," Foley said Friday at his news conference. man. Only Spurrier, at $2.1 million, was making more among college Still, Ln the past, when asked about the coaching search he'd have to coaches. conduct someday, Foley always said that he would rather take too long Stoops has a condominium in Crescent Beach, Fla., where he visits in and risk losing a few players than to hire the wrong person- the late spring and early summer. The Florida Job is one of the very few that could lure Shanahan away from Denver. He was offensive coordinator there from 1980 to '83, when GAINESVILLE, Fla. While Steve Spurrier said goodbye to his FloriCharley Pell coached the Gators. At the time, Foley was working his da family Monday, the Gators' top choice to replace Spurrier turned way up the ladder in the athletics department, and the two became them down. good friends. Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops told Florida athletic director Jeremy "We're very close to a number of people there in the university," Shanahan said "I've got a lot cf respect for Jeremy. That's the only reaFoley that he decided to remain with the Sooners. son that I would really sit down and talk to him. That does not mean "Jeremy knew coming in, I felt strongly committed to our program, how strong and positive our program was, the way we're developing I'm headed off to be a Florida Gator." Bob Stoops decided to stay put at Oklahoma, endwould leave to coach Florida. that he ing speculation with Florida met athletics director Jeremy Foley on Monday Stoops and told him of his decision. "Jeremy knew coming in, I felt strongly committed to our program, how strong and positive our program was, the way we're developing and where we're going with our program," Stoops said. Stoops said he did not renegotiate his contract with Oklahoma, and NORMAN. Ok!a. one-ma- 11-- 2. tmmi PTE f 31-- Welcome: News Writers If you are interested in your local scene snd write worth a bean, Being a Chrony news writer is a great place to start. fttm D1 Part-Time-J- ay'k t'' Improve your test scores with Imc-re- f ei hour staling wage of fi Please reference job number on applicavon UTA offers a to, are ava lable at, and must be following offices by one cf will be done in by the blinding speed and relentless assault of his jugger- finally... 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Kansas took advantage of a weekend of upsets to become No. i in the AP college basketball poll on Monday. moved up one ) The Jayhawks Duke which to replace spot had been on top of the rankings all season, the last five weeks as a unanimous No. 1. But the Blue Devils had their winning streak snapped Sunday by Florida State, the sixth loss by a top-1- 0 team over the weekend and the 15th by a ranked team last week. This is the ninth season in which Kansas has been ranked No. and all but two 1951-5- 2 and 1956-5- 7 have been under coach Roy Williams. The last time the Jayhawks were No. seawas for 15 polls in the 1996-9- 7 (12-1- (12-1- ), 22-ga- 1 1 son. Kansas, which hasn't lost since: being upset in its opening game by e Ball State, received 34 votes and 1,722 points from the national media panel. "Winning 12 games in a row is a e thing," Kansas junior forward Drew Gooden said Monday. "We deserve to be No. 1." Duke, whose run as a unanimous No. 1 was the longest since UNLV did it for the final six weeks of the e 1990-9- 1 season, received 26 11 votes and 1,697 points, more than Florida which was No. 1 on the other 11 ballots and remained third. "If I were voting, I would still vote for Duke because they lost on a shot on the court of an conference team," opposing Williams said Monday. "Whatever it comes out, that will be fine. We still have to play in college basketball. There's no BCS we have to worry first-plac- big-tim- first-plac- (12-1- ), last-seco- Maryland moved up four places to fourth, while Oklahoma made the week's biggest jump, moving from No. 10 to fifth. Oklahoma State, Virginia and Kentuckythree of the other top-1- 0 teams to lose over the weekend-w- ere sixth, seventh and eighth and were followed in the top 10 by Illinois and Cincinnati. UCLA moved up three places to lead the second 10 and was followed by Syracuse, Iowa and Alabama and Stanford, which were tied for 14th. 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