Bob Stoops Quotes
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As soon as I saw him go up for the ball I knew it wasn't going to be dropped. He doesn't drop balls.
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I want our team to know that we are not far off. We'll get those turnovers and we'll get those calls as we go through the year.
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That surprised me, ... I thought they both would have reacted better and played better. There were some opportunities there, but we just couldn't quite get it right.
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We're in good shape and the guys understand the plan. It just gets down to making plays and handling the different wrinkles.
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They outplayed us and outcoached us in most all areas, ... I felt we would be stronger and have a little more attitude than this. I told the players that just because you've done it before doesn't mean you're going to do it again. They may have tuned me out.
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It's one thing to give up some plays and get beat when you're in position or if you execute properly and you're just not quite able to make the play. It's another when you put yourself out of position and allow someone to convert on you or make a big play just because of your own doings.
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This game isn't real complicated, in that if you turn the ball over you're going to get beat. Those guys quarterbacks each need to be more responsible with the ball.
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I'm not going to sit here and lobby for any bowl. We just got whipped. They outplayed us in every part of the game.
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We don't expect Travis to play. He hasn't progressed to the point to where he is effective or can be at full speed. A receiver not at full speed makes it pretty tough.
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Don't anyone ever tell me that Adrian Peterson isn't tough. Guys like him don't come around all the time.
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To me, you look at both of those games, the turnovers are the biggest issue, and the turnovers lead to all the other problems.
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Rufus Alexander made probably the biggest play of the game down at the goal line, and he got the ball back for us.
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We came out of spring believing that they each had a scrimmage or two that they were good at and one or two that they made some mistakes at. Each of them did that and in our mind there was not a separation going into Thursday's practice. I feel it's unfortunate that so many of you in the media have ranked them and have put them in place so that players have to hear that the entire summer. It's really not fair.
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We prepare our kids to look and see. You can't be fully prepared. You have to expect them to do something to slow us down, and we'll try to do the same thing to them.
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We're one of those teams that gets criticized even when we win. In the end, though, I'm smart enough to recognize all that we overcame down here in this atmosphere and still came away with a victory.
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I don't want to say the teams are mirror images of each other, ... but there's a lot of similarities on both sides of the ball.
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I probably shouldn't have said Monday, but everyone finds out anyway. .... In fairness to him, it probably doesn't need to be me coming out and saying that. In the end, that's the situation, and it's better than all the rumors being around about it.
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Even if it goes against us, I told the official, I thought it was fair.
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Kirk and Dan are great friends of mine. I do my best to watch the game and not root for either one.
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We had our opportunities, we just didn't convert.
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He handles it well and, I'll tell you, he has good hands. He catches the ball. He'll definitely be more a part of our passing offense.
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I'm not much of a rooter. They're two really good teams. I don't get into anybody's business but mine.
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It's pretty obvious we need to continue to develop and improve our passing game, and to make sure of what we're asking our guys to do, they are capable of doing.
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What we were doing at the end of the game, we've never done before. The other side of it is, if we don't do it, for instance when we did take a knee against Texas Tech, does that then come back and haunt you? Is that the reason that maybe kept you out of something, and how do you live with that as well? Its really a rotten position to play in.