Bob Stoops Quotes
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We're going to keep getting better as we go. I believe there's great potential as we go. Are we there yet? Obviously not. But we're going to keep trying.
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You can't give up those big plays in these kind of games and overcome them.
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By no means am I sitting here saying that Paul Thompson is responsible for the way we played Saturday. That's not the case. We had a lot of guys, mostly older guys, play as poorly as I have seen them play. We feel Rhett deserves the same opportunity that Paul had.
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Brent's an excellent coach, so if that's something that goes in a positive direction, I'm all for it.
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We feel that Rhett deserves an opportunity to have the opportunities that Paul had and see what he can do with, ... That's the direction we're going to go and work from there.
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Our expectations are always high. I don't know why anybody could ever argue why they wouldn't be. Once our expectations are set, this is what we're after, and then it gets down to each game.
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Typical of our recent classes, this one is well-balanced.
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I think they're great. I don't know if that's a surprise to anybody.
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Really, the second quarter there, late in the second quarter was really the breaking point.
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It was kind of a fluke injury. There really wasn't much contact.
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All those guys are coming in ready to play at some point.
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That's fundamental, basic football that we can be better at. That's what we've got to get across to our team. To me, the biggest factor is we can play smarter than we're playing. We can play harder. Our guys wanted to play, they were prepared to play, but we have to learn to play at a higher tempo when we're playing.
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I think back to last year and, I don't want to say it was easy, but we made it look easy. We weren't challenged in difficult situations. This year, we have been, and it's built our character.
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They've been back and forth, so that's it. There's nothing else to talk about.
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We're doing things discipline-wise, and everything else like we always have. That doesn't mean it's right or good, and it's fair to criticize me because some teams accept it better than others and listen or are disciplined better than others.
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I have total confidence in Chuck, and I think his track record speaks for him. The proof is in what they've done.
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It doesn't really matter to me whether we are picked favorites or not. You know, we have been in both situations and we found our way in other years to championships, and other years where we have been picked favorites and not been.
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He has not lived up to his responsibilities or expectations with the team or academically. He also hasn't followed through on the disciplinary measures that resulted in those areas.
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Those conversations are usually pretty short. He hasn't been in that position much, and I understand where he was coming from.
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I saw him walk in and he said he felt pretty decent. I don't know where reports of a high-ankle sprain came from. I don't think he would have been able to play like he did the rest of the game if he had a high-ankle sprain.
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The competition there has been really close and really good. Between all those guys, we have a lot of confidence in whoever is out there. Who plays the best and makes the best plays will get the most time.
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I don't think so, ... He remembers those other 12 games. They didn't fade from his memory.
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But there are other parts of what we do here as college students and on a college team that also need to be fulfilled.
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I'm sure possibly all the extra work probably could be bothersome to him healthwise, and he just decided he wants to move on. Good for him. He'll have a successful career in whatever he does.