Bob Stoops Quotes
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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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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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I know what will be written, but we're a work in progress, ... We're fighting that. We're going to keep pushing and making improvements each week, and if we do that, we have a chance to have a good team.
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I still think we haven't put it all together, and maybe that's good that we're still good enough to win. I told the guys, our 2000 national title team -- we won 12-7 here, and we went on to win out and play in the Orange Bowl. So a lot of things are setting up similarly.
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We have not been good. The players haven't been good. You can say whatever you want. I have done a lousy job.
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You can't give up those big plays in these kind of games and overcome them.
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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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Jason knows what's best for him. If that's what he has to do, he's had an incredible career here.
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I keep reading about all the guys they have coming back, ... We have 10 starters coming back on offense, eight on defense.
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We may get a little bit more than other people. You've got to be able to make plays when they do.
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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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It's not the ideal situation, I understand that, ... But I think people respect Paul and how hard he's worked, and this gives him an opportunity to do something that excites him.
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You're not going to win when you turn the ball over and put the ball on the ground like we did.
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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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This shows the youth that we have and the way that we have grown throughout the year. We have a number of young guys who are capable of being really good, and I think they'll get better and better.
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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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Until we can be responsible with the ball, it's impossible to win.
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I think we're still better than the way we played.
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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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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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It was kind of a fluke injury. There really wasn't much contact.
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If you can run the football, your opportunity to win increases big time, no matter who you're playing, and we're going to always try to, ... With the potential that we have in our backfield, everything should set up off of that.
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All those guys are coming in ready to play at some point.
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They are a very talented group of guys. They all have different styles in the way they run.