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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.
Bob Stoops -
He was always the first guy Jason White would talk to when he came off the field. Josh has a really good way with those guys and I'm sure he'll step right in here tomorrow night and do the same thing.
Bob Stoops
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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.
Bob Stoops -
Adrian needs work. He can polish a lot of things up to become a better and better player, and he's aware of that. I think this can really help him. When you think of the time he has lost - spring last year, two-a-days the year before - he's playing on a lot of raw ability and I think some of this practice time can really benefit him.
Bob Stoops -
Really, our expectations will not change. I say it every year. We respect Texas. We've been on both sides of it. We've been picked behind them before, and we've been picked ahead of them before. We'll get off the bus when it's time to play.
Bob Stoops -
I didn't anticipate all that's happened and who we've missed.
Bob Stoops -
You're not going to win when you turn the ball over and put the ball on the ground like we did.
Bob Stoops -
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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When we did protect him, we didn't convert our opportunities.
Bob Stoops -
Those conversations are usually pretty short. He hasn't been in that position much, and I understand where he was coming from.
Bob Stoops -
We're going to give Rhett Bomar and opportunity to start and see where he takes us.
Bob Stoops -
I thought the play was really a breaking point for us. I am not at all questioning the call, but we thought we had it, then we didn't, then they went down and got a field goal. Thinking we had the ball at the 30, and then not, that was a big swing.
Bob Stoops -
This is a guy who, when he's healthy, has been phenomenal. Once he regained the strength in his ankle this year, he was right back to running with power and making the same kind of cuts before he was injured. He really came on once he was over the injury and he has been sensational in every game since.
Bob Stoops -
To me, I am most critical that we were not tough and physical. It's something we have always done. For whatever reason we didn't do that to the ability we're capable of, and that's my fault, along with my staff.
Bob Stoops
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I felt like Rhett started to get some rhythm and confidence in what he was doing, ... Our receivers made some nice plays, and that part of it, I feel like we're getting somewhere.
Bob Stoops -
It was kind of a fluke injury. There really wasn't much contact.
Bob Stoops -
I have no idea why Mark would have done that. I was as shocked as anybody in the stadium. How do you explain that? I don't know. That goes back to Pop Warner football. Mark should have made a better decision. I'm not going to sit here and go any further in front of the whole media, but it's as bad a play as there is.
Bob Stoops -
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.
Bob Stoops -
You can't give up those big plays in these kind of games and overcome them.
Bob Stoops -
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.
Bob Stoops
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Until we can be responsible with the ball, it's impossible to win.
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You could point fingers all you want. But in the end, we are thin there and it has affected us to some degree.
Bob Stoops -
I am not at all questioning the call. But we thought we had it, then we didn't.
Bob Stoops -
I don't think so, ... He remembers those other 12 games. They didn't fade from his memory.
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