Bob Stoops Quotes
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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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We need to develop a passing game that our players can execute. For whatever reason, for the past two weeks what we have been doing hasn't been productive. That is being about as kind as I can be. We are not going to continue to go through the year like this and not be able to throw the football some.
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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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Really, the second quarter there, late in the second quarter was really the breaking point.
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We need to make something of this week.
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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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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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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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This just kind of typifies our whole year. We have a great group of young guys that are capable of becoming very good. This team just continued to fight and make plays as it gained confidence down the stretch.
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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 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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You can't give up those big plays in these kind of games and overcome them.
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I think we're still better than the way we played.
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They are a very talented group of guys. They all have different styles in the way they run.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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They've been back and forth, so that's it. There's nothing else to talk about.
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Everyone said, 'That was a recipe, this is how everyone will do it'
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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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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.