Bob Stoops Quotes
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I think we're still better than the way we played.
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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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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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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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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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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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I think they're great. I don't know if that's a surprise to anybody.
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It was kind of a fluke injury. There really wasn't much contact.
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Really, the second quarter there, late in the second quarter was really the breaking point.
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Typical of our recent classes, this one is well-balanced.
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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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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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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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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 don't think so, ... He remembers those other 12 games. They didn't fade from his memory.
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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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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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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.