Bob Stoops Quotes
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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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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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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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I'm not sensitive. That's what you guys do. There are some areas where we need to play better, you don't have to tell us. But I'm smart enough to see the positive side, that as badly as we played in the first half, we were still close enough to come out with the win.
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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 didn't anticipate all that's happened and who we've missed.
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Typical of our recent classes, this one is well-balanced.
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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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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.
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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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I think we're still better than the way we played.
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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.
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When we did protect him, we didn't convert our opportunities.
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Once, he was a little mad that we only gave him one yard on a run. I said, 'Don't' worry about it. You'll get plenty of yards.' I guess that was a way to keep his pride a little bit while wearing blue.
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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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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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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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It was kind of a fluke injury. There really wasn't much contact.
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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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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're going to give Rhett Bomar and opportunity to start and see where he takes us.
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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.
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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.