Bob Stoops Quotes
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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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It was kind of a fluke injury. There really wasn't much contact.
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We felt, as a staff, we're going to start Thompson. We feel that he has earned it to this point.
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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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No, they had most of their guys before they won the national championship.
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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.
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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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I'm a huge wrestling fan. Wrestlers have so many great qualities that athletes need to have.
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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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Playing a team that's 10-1 gets your attention big-time. Our players recognize it as a major challenge. It does excite them.
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All those guys are coming in ready to play at some point.
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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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They've been back and forth, so that's it. There's nothing else to talk about.
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That was a big swing, ... We're hanging in there, with a chance to make some plays and we don't. That was tough to overcome.
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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 have a great opportunity to go down and win. That is what we are always shooting for and we will be ready to go after it. ... We feel like we are making great strides, too, and traditionally we have matched up with them.
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Sometimes it concerns you that when you have won for a period time, the players start thinking you have a right to win. You have to earn it every play, and I say that every week. We didn't go out there and do it last week, and TCU played harder and tougher than we did.
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Until we can be responsible with the ball, it's impossible to win.
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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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It's still the Roy-back position until someone plays like him.
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We didn't push it. I'm not going to detail it for you.
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I don't believe as much as you write about it, you truly know how down it was and how poor and how bad it was.
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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.