Bob Stoops
Bob Stoops
Robert Anthony "Bob" Stoopsis an American college football coach, and the current head football coach at the University of Oklahoma, a position he has held since 1999. During the 2000 season, Stoops led the Sooners to an Orange Bowl victory and a national championship...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth9 September 1960
CityYoungstown, OH
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It's just unfortunate. People didn't know it, but he had that stress fracture for about six weeks. (We were) taping it, limiting practices here and there trying to get him through it, and then it just blew up on 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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It's one thing to give up some plays and get beat when you're in position or if you execute properly and you're just not quite able to make the play. It's another when you put yourself out of position and allow someone to convert on you or make a big play just because of your own doings.
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It maybe typifies our whole year. We've been fighting and scratching and clawing through it all. I appreciate the guys for that.
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It matters, your game plan. But in the end, there are a lot of ways to play defense, and there are a lot of ways to run or throw the football. If you don't block anybody, I don't care what your grand scheme is, if that nose guard is in your backfield three yards, it doesn't (matter).
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It's easy to jump on one guy when something goes wrong. Hey, that's fine. We deserve the criticism, but track records over time also stand for something.
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It's easy to jump on any one guy when something goes wrong.
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I want our team to know that we are not far off. We'll get those turnovers and we'll get those calls as we go through the year.
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There's a very fine margin in winning and losing, ... The way we've played in so many games, the point production, the great defense -- there's a lot more to deal with that's positive than negative.
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They came in here and beat us, and that is it.
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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.
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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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All those guys are coming in ready to play at some point.
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I think you're always looking for guys, especially in the offensive line, that are just tough, hard-working, fighting guys. That's what you look for. It's not always the easiest thing to find.