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
along bolster early felt fewest line met needed number offensive players recruit returning team
We felt we needed to bolster our team along the offensive line because we had the fewest number of scholarship players returning at those positions. We feel like we met our needs. We recruit the kind of players that we feel can play early in their careers.
paul ready
We're going right now with Rhett, but we've still always got Paul ready to go.
feeling fights-and-fighting needed plays win
We were fighting, scratching and clawing all year. At the end of the game, you had that feeling of 'Here we go again,' but we made the plays we needed to win the game.
attorneys continue deny disrupt duties expectation family lawsuit resolve
While we deny many of the allegations made in the lawsuit, our attorneys will continue to try and resolve this matter, ... It is our expectation that this lawsuit will not unduly disrupt our family or professional duties and responsibilities.
We had our opportunities, we just didn't convert.
excellent goes positive
Brent's an excellent coach, so if that's something that goes in a positive direction, I'm all for it.
anxious coming demeanor locker room tough year
Every year coming into the season, I'm always the most anxious because you want to see what you are. How competitive are we? How tough are we? What's our attitude?. And what's the players' demeanor in the locker room and coming out of the tunnel?
ball drop knew saw soon
As soon as I saw him go up for the ball I knew it wasn't going to be dropped. He doesn't drop balls.
anticipate depending depends further happens practice start
At this point, we anticipate him playing, ... Start or not depends on how we feel practice is going, what we feel we need to do. Depending on what further happens from here, we'll see.
premature talked
To me, it'd be way too premature right now for that to happen. That's something that will be talked about and discussed,
ability along capable critical reason tough whatever
To me, I am most critical that we were not tough and physical. It's something we have always done. For whatever reason we didn't do that to the ability we're capable of, and that's my fault, along with my staff.
defend goes passing realize runs
When a guy's really good, he's really good. We realize that, and we realize that everything runs through him. When you look at not only the passing but also the run game, it all goes through him. He's a big factor, and we've got to really defend him.
advice applicable ensure followed obtained
obtained professional advice to ensure that we followed applicable laws.
guys national won
No, they had most of their guys before they won the national championship.