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
amount best deal entire fight happened nobody promises season short
Nobody promises you anything. We've had a lot to deal with when you look at the entire season and all that's happened in a short amount of time. You do the best you can to fight through it and you keep working.
bit change matter perception program
This is great, and as much as anything, it'll change the perception of our program. What you write about it may be a little bit different. Other than that, what we do in our program is going to matter more than anything.
across basic biggest factor football guys higher learn prepared smarter tempo
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.
capable grown guys number shows throughout youth
This shows the youth that we have and the way that we have grown throughout the year. We have a number of young guys who are capable of being really good, and I think they'll get better and better.
best building game happy iowa program step sure watch
With all my Iowa ties, I do my best to watch the game indifferently. But you have to be happy for Dan. He's been building that program and that sure is a big step for them.
establish passing
We need to establish some kind of passing game.
continue develop football game passing past players throw weeks whatever year
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.
great matched opportunity ready shooting
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.
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,
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.
excited opportunity sees
We want to give him opportunities to get on the field. He's excited about it. He sees opportunity there.
recent typical
Typical of our recent classes, this one is well-balanced.
continue schemes sound talent ucla
UCLA has made improvements, and talent-wise they have always been good. They continue to have sound schemes and are disciplined.
earned start
We felt, as a staff, we're going to start Thompson. We feel that he has earned it to this point.