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
team mirrors balls
I don't want to say [the teams] are mirror images of each other, ... but there's a lot of similarities on both sides of the ball.
critics-and-criticism deserve easy goes guy jump records stand time track
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.
coming guys ready
All those guys are coming in ready to play at some point.
approval believe clint everybody far final guess guys tells thinks veto
I know everybody thinks I've got the final veto and/or approval of somebody, and I guess I do, ... But he and (linebacker) Clint Ingram by far and away had all the votes. That tells you that guys who are working with him every day believe in him, too.
competing fighting fights-and-fighting guys proud
It kind of just typifies our whole year. We've been fighting all year. I'm proud of our guys for competing the way they did.
easy goes guy jump
It's easy to jump on any one guy when something goes wrong.
areas badly close guys played positive smart
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.
good guys improvement snaps ton
I feel like we're making good improvement up there. The good thing is that those guys are out there everyday. They're getting a ton of snaps and that will make them better.
adrian anyone guys
Don't anyone ever tell me that Adrian Peterson isn't tough. Guys like him don't come around all the time.
blew limiting people practices six stress trying
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.
coming fairness finds rumors saying
I probably shouldn't have said (Monday), but everyone finds out anyway. .... In fairness to him, it probably doesn't need to be me coming out and saying that. In the end, that's the situation, and it's better than all the rumors being around about it.
easiest fighting fights-and-fighting looking offensive
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.
followed lived measures resulted team
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.
breaking late quarter second
Really, the second quarter there, late in the second quarter was really the breaking point.