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
concerns earn harder last period played players start thinking tougher won
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.
concerns earn harder last period played players start thinking tougher won
Sometimes it concerns you that when you have won for a period of 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.
alexander ball biggest game goal
Rufus Alexander made probably the biggest play of the game down at the goal line, and he got the ball back for us.
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.
across maybe mean tune
Disappointed across the board, definitely. I told the players, 'Just because you had it before doesn't mean you're going to do it again.' Maybe they tune me out.
again coaches coming compliments excellent football knew played players
Congratulations to Texas, they played an excellent football game. The team, coaches and players really executed well and made big plays. Our compliments go out to them. They are an excellent football team, which we knew coming in, and they showed it again today.
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.
both played quite surprised
That surprised me, ... I thought they both would have reacted better and played better. There were some opportunities there, but we just couldn't quite get it right.
both favorites found matter picked situations whether
It doesn't really matter to me whether we are picked favorites or not. You know, we have been in both situations and we found our way in other years to championships, and other years where we have been picked favorites and not been.
effective expect full point receiver speed
We don't expect Travis to play. He hasn't progressed to the point to where he is effective or can be at full speed. A receiver not at full speed makes it pretty tough.
good maybe national orange setting team title win won
I still think we haven't put it all together, and maybe that's good that we're still good enough to win. I told the guys, our 2000 national title team -- we won 12-7 here, and we went on to win out and play in the Orange Bowl. So a lot of things are setting up similarly.
surprise
I think they're great. I don't know if that's a surprise to anybody.
establish passing
We need to establish some kind of passing game.