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
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.
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.
ball came fighting fights-and-fighting magnet
This typifies our whole year. We've been fighting and clawing this way all season. Fortunately, our ball magnet came up with the big interception.
appreciate fighting fights-and-fighting guys maybe
It maybe typifies our whole year. We've been fighting and scratching and clawing through it all. I appreciate the guys for that.
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.
chance fighting fights-and-fighting good pushing work
I know what will be written, but we're a work in progress, ... We're fighting that. We're going to keep pushing and making improvements each week, and if we do that, we have a chance to have a good team.
game physical watching
Watching the TCU game and critiquing it Sunday) on tape, we just weren't very physical up front. TCU just outplayed and outcoached us.
opportunity start takes
We're going to give Rhett Bomar an opportunity to start and see where he takes us,
opportunity start takes
We're going to give Rhett Bomar and opportunity to start and see where he takes us,
chance deserves means mostly older opportunity paul played poorly saying seen sitting start takes thompson
We're going to give Rhett Bomar a chance to start and see where he takes it. By no means am I sitting here saying that Paul Thompson is responsible for the way we played Saturday. That's not the case. We had a lot of guys, mostly older guys, play as poorly as I have seen them play. We feel Rhett deserves the same opportunity that Paul had.
convert protect
When we did protect him, we didn't convert our opportunities.
What he has been able to do is just remarkable.
believe great obviously potential
We're going to keep getting better as we go. I believe there's great potential as we go. Are we there yet? Obviously not. But we're going to keep trying.
deserves direction opportunity paul work
We feel that Rhett deserves an opportunity to have the opportunities that Paul had and see what he can do with, ... That's the direction we're going to go and work from there.