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
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.
allow beat convert execute plays position properly quite
It's one thing to give up some plays and get beat when you're in position or if you execute properly and you're just not quite able to make the play. It's another when you put yourself out of position and allow someone to convert on you or make a big play just because of your own doings.
plays position until
It's still the Roy-back position until someone plays like him.
gets good guys handling plays shape understand
We're in good shape and the guys understand the plan. It just gets down to making plays and handling the different wrinkles.
against both executing good number playing plays series sides solid team watching
They're a very solid team in everything they do. Watching them against Minnesota, there were a good number of plays and series where they were really playing well and executing on both sides of the ball.
chance hanging plays tough
That was a big swing, ... We're hanging in there, with a chance to make some plays and we don't. That was tough to overcome.
becoming capable confidence continued fight gained great group guys plays team
This just kind of typifies our whole year. We have a great group of young guys that are capable of becoming very good. This team just continued to fight and make plays as it gained confidence down the stretch.
bit plays
We may get a little bit more than other people. You've got to be able to make plays when they do.
goes guy harder plays room summer watch weight
He has been in the way we work. I'm going to tell you there is not a guy who goes at it harder in the weight room in the summer and on the field. You watch him, the way he plays determined,
ball clint plays surprise
That didn't surprise me at all. Clint is just a ball magnet. He makes plays like that every day.
plays
He's the best. You can say all you want about him. He makes the plays that matter, and you see it every week.
best close competition confidence plays whoever
The competition there has been really close and really good. Between all those guys, we have a lot of confidence in whoever is out there. Who plays the best and makes the best plays will get the most time.
games overcome plays
You can't give up those big plays in these kind of games and overcome them.
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.