270 Quotes by Bob Stoops

He is indifferent to all the attention he has been receiving. It does not seem to bother him one way or the other.

It maybe typifies our whole year. We've been fighting and scratching and clawing through it all. I appreciate the guys for that.

He got better and better as the week went, and was close the other day. He just didn't have the lateral movement and the pace that he needs.

It matters, your game plan. But in the end, there are a lot of ways to play defense, and there are a lot of ways to run or throw the football. If you don't block anybody, I don't care what your grand scheme is, if that nose guard is in your backfield three yards, it doesn't (matter).

He'll get his share of carries, but we also hope that we can get him another five to 10 touches through the passing game with a little more space, as opposed to everybody sitting there lined up looking at him in the backfield. How that works out, we'll see.

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.

We're one of those teams that gets criticized even when we win. In the end, though, I'm smart enough to recognize all that we overcame down here in this atmosphere and still came away with a victory.

It's easy to jump on any one guy when something goes wrong.

Together, both quarterbacks are throwing for about 250 yards per game and completing about 70 percent of their passes. That's pretty strong for a couple of guys who don't have a lot of experience.