Bob Stoops Quotes

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"Those guys all have ability .... I believe they've got a chance to really be a great group."

"We have speed, – the ability to close, the ability to play in space. We get good pressure."

"They all have skill ability. They are all guys who work hard and they have the respect of their teammates. They are all bright guys, and you put that all together and you have a group of great quarterbacks."

"On both sides of the ball I see strong discipline, very good schemes, and players that play in a physical way. They play hard. That's why they win so often."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"We (coaches) believe that Rhett has played well enough and is close enough that we do intend to get him snaps early in games as well as late in games."

"We came out of spring believing that they each had a scrimmage or two that they were good at and one or two that they made some mistakes at. Each of them did that and in our mind there was not a separation going into (Thursday's) practice. I feel it's unfortunate that so many of you in the media have ranked them and have put them in place so that players have to hear that the entire summer. It's really not fair."

"I have total confidence in Chuck, and I think his track record speaks for him. The proof is in what they've done."

"Defensively, it was kind of frustrating. I have to compliment their quarterback. He did such a good job. What an excellent competitor."

"I just felt overall that there was a little more, maybe, consistency there to some degree, ... but it's still very close when you look at them overall."

"He's got another year after this one to contribute and play. He's an excellent athlete who works hard. We just want to give him more opportunities to get on the field. I think he will give us more production."

"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."