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Coach Stoops issued a statement today following the announcment of Kevin Wilson as the new head...

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Coach Stoops issued a statement today following the announcment of Kevin Wilson as the new head coach at Indiana. "We want to thank Kevin for his role in helping our program win six of the seven Big 12 Championships we’ve accumulated over the last 12 seasons. His attention to detail, innovation and ability to develop players to their fullest ability have helped us remain a strong program. Our offenses have been effective because they’re multiple and dynamic, and yet loyal to the basic football principles of being physical and fundamentally sound. By going to Indiana, Kevin returns to a region of the country and a conference that he knows very well. He’ll have a solid plan for the football program there and the dedication required to carry it out. Kevin, Angie and the entire Wilson family leave with our gratitude for a job well done with the Sooners, and our best wishes for continued success with the Hoosiers." Stoops said he will address the process for filling the position and the coaching arrangement for the upcoming Fiesta Bowl later this week or the first part of next week. The following is from the now former Coach Wilson regarding the possibility of coaching in the Fiesta Bowl: "The real deal with me and the bowl will start with what truly Coach Stoops feels is best for Oklahoma. That's a bowl game and we've got some monkeys off our back down there. One was that we couldn't win on the road, we couldn't win tough games, we couldn't come from behind and all that. We've done that down the stretch and now we've got a thing we can't win a BCS game because we've lost the last three. "I called a coach that won eight straight bowl games and I said, 'How have you done it?' He said, 'We've played eight crappy teams'. When you're playing a BCS team sometimes you're playing a pretty good team. So it would be nice. We need to win at Oklahoma to just to win that bowl game. I know he's going to do what he wants to do. If I'm a part of that we'll make it work at both ends and we'll discuss that. It's not an issue to me but I know he's going to do what's best for Oklahoma, without question."

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