Coach Stoops met with members of the media on Tuesday for his weekly press conference to discuss the Red River Letdown and this Saturday’s game against the Kansas Jayhawks. The Sooner Nation has been abuzz about the loss to
“I thought for a good part of the game, we were able to play well on both sides of the ball.
is an excellent team. They kept coming back, and we kept hanging in there. Down the stretch, there were some pivotal plays. There were some cases where we had a chance to stop them and didn’t convert them and they did. Colt McCoy made some exceptional plays. When we had people covered, he would find a way to pull the ball down and scramble for eight or 10 yards. If we had a blitz on, and he found a guy open, he was accurate enough to put the ball there. In the end, they made the plays in the fourth quarter that made the difference in the game.” Texas
So now the Sooners have to gear up for the Kansas Jayhawks who come to
“They spread it out and get a lot of guys the ball. You’re going to get your normal shotgun plays and under center plays. They do a good job of running the football and pulling guards. Reesing does a nice job with a lot of short and intermediate passes. He also does a good job with his quick feet. We will again have to do a better job of keeping him in the pocket and limiting his running around. There is a lot of spread offense and checking at the line. Some no huddle and quick snaps like you see from most people.”
“They do a really good job of mixing it up. They will run your basic zones of three deep and four deep, but they will zone and man blitz you some. They do their best of keeping you off guard and mixing it up.”
The biggest disappointment for the
“We have made some changes again, and hopefully personnel will make the difference. Kicking the ball off a year ago, we led the nation and this year we are near the bottom. We aren’t doing anything differently, its people. We have got to get the right guys in there who can recognize and be where they need to be. Sometimes we have been where we needed to be and just didn’t make the play.”
The other big obstacle that
“It’s an issue. Some games we have been able to run it and run it well, but there have been two games where we haven’t. We have to be looking for better ways to run it. Whether its scheme wise or blocking things, but also in those games, we have been highly productive throwing the ball so it is a little give and take. I’m not going to sit here and make excuses; I still feel that we should be better in some cases then we have been, but a little bit of it has been the way they (opposing defenses) have been defending the run, which has opened up the passing and no one can deny that.”
Player Quotes
“All our focus is on
. All of the media is still talking about Kansas , but we’re not watching anymore of that film. All we’re doing is paying attention to Texas right now. Kansas
“The attitude on the practice field and in the locker room yesterday was still good. It does hurt; you never want to lose and you don’t come to a place liketo lose football games. But you get past it and we’ll find out how good our team is this week.” – Jon Cooper on the attitude of the team Oklahoma
“We looked at them a lot because they are a great team. They have a great passing offense and we have to make sure that they don’t nickel and dime us down the field like
did. We also have got to get some turnovers because the last couple of games we have had some turnovers. We also have to disrupt the passer a lot more.” – Nic Harris on the Texas Jayhawks Kansas
“We know that it has not been as good as it has been since the beginning of the season. We have to step up and take responsibility for what is going on in the running game. It is not just the offensive line, it’s the backs and the complete offense. It is something that we missed against
and also against TCU. This is a week were we have to establish our running game and get it back on track like normal.” – Chris Brown on Texas ’s rushing attack Oklahoma