Mike Stoops Quotations

We have a lot of experience. That's the thing, Finally, we have some experience to build off. Another thing, you want to see how much they developed through the out-of-season (strength) program. We look much bigger, stronger and faster than we did coming off the end of last year.

We had a lot of disagreements. We're both very strong, very aggressive personalities. But he was still the head coach. Our brother relationship had to sometimes stop and he became the head coach, my boss.

This is the one time where we want to push our kids and make them compete against each other. I believe competition is good for both sides. We just believe this is the best way to improve.

He has thrown the ball well. He is starting to pick up our checks at the line of scrimmage.

He got off to a bad start and never really recovered.

Adam can play. If the situation presents itself, he'll do well. If he's called upon, he'll be ready.

He taught us how to coach. His legacy will always be a relentless work ethic and unquestioning loyalty. And it was the greatest turnaround in college football history. That's as true a statement as anybody can make.

He has a great feel for when to pull the ball down. Some of those were designed runs, but he did a great job of scrambling on his own and that creates pressure. And when the protection breaks down, it gives them another outlet.

It's not fun playing with your two backup defensive ends and your fourth-string middle linebacker.

I thought Northern Arizona played a feisty game all night. They gave us some problems doing some things.