FaninAma
9/4/2007, 02:02 PM
I listened to Bob's presser today and he sounded very relaxed and confident. He said the team had no injuries and continued to practice in a "great way." He spoke at length about the intangibles of this team including the way they practiced with a purpose and didn't have to be urged to spend extra time watching film.
He gave the appropriate props to Miami and Shannon and he did state he thought there was no difference in the raw talent level between the teams.
He also stated the team loves the 11:00 kickoffs even though he understands why the fans don't.
Gave a lot of props to Sam. He stated that the OL was very close to being as physical as they wanted them to be in the running game. He stated that some of the problem was due to timimg of the blocking tecniques that they can't practice in the summer...he didn't call it chop blocking and stated it is legal and used by all teams but in practice they don't engage in any blocking tecniques that call for engaging the DL below the waist.
I thought one of the better moments of the conference was when somebody asked him if the upsets by supposed "cupcakes" would make it more likely that teams would schedule tougher opponents just so, if they lost, their entire season wouldn't be cratered like Michigan's was. He stated that was a possibility or teams shoud just be sure and not schedule Appalachian State.
Overall Coach Stoops seemed very relaxed and was about as engaging as I've heard him with the reporters. I may be reading too much into this but I liked what I heard.
He gave the appropriate props to Miami and Shannon and he did state he thought there was no difference in the raw talent level between the teams.
He also stated the team loves the 11:00 kickoffs even though he understands why the fans don't.
Gave a lot of props to Sam. He stated that the OL was very close to being as physical as they wanted them to be in the running game. He stated that some of the problem was due to timimg of the blocking tecniques that they can't practice in the summer...he didn't call it chop blocking and stated it is legal and used by all teams but in practice they don't engage in any blocking tecniques that call for engaging the DL below the waist.
I thought one of the better moments of the conference was when somebody asked him if the upsets by supposed "cupcakes" would make it more likely that teams would schedule tougher opponents just so, if they lost, their entire season wouldn't be cratered like Michigan's was. He stated that was a possibility or teams shoud just be sure and not schedule Appalachian State.
Overall Coach Stoops seemed very relaxed and was about as engaging as I've heard him with the reporters. I may be reading too much into this but I liked what I heard.