Stoops: No need to call out home crowd
September, 18, 2012
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Jake Trotter | ESPN.com
NORMAN, Okla. -- Before Oklahoma’s game with second-ranked Texas Tech in 2008, Bob Stoops called out the crowd for not being intimidating. After the reprimand, the OU crowd “jumped around” the entire night as the Sooners rolled 65-21.
Monday during the introductory comments of his press conference, Stoops noted that “hopefully, our crowd will engage” for Saturday’s game against Kansas State.
Was that him calling out the crowd again?
“I don’t need to comment on that,” Stoops replied. “People got pretty sore at me” back in 2008.
Stoops, however, went on to say, “You’d like to see them like that every Saturday.
“But if you can’t be that way every Saturday, be that way this Saturday.”
Monday during the introductory comments of his press conference, Stoops noted that “hopefully, our crowd will engage” for Saturday’s game against Kansas State.
Was that him calling out the crowd again?
“I don’t need to comment on that,” Stoops replied. “People got pretty sore at me” back in 2008.
Stoops, however, went on to say, “You’d like to see them like that every Saturday.
“But if you can’t be that way every Saturday, be that way this Saturday.”
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