Bob Stoops

NORMAN — Now that you’ve had a few hours stew — again — over the 2008 Fiesta Bowl, here is something to lift your spirits. I present the 15th-best win ... way to the upset before Works’ heroics. Eric Bassey recovered a fumble and ran ...  

Now that Oklahoma Sooners’ head coach Bob Stoops announced four indefinite suspensions for the OU football team, it is time to figure out what will happen next. Yes, the Sooners will be without three of their four starting wide receivers ...  

1 at UTEP. And so, to make your weeks a little more bearable until then, I will bring you two countdowns on the OU sports blog: The 15 worst OU football losses in the Bob Stoops era, and the 15 best wins in the Bob Stoops era. Each Friday at 10 ...  

I’m excited.’’ In an attempt to get Bell on the field last season, following a redshirt freshman season in 2010, OU coach Bob Stoops and offensive coordinator Josh Heupel designated Bell as a scorer of touchdowns. Well, not exactly ...  

A sophomore cornerback from the University of Arizona is following former head coaches Mike Stoops and Tim Kish to Norman. In a news release Monday, Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops announced Cortez Johnson is joining the team. Cortez, who will be a ...  

I'd like to spend a moment reflecting on what exactly Bob Stoops has done at Oklahoma since becoming the head coach in 1999. I don't need to discuss his national championship, his prized recruits or his ridiculously large house. I just need to sum up his ...  

If the Sooners' 2012 newcomers at wide receiver and tight end are anything like those guys, Oklahoma might be OK after all. The year was 1999, and Bob Stoops was preparing for his first season as the Sooners' coach. The only receiver back with any ...  

His signing was first reported by ESPN.com. The news comes less than two weeks after coach Bob Stoops announced the indefinite suspensions of juniors Trey Franks and Jaz Reynolds and sophomore Kameel Jackson. When OU opens its season at UTEP on Sept.  

Hey, you stay at the top long enough, people get tired of seeing you there. Such is life as Mack Brown and Bob Stoops. This year, we asked who got you fired up the most, and Brown and Stoops ran away with the poll. [+] Enlarge James D.  

Steve Greenberg and Matt Hayes of Sporting News: Let's get this out of the way right now: Apart from the 2010 Fiesta Bowl laugher over Connecticut, "Big Game Bob" hasn't won a BCS game in nine years. So his seven Big 12 championships don't resonate?  

Hey, you stay at the top long enough, people get tired of seeing you there. Such is life as Mack Brown and Bob Stoops. This year, we asked who got you fired up the most, and Brown and Stoops ran away with the poll. [+] Enlarge James D.  

Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops wasn’t finished with his own version of ... But apparently receivers Trey Franks, Jaz Reynolds, Kameel Jackson and reserve safety Quentin Hayes didn’t get that memo. If my count is correct — and ...  

Hey, you stay at the top long enough, people get tired of seeing you there. Such is life as Mack Brown and Bob Stoops. This year, we asked who got you fired up the most, and Brown and Stoops ran away with the poll. [+] Enlarge James D. Smith/Icon SMIA ...  

May 10-- Bob Stoops said last December that he was putting his foot down. But some Oklahoma football players apparently didn't get Stoops' message. Whatever the reason for the suspension of four Sooners on Wednesday night -- violation of team rules, is ...  

Matt Hayes of Sporting News: Age ... A BCS coach says: "It's amazing what Bob has done at such a high-profile job for such an extended period of time. Winning like he does at OU, with all that pressure and all those expectations, is one of the truly ...  

Oklahoma Sooners’ head coach Bob Stoops gets tired of people downplaying the contributions of his starting quarterback Landry Jones and made that clear during some press interviews this week. Coming into 2011, Jones was breaking all the Sooners ...  

Jaz Reynolds, Trey Franks, Kameel Jackson and Quentin Hayes are indefinitely suspended. A good question for Stoops, if he took phone calls, answered texts or did any kind of unscheduled press events during the offseason, would be are the players suspended ...  

ENID — There was some good news and some bad news for Oklahoma’s football team this past week. Wide receivers Jaz Reynolds, Trey Franks and Kameel Jackson and defensive back Quentin Hayes were suspended by OU coach Bob Stoops. Reynolds reportedly will ...  

NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops says four players have been suspended from the team indefinitely for violating team rules. Stoops announced late Wednesday that defensive back Quentin Hayes and wide receivers Trey Franks, Kameel ...  

NORMAN — The gauntlet Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops threw down in December still has a ripple effect. The “indefinite suspensions” he announced late Wednesday night for receivers Kameel Jackson, Trey Franks and Jaz Reynolds, along with backup defensive ...  

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops may not have a say in what the future of college football’s postseason may look like but if it was up to him, the ‘plus-one’ model would be his choice. Speaking during Monday’s Big 12 Conference spring ...  

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops says four players have been suspended from the team indefinitely for violating team rules. Stoops announced late Wednesday that defensive back Quentin Hayes and wide receivers Trey Franks, ...  

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops says four players have been suspended from the team indefinitely for violating team rules. Stoops announced late Wednesday that defensive back Quentin Hayes and wide receivers Trey Franks, Kameel ...  

I’m no mind reader, but I can’t imagine Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops is real happy right now. Late this evening, OUInsider.com — the school’s 247Sports site — reported that “one Sooner has been dismissed and another suspended for half ...  

Smith 63, Nick Saban 60, Gary Pinkel 60, Les Miles 58, Mark Richt 52, Gene Chizik 50, Joker Phillips 49, Kevin Sumlin 47, Derek Dooley 43, Hugh Freeze 42, Will Muschamp 40, James Franklin 40, Dan Mullen 40. Four Big Ten coaches are older than ...  

There will be no winners or losers in Saturday’s Red-White spring game. Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops said Tuesday that he doesn’t have enough healthy players at the moment to field two teams. In the past, the Sooners have held a draft, and ...  

Spring ball is a time for younger players to come into their own. So far, who has impressed Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops? "Frank Shannon and Aaron Franklin are doing really well," Stoops said Thursday of the backup linebackers. "They're having ...  

He said Mack Brown was a better coach than Bob Stoops because of recruiting. Again, don't know why I keep sticking up for OU, but you have to give credit where it is due. So, I told him he was crazy. What do you think David? DU: Yeah ...  

Four Oklahoma players have been suspended indefinitely for violations of team rules, which could leave the Sooners with just one receiver on the roster for the season opener who has caught a pass. Coach Bob Stoops announced the suspensions late ...  

OU coach Bob Stoops said defensive back Quentin Hayes and wide receivers Trey Franks, Kameel Jackson and Jaz Reynolds were suspended. He did not say why. Hayes played in eight games as a special teams member and had tackles against Missouri ...  

Laith Harlow has to walk away from football. But Oklahoma and coach Bob Stoops is ... “There is no nice way of saying that your dream is being taken away.” Harlow says he has persistent pain. “It was my dream to play at Oklahoma, and ...  

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops says four players have been suspended from the team indefinitely for violating team rules. Stoops announced late Wednesday that defensive back Quentin Hayes and wide receivers Trey Franks, Kameel Jackson and Jaz ...  

Just a week ago it seemed like the Oklahoma Sooners would have one of the best receiving corps in the country. Landry Jones had four experienced receivers at his disposal in Kenny Stills, Jaz Reynolds, Trey Franks and Kameel Jackson. Today it appears that Stills will be the only one of these four that will begin the season in an Oklahoma uniform. According to OUInsider.com (via NewsOK.com), Bob Stoops has announced the suspension of Reynolds...  

Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops was on KREF SportsTalk 1400 AM on Wednesday with former OU players Teddy Lehman and Dusty Dvoracek. Here are some highlights from the interview: On how the spring is going: It’s going really well. We’ve got a lot of good ...  

Bob Stoops, defensive coordinator Mike Stoops and co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel met with members of the media following OU's annual Red & White Game.  

OU coach Bob Stoops addressed the issue of player entitlement after last year's Insight Bowl. (Guerin Emig blogs about it here). Stoops, it appears, is trying to fight the good fight. But at what point do all the disciplinary actions and defections ...  

Last week, sitting around with a group of writers talking about the spring game format, Stoops talked about the absurdity of producing some kind of scoring system, and he piggy-backed that with the possible use of the Belldozer. For instance ...  

The other night, just a few minutes before the news broke that Bobby Petrino was out atArkansas, I chatted with Bob Stoops. I knew Stoops had no interest in talking about Petrino, but I did ask him one related question. “Do you ride ...  

Bob Stoops says he’s never even heard of a bounty plan in college football. Never heard of coaches or players intent on injuring opponents. But he’s still going to be careful about disclosing injuries. I wrote about this issue in the Sunday ...  

Let's revisit the most interesting hour I've ever spent around Bob Stoops, his poolside chat last New Year's Eve, the morning after the Insight Bowl. Let's revisit some of Stoops' bolder-faced quotes from that hour. "I'm not gonna have a bunch ...  

Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops met with the media for the final time Thursday as his Sooners get set for their annual Red-White game.  

From Jake Trotter: If the Sooners have chosen a No. 2 quarterback between Blake Bell and Drew Allen, Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops isn't saying. From Bob Przybylo: Oklahoma Sooners tight end signee Laith Harlow, who suffered a back injury ...  

The Oklahoma coach was expressing his gratitude. It was lunchtime Thursday afternoon at the corner of Lindsey and Jenkins, catacorner from Owen Field. OU was serving barbecue to what appeared to be a hundred construction workers taking a break from the ...  

The Oklahoma coach was expressing his gratitude. It was lunchtime Thursday afternoon at the corner of Lindsey and Jenkins, catacorner from Owen Field. OU was serving barbecue to what appeared to be a hundred construction workers taking a break from the ...  

"It's a game-changer," Stoops said earlier this week. "It's going to make a difference in recruiting and the life our student-athletes. We're all excited about it." A quick story to illustrate what he's talking about... In the spring of 2003, OU hosted an ...  

The last time Bob Stoops had a legitimate quarterback derby ... Stoops certainly isn't talking about recent Sooner seasons; either Bradford or Landry Jones has gone into the last five OU springs with the job nailed down. “There's so much that can ...  

"I talked to coach [Bob] Stoops and coach [Bruce] Kittle this afternoon ... and junior college product Brannon Green just completed spring practice, while Sam Grant (Lakewood, Ohio/St. Edward) will head to Norman in the summer.  

The defense is being retooled by the return of Mike Stoops as defensive coordinator, and the secondary appeared to have a solid final scrimmage. "Overall it was a good day," said OU coach Bob Stoops. The Sooners didn't give away any clues as to ...  

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops saw enough of his defense this spring to know it is moving in the right direction. I think they understand much more clear on what we want them to do,” said Stoops. “I saw them continually improve this spring.” Oklahoma’s ...  

April 14-- Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops saw enough of his defense this spring to know it is moving in the right direction. I think they understand much more clear on what we want them to do," said Stoops. "I saw them continually improve this spring.  

Coming from the steel-tough south side of Youngstown, Ohio, the son of a high school football coach, Bob Stoops is humbled by his salary. Even today, after 13 years at OU, Stoops feels "incredibly fortunate" about his latest deal: eight years ...  

Sumlin convinced OU head coach Bob Stoops to interview Jackson. Stoops had led the Sooners to two national championship games in four seasons, so Jackson listened. He also was enticed by the opportunity to work under Jerry Schmidt, one of the ...  

Oklahoma Head Football Coach Bob Stoops announced changes to his staff today. Defensive backs coach Willie Martinez has resigned to pursue another position and Mike Stoops will fill the vacancy on the staff and also serve as co-defensive coordinator with ...  

Three takeaways from Bob Stoops' interview on the Tim Brando Show Monday... 1 – Stoops doesn't want a full-fledged playoff for college football, but he would like to see a plus-one model adopted. "You have four teams that are classified as playoff," he told Brando.  

On the third snap, Clay gained 12 yards. Bob Stoops was steaming. But eventually, Stoops’ defense stiffened. The Sooners used 32 more running plays the rest of the day, and only three went for more than six yards. “Early on, I didn’t feel ...  

Coach Bob Stoops said Metoyer could “absolutely” make an impact as a freshman the way Kenny Stills did two seasons ago. “He has he speed, the size and the maturity,” Stoops said. “He acts like an older player.” Part of what has sped up Metoyer ...  

Bob Stoops has been to 10 different bowls as Oklahoma's coach. Forget the relative football importance of each, for Stoops there may not have been a more enjoyable bowl trip than the 2003 Rose. "I thought it was fabulous. The practice sites, the ...  

Let's revisit the most interesting hour I've ever spent around Bob Stoops, his poolside chat last New Year's Eve, the morning after the Insight Bowl. Let's revisit some of Stoops' bolder-faced quotes from that hour. "I'm not gonna have a bunch of guys ...  

This week, Bob Stoops downplayed the adjustment Lane Johnson has had to make swinging from right to left tackle. “It's not a big deal I don't think,” Stoops said. Johnson, a former junior-college quarterback, was recruited to OU as a tight end.  

Bob Stoops said Thursday that defensive end Geneo Grissom ... "He must have a little bit of a genetic defect there," Stoops said. "We knew he had one in the winter and we were hoping just to get through spring and then fix it and it just popped on him ...  

Never in the Bob Stoops era has Oklahoma landed a target from Alabama, could that the trend could be broken by a potential five-star?  

So far, neither Drew Allen nor Blake Bell has locked down the No. 2 QB job, a battle that figures to continue into the fall. Bob Stoops, however, has been pleased with the development of both this spring. "They're doing well. It's kinda day-to-day,” Stoops said.  

It happened after Oklahoma football practice Tuesday night, when I brought up George Whitfield, the suddenly blazing-hot quarterback tutor who worked with Landry Jones over Jones' spring break, with Bob Stoops. I didn't think much of it. Figured Stoops ...  

It happened after Oklahoma football practice Tuesday night, when I brought up George Whitfield, the suddenly blazing-hot quarterback tutor who worked with Landry Jones over Jones' spring break, with Bob Stoops. I didn't think much of it. Figured Stoops ...  

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops says four players have been suspended from the team indefinitely for violating team rules. Stoops announced late Wednesday that defensive back Quentin Hayes and wide receivers Trey Franks, Kameel Jackson and Jaz ...  

The Oklahoma Sooners winning in the 2012 college football season just got a lot tougher. Quarterback Landry Jones might be asking himself what he got himself into when he returned for his senior season when OU head coach Bob Stoops suspended ...  

Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops released a statement after the Kansas City Chiefs selected OT Donald Stephenson in the third round of the 2012 NFL draft. "Donald's career was a crescendo. His productivity got a little better with each game and his last two years in our program were particularly productive. We take a lot of pride in the way we protect our quarterbacks, and Donald had great responsibility while playing left...  

Bryan Fischer of CBSSports.com: Mike had his fair share of attention for turning bright red during his time at Arizona. Though Bob has mellowed over the years and is just as comfortable in a golf shirt as he is running out of the tunnel, the Sooners' head ...  

NORMAN, Okla. (KGUN9 TV) -- Mike Stoops is back at Oklahoma and happy to be reunited with his older brother, Bob and the Sooners. But earler this week, the former UA head coach made some comments in a cbssports.com article that ruffled a few ...  

They got the veteran quarterback, who’s performed at a high level. I do think that Mike (Stoops) will be a huge influence on his brother. I think he’s the guy that can get in Bob’s ear and straighten it out.”