MARK STOOPS OFFICIAL POSTGAME PRESSER:
MARK STOOPS UK RADIO NETWORK Q&A:
* Stoops says you have to take a long look in the mirror, coaches and players. Nobody ever wants to get beat like that, but you can't compound it by pointing fingers and letting it get worse. "I'll take the heat." Players need to just punch the clock and get back to work.
* If you want to beat a No. 3 team, you have to be solid in all three phases of the game. If any of them fail, this can happen.
* Stoops felt like the defense, at times, contained the UT offense as well as anyone has all season.
* On Hyatt being uncovered several times... Stoops struggling for words, not coming up with anything. "Just inexcuseable." ... "It doesn't mean it's easy," he goes on to add. "It is hard, the stress they put on you... I give them a lot of respect for what they're doing, but a couple of those were inexcuseable."
* A lot of guys dinged up in this one. Lewis, Square, C-Rod, others. Concerned about that.
* Stoops says if you are willing to get in the arena, you're going to take some like this, and you have to pick yourself back up and fight. "If you put your head down and act defeated, you'll get run outta here."
* You can't have 205 yards and think you're going to beat Tennessee, Stoops said of the offensive woes. Once it got out of hand, he saw the competitive nature of the team and the spirit broken. "It can snowball and get away from you very quickly."
* Several veterans spoke up and told the players that moping and heads down would not be tollerated, Stoops said.
* We gotta regroup and get to work. Shorter week when you play at night on Saturday one week and then at 11 a.m. CT the following week. A lot to get done.
WILL LEVIS Q&A:
* Tennessee was the better team today. Gotta give them credit, but also really disappointed that the Cats did not put forth a better effort. Putting a lot of the blame on himself. A bad night.
* Thought they were in pretty good shape in the 2Q, had a chance to keep it close, but that interception really put them in a bad spot and let it get out of control.
* We can beat a team like Tennessee, but not the way we played tonight. You have to execute.
* Have to take the right mentality to Mizzou next week. It's already been addressed in the locker room. Square spoke to the team and said they're not going to accept going out there with a lack of energy.
MARK STOOPS UK RADIO NETWORK Q&A:
* Stoops says you have to take a long look in the mirror, coaches and players. Nobody ever wants to get beat like that, but you can't compound it by pointing fingers and letting it get worse. "I'll take the heat." Players need to just punch the clock and get back to work.
* If you want to beat a No. 3 team, you have to be solid in all three phases of the game. If any of them fail, this can happen.
* Stoops felt like the defense, at times, contained the UT offense as well as anyone has all season.
* On Hyatt being uncovered several times... Stoops struggling for words, not coming up with anything. "Just inexcuseable." ... "It doesn't mean it's easy," he goes on to add. "It is hard, the stress they put on you... I give them a lot of respect for what they're doing, but a couple of those were inexcuseable."
* A lot of guys dinged up in this one. Lewis, Square, C-Rod, others. Concerned about that.
* Stoops says if you are willing to get in the arena, you're going to take some like this, and you have to pick yourself back up and fight. "If you put your head down and act defeated, you'll get run outta here."
* You can't have 205 yards and think you're going to beat Tennessee, Stoops said of the offensive woes. Once it got out of hand, he saw the competitive nature of the team and the spirit broken. "It can snowball and get away from you very quickly."
* Several veterans spoke up and told the players that moping and heads down would not be tollerated, Stoops said.
* We gotta regroup and get to work. Shorter week when you play at night on Saturday one week and then at 11 a.m. CT the following week. A lot to get done.
WILL LEVIS Q&A:
* Tennessee was the better team today. Gotta give them credit, but also really disappointed that the Cats did not put forth a better effort. Putting a lot of the blame on himself. A bad night.
* Thought they were in pretty good shape in the 2Q, had a chance to keep it close, but that interception really put them in a bad spot and let it get out of control.
* We can beat a team like Tennessee, but not the way we played tonight. You have to execute.
* Have to take the right mentality to Mizzou next week. It's already been addressed in the locker room. Square spoke to the team and said they're not going to accept going out there with a lack of energy.
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