"Michael Jaffrey Stoops" is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive coordinator at the University of Oklahoma. Stoops served as the head football coach at the University of Arizona from 2003 until his firing during the 2011 season. He previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University, and Oklahoma. He is the younger brother of Bob Stoops, the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football program, and the older brother of Mark Stoops, head coach at the Kentucky Wildcats football/University of Kentucky.

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I think they can play better. I think they had decent years, but I think they are capable of much more. I think they can be great players if they continue to improve.

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You go through processes and there are no shortcuts from year to year. Certain things have to happen. We are close.

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It was good to see in the last game where B.J. finally stepped up. B.J. is a guy I think has not produced the way we thought he would. Hopefully, he has matured, and going into this third year, is starting to give us some quality depth.

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

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We are closer every time we step on the field than we were two years ago, I don't think there is any question about that. I don't think we played particularly well last year. I think we could have played a whole lot better. We missed out on a whole lot of opportunities. But we are close and I think people realize that.

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We feel we can really take the program to the next level with Willie.

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As opposed to the last two springs I feel like being here two years we are much further ahead than any time. The first year you are getting guys lined up. I feel like we can go out there and run about 80-90 percent of our stuff we ended up with last year. We are further ahead of the game than during any of our time here.

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

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We have to get quality running back play - that will be a big emphasis. We have to get those guys comfortable with our run game and our pass protection.

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