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Staff tweets from Texas-Oklahoma postgame
Posted October 8th, 2016
Texas lost 45-40 to Oklahoma on Saturday at the Red River Showdown in Dallas.
Afterward, Longhorns coach Charlie Strong and players talked to the media. Here are some of the tweets from the Austin American-Statesman reporters who were there.
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Charlie Strong said, "It's not desperate. But you can't lose three games in a row. We had a few guys stand up in the locker room."
Advertisement— Kirk Bohls (@kbohls) October 8, 2016
Asked how badly he needed to win, Strong shrugged and said, "I need 'em all."
— Kirk Bohls (@kbohls) October 8, 2016
Kent Perkins and Armanti Foreman stood up in Texas locker room. Leonard: "They just said when we go into practice next week and work hard."
— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) October 8, 2016
Connor Williams on Perk/Armanti: "They want to see a change, not just for them, but for us. They want to see Texas back on top. We all do."
— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) October 8, 2016
Texas LB Malik Jefferson was visibly and audibly miffed. He said, "We haven't fixed it. 672 yards (allowed). That's not fixed."
— Kirk Bohls (@kbohls) October 8, 2016
Texas DT Chris Nelson: "There's no doubts that we're going to try to turn this thing around."
— Kirk Bohls (@kbohls) October 8, 2016
Texas safety Dylan Haines blamed OU home run balls on "just busted coverages."
— Kirk Bohls (@kbohls) October 8, 2016
Charlie Strong looked distraught but said, "We got to keep coaching 'em. There is no excuse with youth."
— Kirk Bohls (@kbohls) October 8, 2016
Texas LB Malik Jefferson said there was a second-half lack of focus. "They came down, ran it down our throats."
— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) October 8, 2016
Malik Jefferson on the defense: "Six hundred and seventy three yards. That’s not fixed."
— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) October 8, 2016
Texas OC Sterlin Gilbert admits that D'Onta Foreman is not 100 percent, still battling abdominal injury. "Battler. 100 percent battler."
— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) October 8, 2016
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