Stoops, staff hate losses, but they don't stay down for very
long  By Berry Tramel Published: August 24, 2008 was a big
winner as a player at Cardinal Mooney in Youngstown, Ohio, and
as a player and coach at Iowa. But Stoops also suffered through
a 1-10 record in the first of his seven years as a Kansas State
assistant.  K-State was expected to lose, but "it still stunk,”
Stoops said. Those losses — to the likes of Northern Iowa and
North Texas — hurt as much as the losses to LSU and Southern Cal
more than a decade later.  When the Sooners fall, Stoops said,
"you're angry, but we are very analytical and realize what are
the reasons, what are some of the things we could have done to
prevent it, or was there much that we could have prevented?
"There is always a certain amount of it that is in the players'
hands. So you assess all of that and what is realistic to expect
from your players, what they expect of you and what your
opportunities are. You work to fix those areas that you are able
to.”  That's what Bil