<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2AGk6b_0vnWCxSI00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2AGk6b_0vnWCxSI00" width="1200" height="628" ><h2>Opening statement ...</h2><p>"Obviously I could not be more proud of our team. As we talk about weeks, I told you I thought our team grew between week two to week three. We came up short but we played a great team. We improved week four, and we went out and did what we had to do. The guys kept on fighting, we are looking to play to win."</p><p>"And then this week, we needed to be better, and we continue to be just that much better to go beat a ranked team on the road and a great football team and Coach that I have a ton of respect for. And we played it our way. It was a dirty game, just a hard fought tough game. Just proud of our coaches for staying the course. And that's not just coach speak when I say that. Our coaches have stayed the course, our players have stayed the course, and we have gotten better each week. And we needed to go play very well this week and we did that. I'm just proud we are getting better. We still will improve. But I thought, you know the critical moments, the critical downs that I always talk about, we made some critical downs and critical plays. The O-line protected better, we got the ball down the field, we weren't sloppy with the football, we needed to turn them over. There is a big discrepancy when they turn it over and when they don't. I couldn't be more proud of the effort. I know It's one game but it's important because of the work that's been going on for a long time. Proud."</p><h2>On going for it on 4th down ...</h2><p>"Your analytics will tell you to punt it. I felt like they were going to be very aggressive. We would get a one-on-one and Barion [Brown] made a great play. I felt like, at that moment where they were at, the way we were playing in the red zone, we had been playing pretty good. If they get it there, there was really not going to be much time off the clock, and we could try to hold them to three. And one of the reasons, I felt like we could get a one-on-one, so we went for it."</p><h2>On Josh Kattus' fumble recovery at the goal line ...</h2><p>"Yeah, you know that was huge to get the recovery. Was that a first down? It was a first. You have to be smart with the ball on first down and we left them plenty of time. Believe me, we were trying to score, but if we had scored on third down, it would have made life easier for us."</p><h2>On Brock Vandagriff setting the tempo ...</h2><p>"Yeah, we have run that a lot of different ways. It was there and felt like it could have been there once or twice later. We did a nice job adjusting, it complements. The biggest thing for us, I told them at halftime that we got to continue to get those nasty dirty runs. We got to get the two, three, four, five; that sets up everything else. So I thought Bush [Hamdan] was plenty aggressive and kept them off balance. I think the one series that was critical, I think we threw it three times in a row, we had the play pass open and got just tipped on that possession prior to our last one. You know it was going to be a big hit and it barely got tipped. I thought he called a really good game, and coach [Brad] White and the staff did one heck of a job."</p></div></body>

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Q&A: Mark Stoops after UK's 20-17 win at No. 6 Ole Miss

\"Obviously I could not be more proud of our team. As we talk about weeks, I told you I thought our team grew between week two to week three. We came up short but we played a great team. We improved week four, and we went out and did what we had to do. The guys kept on fighting, we are looking to play to win.\"

"Obviously I could not be more proud of our team. As we talk about weeks, I told you I thought our team grew between week two to week three. We came up short but we played a great team. We improved week four, and we went out and did what we had to do. The guys kept on fighting, we are looking to play to win."

Q&A: Mark Stoops after UK's 20-17 win at No. 6 Ole Miss

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