“It wasn’t good enough. Obviously I didn’t have the team prepared to play. It’s on me,” Stoops said.
“It really starts and ends with me. I really didn’t have the team prepared. Not a good enough job by myself. I gotta accept that responsibility, get back to work and do some things differently to try to get a better result.”
Stoops didn’t see it coming. Neither did C.J. Conrad. Leading right up to kickoff, the senior tight end thought the Cats had the right energy to leave Neyland Stadium with a victory.
“I thought we were very prepared going into the game, but it showed on the field that we weren’t,” Conrad said.