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Meet the Press: Football Weekly Presser vs. Oklahoma

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Football 11/7/2016 12:00:00 AM
Nov. 7, 2016

**NOTE: Coach Grobe Quotes Featured in Above Video**

Seth Russell, QB

On regrouping and playing Oklahomaà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"I'm excited for this week for sure. Regrouping is just kind of what we do. When you come out with a bad week you have to be able to sit back down and get back to basics, and I feel like the coaches said some really good things yesterday when we were watching film. We have to get back to what we do."

On ability to be fully focused on football going forwardà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"Absolutely. That's what we've talked about all this week. We all support one another. The coaches have told us they are 100 percent with us through all of this."

On where team is at two days after lossà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"Right now I feel like we are building, we're continuing to build. We're beaten up, but we are not going to lie down. We are going to continue to fight."

On WR Ishmael Zamora's game vs. TCU and progression throughout the seasonà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"That's just what the play calls were. We know he has a good, big body and great hands. He runs really good routes and works really hard in practice. He's proven that he wants the ball and he's hungry."

Aiavion Edwards, LB

On bouncing back during a tough gameà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"When things start going wrong, we normally are able to respond well to that, bounce back, and turn things around. But it's something that we couldn't do the other day. We weren't able to perform to the ability that we usually have."

On Oklahoma's offense being the greatest challenge of the season so farà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"They have a great running game, and Baker Mayfield has done a great job this season. That's going to be a big challenge for us as a defense and as a team."

On making more stops on defenseà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"We have to focus on the basics. We have to work on tackling this week. The tackles that we missed went into bigger plays down the line, so we have to focus more on execution."

Ryan Reid, CB

On if team has mentally moved forward from the loss on Saturdayà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"One thing we have to do is handle the whole situation like professionals. We have to move on from the loss and worry about Oklahoma because they're next on the schedule. That's what we have to do."

On how to cover a guy like OU receiver Dede Westbrookà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"Technique, and when it's time to run with him, I have to run. You just have to keep it simple. He's a great receiver. I think he's one of the best receivers I'm probably going to cover this year. I'm ready for the challenge, and I hope he's ready for my challenge. It's going to be a great game."

On what makes Westbrook so goodà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"He has that explosiveness just like (Sterling) Shepard did last year. He's a big play guy. They like to throw the deep ball with him, or he can catch a short ball and make something happen. It excites me just knowing I can go out there and get to guard someone like that."

On the two Oklahoma running backs that can also do damageà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"I know Coach (Phil) Bennett is going to have a great plan for that. Our run defense is going to step it up some more, even in the back end, and we're going to have to contain these guys."

On getting more focused than last gameà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"Like I said, if you don't have everything that's going on out of your head and out of the way, you're not handling the whole situation like professionals. That's what we have to do. We have to handle everything like professionals and worry about this season that's going on and worry about the football games we have."

On whose responsibility it is to keep everyone focusedà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"Senior leadership, coaching staff; we just have to remind everybody and keep everybody busy with football. We can't keep everybody off of social media, but we can try to get them to not focus on everything that's going on with social media."

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Players Mentioned

Ishmael Zamora

#8 Ishmael Zamora

WR
6' 4"
Sophomore
Aiavion Edwards

#20 Aiavion Edwards

LB
6' 1"
Redshirt Freshman
Ryan Reid

#19 Ryan Reid

CB
5' 11"
Redshirt Freshman
Seth Russell

#17 Seth Russell

QB
6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ishmael Zamora

#8 Ishmael Zamora

6' 4"
Sophomore
WR
Aiavion Edwards

#20 Aiavion Edwards

6' 1"
Redshirt Freshman
LB
Ryan Reid

#19 Ryan Reid

5' 11"
Redshirt Freshman
CB
Seth Russell

#17 Seth Russell

6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
QB