OU's defensive tackles are the best ... at talking
Published: 11/20/2009 12:00 AM
Last Modified: 11/18/2009 5:59 PM
Oklahoma's defensive tackles, Adrian Taylor and Gerald McCoy, are hands down the best interviews on the team.
Their answers are always insightful, usually true and frequently funny.
Here are some samples:
Which teams in the Big 12 have fans that get truly ugly?
"The first thing that comes to my mind is Oklahoma State's crowd," Taylor says. "They really let out what they feel inside. No matter if the defense is about to go out on the field or sitting on the sideline, they will talk bad about you sitting on the sideline. You can't do nothing about it. It's part of the game. Oklahoma State is just the worst out of all of 'em."
Does anything fans say ever make you laugh?
"Yeah," says McCoy, "one team, I think Kansas, they started rooting for R.J. They started like, 'Wash-ing-ton! Wash-ing-ton!' Because they were saying, 'Put him in the game!' I guess he was over there talking back and forth with them. They were like, 'You haven't played yet! Wash-ing-ton!' It was crazy. I was laughing. It was funny to me."
What was the atmosphere like during last year's home game against Texas Tech?
"It was so loud, you really couldn't hear just individual people speak," Taylor said. "It was like 'The Matrix.' Everything just slowed down. You just heard all this noise. Even when we were on the field, Frank Alexander, I asked him a play and we're two feet from each other and I still couldn't hear what he was saying. That's how loud it was."
— John E. Hoover
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John E. Hoover
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