Bobby Douglas Quotations

We came close, but Joe has made a world of progress. In the third period he could have stalled his way through the match but got countered while taking another shot. That is the only way you can get better in the long run.

We're sending a very strong lineup. These five people carried our team all year and now they have a chance to earn national titles. They all have experience and know what to do to achieve success.

There will definitely be a lot of stars to come out of this group.

Trent will be OK. There is no reason to risk anything when the Big 12 meet is two weeks away.

Missouri wrestled the way they had to to win, and we didn't. There were some close matches that could have gone either way and, unfortunately, they didn't go our way. This was a very hotly contested meet and those people will all see each other again.

It was a great win. This is the best we have wrestled all year.

We're outmatched in most weight classes. We've got to fight for every point. Our main mission is to score points and see what we're going to have to do to get to the national tournament. In order to get there, we've got to go through either Oklahoma or Oklahoma State.

It's a great tournament loaded with talent from top to bottom. It's probably one of the most balanced tournaments we've had.

We'll miss Hilton, but it will be a terrific wrestling meet for the fans. You can promote wrestling and stimulate the wrestling juices in the community by taking it off-campus.

It's been a tremendous rivalry. The matches have been tactical matches which is more like a chess match. If they end up in the finals of the Big 12, I think it's going to be a great match. If they end up in the finals of the national tournament I think it's going to be another great match.