Stoops: I& #39;ve coached a long time. I& #39;m close with a lot of these guys. However, when they walk out the door, I feel like they& #39;re equipped for the world.

Says he& #39;s talked to Josh Allen a couple times since he left. Doesn& #39;t feel like he has to ride their coat tails.

"But if you asked me who the closest player I& #39;ve ever been to, there& #39;s no way you would know the answer."

Says Alex Montgomery. Got hurt, got hurt again, was drifting away in school. Was gonna float away and I wouldn& #39;t stand for it.

"Really had no family."

Woke up one morning and half his siblings were gone. His grandmother said your mom didn& #39;t want you. I& #39;m his father, and Chantel& #39;s his mother.

Stoops said family of Montgomery& #39;s girlfriend has disowned her because she& #39;s dating a black man. Says he& #39;s pretty sure he& #39;ll be the one walking her down the aisle if they get married, not her father.

"They& #39;re like kids to me. ... I& #39;m always here for them."

Stoops: To all the angry tweets from people I& #39;m gonna get and the emails Mitch Barnhart is going to get about how wrong we are, all we want to do is be better and help our community get better.