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NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops was edgy Monday as he fielded questions about his brother, defensive coordinator Mike Stoops.Oklahoma defeated Texas Tech 66-59 Saturday to remain unbeaten in Big 12 play, but the Sooners surrendered a school-record 854 yards. On a day that the offense put up historic numbers, the defense allowed Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes to post an FBS record 819 yards of total offense and make a game of it in the final minutes.Bob Stoops said working through the kinks isnt more or less difficult because hes dealing with family.Its business, he said. You go over it and you study it. But again, its all of us, too. It isnt just my brother and I. Its also coach Cooks, coach Thibodeaux, coach Kish, everybody in there. Didnt complete a sack, ball caught between the two linebackers, ball caught on a secondary guy. Its all of us together.When it was implied that Mike Stoops is protected because of family ties, Bob Stoops disagreed and said Mike Stoops track record has earned him some leeway.Thats not true, he said. Its the same coordinator that also we led the league in every defensive category a year ago, and made it to the final four. Were not running a new defense. He didnt bring in something different. Its the same defense. If its worked before, itll work again, and Ive got confidence in it. And Im also part of what were doing.The 16th-ranked Sooners can get their defense back on track when they host struggling Kansas on Saturday.Perhaps Mike Stoops wouldnt be under such pressure if the previous results from conference play werent nearly as bad. The Sooners are allowing 40.5 points per game in league play, eighth in a 10-team league. Oklahoma is dead last in the league in pass defense, surrendering a staggering 413.2 yards per game, and are second-to-last in total defense, giving up 532 yards per game.Then, there was Saturdays display. The Sooners allowed Tech to convert on 20 of 25 third downs.Its something thats very discouraging when it isnt what it needs to be and youre not executing the way you need be to or playing as hard or as physical as you need to be, Bob Stoops said.Bob Stoops said Mahomes deserves some credit for avoiding Oklahomas pressure and exploiting the Sooners secondary. Mahomes passed for 734 yards, obliterating the previous school record for opponent yards passing in a game of 485 set by Robert Griffin III in 2011.We tried four-man rush, we tried three-man rush and we tried five-man rush, Bob Stoops said. We tried man, we tried zone. We mixed them all up.The criticism of Mike Stoops might be even greater had Oklahomas offense not matched Texas Tech big play for big play. 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