Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops wasn't in the mood to mince words Saturday night after his team's 45-24 loss to No. 3 Ohio State at home.

Not too far into his postgame press conference, Stoops was asked about the performance of his quarterback, junior Baker Mayfield.

"Obviously, it wasn't near good enough," Stoops said. "He had his moments. He had some nice plays. But overall, three interceptions and then a few of the third and fourth downs, we might have had a chance at something. We didn't execute very well there, either. Those are like turnovers. Just not near good enough."

In the room to hear Stoops' criticism? Mayfield himself, who sat in the corner of the room, his head hung and was clearly emotional.

When it was his turn to speak with reporters, Mayfield took a note from his coach and was blunt.

"We got our asses kicked," he said.

Mayfield finished 13-of-32 passing for 226 yards and three touchdowns. He was picked off three times, as well, including a tipped ball that ended up being a pick-six.

"We didn't play very well. Personally, I haven't played well this season," Mayfield said. "That game just goes to show I haven't been the player I was. I've been trying to work on it -- trying to get better and better -- but that just goes to show that in big games like that, I haven't played well.

"I let this team down. Coach Stoops can beat around the bush, but I let this team down by my performance."

It was then that Mayfield launched into a Tim Tebow-esque speech.

"I got to go out there and perform. That's all on me at this point," he said. "At this point, I know that the work that I'm going to have to put in -- we haven't played a Big 12 game yet.

"I'm going to work harder than anybody in this program. I'm going to work harder, I'm going to try and do it harder than anybody coach Stoops has ever seen. I'm going to push and we're going to go win a Big 12 title."

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