Stoops hinting that Whitlow needs to toughen up?

It sounded like Mark Stoops hinted to the media today that his starting quarterback should toughen up and get on the field.  He said he'll never tell one of his players to play injured, but some guys need to learn the difference between injured and banged up. "If somebody is sore, then yeah, I'm going to challenge them," Stoops said, when asked about telling Whitlow the team needed him in Starkville.  "We have to learn to differentiate between being injured and just being a little bit banged up.  That's for the players and for the trainers to decide.  But if they can go, they need to go." Stoops singled out Jason Hatcher and Blake McClain, two freshmen defenders, as guys who are playing through the pain and doing whatever it takes to stay on the field. Bud Dupree, after sitting out against Alabama, had maybe the best game of his career at Mississippi State while still recovering from the pectoral injury. Stoops sees that toughness in other SEC quarterbacks, too.  He said, "Johnny Manziel goes out there and plays with â€‘‑ he's a Heisman Trophy winner and up for it again and goes out and plays banged up, and he's not going to feel perfect.  But he goes out and plays, and I think people respond to that.  People rally around that." With that said, Whitlow, now battling a shoulder injury to go along with the sprained ankle, will be back with the first team in practice today.