Gary Barnett

Gary Barnett
Gary Barnettis a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Fort Lewis College, Northwestern University, and the University of Colorado at Boulder, compiling a career college football record of 92–94–2. His 1995 Northwestern team won the Big Ten Conference title, the first for the program since 1936, and played in the school's first Rose Bowl since 1949. At Colorado, Barnett was suspended briefly in the 2004 offseason due to events stemming from allegations of...
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Today, Vince Young was one heck of a football player, ... Everybody on our team has a great deal of respect for him. . . . The Texas offensive line did a great job of protecting Vince. He had plenty of time in the pocket, and we did not have much of a pass rush today.
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Frankly, if you've been in this business long enough, you sort of know, ... Everyone knows where we are in this situation. I don't have to provide further education in that deal, and Mike has stated publicly where he is. So, you go about doing your stuff and that's all there is to it.
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frankly, I can't be in a position where that's an issue to me right now.
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I can just go out and play and relax, ... I'm not thinking; I'm playing more and reacting more.
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But we've sputtered at times on offense, especially in the red zone. But at the end of the half, we picked up things there.
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If we're going to play this game, we both ought to make as much money as we can out of the deal,
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missing our running game; we need to cut it loose a little bit more. We're doing a lot of things I like, especially on defense. When you hold a team with an explosive offense to just one first down in a half of football, things obviously going your way.
sit talk
What other sport do they sit around and talk about for all 12 months? They do it because of the BCS.
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This team is getting better. I'm pretty pleased. . . . We've got 10-11 practices left, but I'm satisfied with where we are.
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We had a barn-burner. ... Give CSU a lot of credit to put together that last drive n the final 1:30. Mason Crosby is a very dependable guy, and sometimes the kids stand off to the side and watch him kick.
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Finally, one of the lawyers said, 'Does anyone else have any other extenuating circumstances?' ... I raised my hand, and everyone in the group started laughing. Can you imagine if they told you I couldn't be here because I have jury duty? No one would have believed me.
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That kind of pressure can't drive you as a coach, ... You'll make bad decisions, do things the wrong way. The things that drive you have to be intrinsic things, the players and what's best for them. That's what drives you. You can't get caught up in all the other stuff.
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It's so complicated, it's simple. You must tackle the guy. You've got to get the posse around him and get as many people to the ball as you can. That's the secret.
pity
Everyone kind of pities us. But I don't want a pity party. I want to play football.