Howard Schnellenberger
Howard Schnellenberger
Howard Leslie Schnellenbergeris a retired American football coach with long service at both the professional and college levels. He was most recently the head coach at Florida Atlantic, retiring at the end of the 2011 season. He previously held head coaching positions with Oklahoma, Louisville, Miami, where his team won a national championship, and the Baltimore Colts. He also worked extensively as an assistant coach at the college and pro levels, including as part of the staff of the undefeated...
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When you are playing this building game, you don't concern yourself with the ones you don't get. You concern yourself with the ones you want. There were some that went somewhere that were comparable to us, but some that went to places bigger than us.
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We have done our homework and the kids that we are bringing in are the kids that we want. Early in life when you are playing this building game you aren't concerned about the ones you don't get. You have to make sure the ones that you get are the ones that you want.
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We're playing way over our heads, ... But that's OK. We did the same thing at Louisville. It's going to make us a better football team in three or four years.
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The vision I had for the school is about to be completed. It's just too bad we didn't get to move to the Big East Conference at the outset. Going to Conference USA is the only reason I left (for Oklahoma, following the 1994 season). I wasn't interested in playing in that league.
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We have 43 freshmen out there. A lot of those will have to play,
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We certainly need him in there. He's our biggest and most experienced back.
defense offense played
The defense played much better than they had all year, and the offense played worse.
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We have to do much better than that. We need to average 3.5 to 4 yards per carry. If we can't do that it will be a long stretch for us. But I think we can.
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We have to do much better than that. If we don't it will be a long stretch for us.
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This win came at a very opportunistic time. It looked very bleak for us in the first eight minutes of the game, but thank goodness we have some resilient players.
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We weren't able to overcome the two major flaws in the offense -- the two interceptions that made the difference in the game.
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Only two-thirds of the team is ready right now.
controlled emotions
My emotions are going to be controlled by the game, ... I don't think I'm going to be nostalgic.
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There are two kinds. The ones that have no clue, and those that are willing to work harder than scholarship athletes, and those are the ones that become very important to the team.