Joe Novak
Joe Novak
Joe Novakis a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois University from 1996 to 2007, compiling a record of 63–76...
front good group
We have a good group up front that we'll be able to rotate in and out.
blocked blocking coach corps dirty excel good great job key kids motivated receiving running sure wide wonderful
Marquis is a good, young coach with a great future. I'm sure he will do a wonderful job at Miami. Not to brag, but our wide receiving corps blocked pretty well and that's key in our running game. Marcus motivated our kids to do something they didn't want to do. Blocking is dirty work. Marcus got them to excel at blocking and that's good coaching.
ball club good next senior starts
We can be a good ball club next fall. And it all starts with our senior captains.
beat coach friend good last love people respect win worst
When you know someone, you want to win that much more. You want to beat people you respect even more than the people you may not know. It's just like with (Michigan) coach (Lloyd) Carr last week. I love coach Carr, he's a good friend of mine, but I wanted to beat him in the worst way.
continuity game good passing spring wish
We didn't get a good continuity in our passing game with our quarterbacks and receivers. That's probably the one thing this spring that we didn't come out with as good a feel as I wish we had.
defense good hitting
We had some good hitting out there. Our defense is going to be much improved.
bowl farm football georgia good kids ohio people remember sell side whipped
Those were very good football teams. Every year, we'd go to a bowl and the people on the other side would kind of sell us short. I remember the Georgia people kind of chuckled at the farm kids from Ohio and we went out and whipped their butts (21-0) so it was fun.
adrian davis football game good players room
Adrian Davis is a good football player. He's a doggoned good little back. There's room in this game for players like him.
biggest both considered dan decide good interior itself mark might offensive phil question situation sophomore sorted step wide work
Our biggest question mark might be our interior offensive line. We also have to get the linebackers sorted out. Decide who will step in at wide receiver, and the quarterback situation will work itself out. In my opinion, we have two really good ones (senior Phil Horvath and sophomore Dan Nicholson) who could both be considered starters.
coaching extremely good group pleased staff team
That's a real good group of captains. I know the coaching staff and the team are extremely pleased with that foursome.
beat earliest hardly schools ten
Our earliest ever. We don't beat the Big Ten schools very often. Hardly at all, if they want a kid.
beat best played time ton
The time we got beat we blitzed a whole ton and we weren't even in the ballgame. We got ripped. The best we've played them was when we were completely conservative defensively. That's our style.
backs best lines offensive running
That was one of the best offensive lines I've been around. Does the O-line make the running backs look good, or is it the running backs who make the O-line look good?
among belongs best blocking fast gets guy learn michael pass players pocket protect second seniors
Michael is so big and so strong, he's a guy that's fast when he gets going. He's fast in the second 50 yards. He can learn pass blocking and he's big enough to protect the pocket passer. He belongs among the best seniors or draft-eligible players in the country.