Mike Bellotti
Mike Bellotti
Robert Michael "Mike" Bellottiis an American college football analyst for ESPN and ABC. He was with the University of Oregon's football program for over 20 years serving as offensive coordinator for six years, head coach for 14 years, and athletic director for one year. Bellotti is the winningest coach in Oregon football history and is credited with building the program into a major football power. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014...
felt football game giving importance people realized sure understood urgency
I think they realized it wasn't enough for them to want it, or to be giving everything they have. They wanted to be sure other people understood and felt the same sense of urgency and sense of importance about the game of football and about the team.
care counting felt guy people pressure viewing
People were viewing him as the savior, as the guy who's going to take care of everybody. I felt the pressure as his coach. Everyone is counting on him.
backup entire maybe people starter
Dennis has been the starter the entire time, and he is the starter. We have just tended to play our backup more than other people are maybe comfortable with doing. I don't know that that's going to change.
avoid brute contact eyes learn needs people run slow strength strong three
He is a tough, strong runner. He has to learn to run more with his eyes than his brute strength ... so he can avoid some of that contact because after you run over two or three guys, it can slow you down. He needs to use his eyes and make some people miss.
balanced creative defense finding football overall people places special supporting team ways win
But I do think overall they are probably more creative in finding ways to win and supporting each other -- offense, defense and special teams. It's a balanced football team because we can look a lot of places for people who will win this game.
behind fit future less number people perceive saying scheme stars trying value worry
I'm not saying we're not trying to get the big names, but we worry less about the name-recognition value or the number of stars behind a name. We look at films, and we look at people that can fit into what we're doing. These guys, offensively and defensively, will fit into the scheme of what we perceive we need to do in the future to be successful.
bona ground
Terrence Whitehead is a bona fide, Pac-10, 1,000-yard ground gainer.
athletes best fastest great played reminds safety
(Costa) reminds me a lot of Kellen Clemens in that he played safety and quarterback, was one of the toughest, one of the fastest and one of the best athletes on the field. And he is a great leader.
bit coach commitment exercises gauge gets leadership physical toughness
We do physical exercises where he can gauge a little bit their physical toughness and their leadership and their commitment to it, but (now) he gets to coach real football. That's what's exciting.
complete high loved saw
We really loved him out of high school. He was the most complete back we saw that year.
happened scheme worked
That wasn't by accident. That happened because that scheme worked for us.
direction moving offense option per scoring spread wish yards
I wish we were scoring more points, but we are averaging more yards per game. We are moving in a direction away from our traditional offense into more of a spread option look.
defense win
I think in all honesty, defense is going to win this game. It's not going to be offense.
emphasis huge
It hasn't been a huge emphasis so far.