Rich Brooks
Rich Brooks
Richard Llewellyn "Rich" Brooksis a retired American football player and coach. He was the head coach at the University of Oregon from 1977 to 1994, the National Football League's St. Louis Rams from 1995 to 1996, and the University of Kentucky from 2003 to 2009...
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We tried to talk him out of (quitting football). He did some real good things and I think he would have done well on the football field.
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We need to see how adversity is dealt with as a team. I hope they have the resolve to roll up their sleeves and get it done.
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We wanted to sign two quarterbacks last year and didn't. Since I've been here, we didn't have choices at quarterback. Now we have choices ... I'm excited to have a quarterback roster that looks like an SEC quarterback roster, instead of one semi-experienced guy and a freshman, then a bunch of walk-ons.
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Bo played a great football game, ... He tackled, he covered, he played his heart out. I'd like more of (the tackles) not to get to him, but it's good when he's flying around and getting to the football, and not only did he tackle, he put some hits on people.
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We got all the guys committed and we got the jelly doughnut in Corey Peters.
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At Oregon, we were on the quarter system and didn't start school until September, so we'd play three games before school started. One year, I lost a game at Ohio State and went back to two-a-days the next week. You can't do that anymore. You used to be able to outwork somebody in preparing for a game, but now everybody's limited to the same amount of time.
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At this point, am I concerned? You bet I am. Am I totally alarmed and shaken and (losing) confidence in him? Absolutely not.
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Disappointment is a mild term. This is devastating for him because he played such a great game. He has been playing better than he ever has, and this is a big disappointment, for him and for our defense.
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Vanderbilt and us are in probably the toughest six-team division (SEC East) in college football. It makes it very difficult to have a breakthrough year. Stanford, by and large, doesn't have as large a hill to climb.
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There's no way we could have (practiced) on that a year ago, ... We'd have been sliding and standing in water.
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it would have been a lot more interesting game, and you never know what can happen.
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It would be nice to see John step up, ... This is a great opportunity for him. If he's ever going to do it, this is a chance for him to rise to the occasion.
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This is the best competition we've had since I've been here. We just need a guy who will make plays in crunch time.
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This guy is a big-time player. I think you are going to see this every game out of him. We've had a hard time blocking him all spring. Myron is very instinctive, very strong and he can run. That's a pretty good combination.