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...
backs ball beating chasing easy faster game guys hand history love running stronger time
Running backs take a beating because the guys chasing them are bigger, stronger and faster than at any time in the history of the game. I'd love to have a guy you can hand the ball 25 times a game and he'd always get 100 yards, but that's not an easy thing these days.
beat defensive fourth group players rotation
We have an outstanding group of defensive linemen this year. They're SEC-type players that will get some rotation going to keep the players fresh, so they don't get beat in the fourth quarter.
ball beat bottom credit expect football great three throws
We can't have a quarterback fumble the ball three times and expect to beat anybody. You don't fumble a football, that's the bottom line. But I'm going to give him a lot of credit for making some great throws too, doing some great things.
difficult game indiana kicked
Indiana outplayed us, they outcoached us, they kicked our fannies, ... It's a very difficult game to swallow.
defensive field people talk
I know people don't like to talk about defense, but this was a defensive day weather-wise, as well as on the field for us.
knife somebody stuck
It was just like somebody stuck a knife in our stomach. It's a shame.
factor negative plays race
They've got to make plays and not make negative plays. The negative plays are as big a factor in this race as anything. You can not make negative plays.
huge plus star
This is just like getting a star recruit. It is a huge plus for our team.
fans good players season team
The fans need to understand, ... that a lot of the good players we started the season with are not on our team right now and we're going with more inexperienced players.
draw dreams everybody knew next stadium stop three
I'm going to see the draw play in my dreams for the next three weeks, ... Everybody in the stadium knew it was coming, and we still couldn't stop it.
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I'm getting tired of coming close and not finishing the deal. We started out looking like a team, then struggled, stumbled and fumbled and did not look very good at the half. We responded, competed and played hard and made the plays that gave ourselves a chance to win.
guys help influence recruit top
I've had other guys try to influence recruits, but never as demonstratively as Micah. He didn't want to be the only top recruit ... he wanted to get us some help down here.
amazing expecting hit indiana injuries situations spot talented
It's amazing how situations can change. I don't know what Indiana was expecting to have at receiver, but I know they are very talented at that spot now. We thought we would be, but injuries have really hit us hard.
football good last losing since six team
The last six years I was there we were a very good football team and since then they have only had one losing season,