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...
bunch choice choices excited guy instead last looks sign since year
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.
excited indoor seem spending winter
They seem to be excited out here after spending most of the winter in the catacombs of the indoor center.
committed corey darned dedication excited guy guys help join josh kentucky leadership physical process recruiting spoke staying touch
You have to be excited about a guy like Micah Johnson. Not only his physical abilities, but his leadership and his dedication in the recruiting process to help us by staying in touch and contacting other recruits. Two guys he spoke to long before he committed to us and he kind of wanted to see if they would join him at Kentucky were Josh Minton and Corey Peters, and darned if they're not all here.
call certainly excited last late next phone physical player process size
He has the physical size to be a player next year. We certainly went through the whole (recruiting) process with him ... we were semi-confident, and we were excited to get the phone call late last night.
excited field game hard seen threw worked
The culmination is to get them on the field. Like I know how hard Will Fidler has worked all winter. I was just excited to see him because I had never really been on the field to see him when he threw the football. I've seen him on film. I've seen game tapes, and all that stuff. To see him out here, that part is really exciting.
block pads pass run start until
We're just working different combinations to see which one is going to be the best. You can't tell with linemen until you get pads on and start to run block and pass block and get all the assignments.
ability badly care fans game impacts improved judged judging kept people starting struggling team year
We're judged every game we play. A lot of people who do the judging don't care about injuries. They don't care about anything that impacts your ability to go out and perform. I feel very badly for our team and for our fans that we couldn't have kept the nucleus we had starting the year out intact, because I think it was an improved lot. But now we're struggling to show we are improved,
played
We're a young team, and we played like it,
players program resign rumors trying turn walk
There are some rumors out there that I'm going to resign at some point, ... Well, that ain't happening, OK? I'm not going to walk out on the players that I recruited and this program that I'm trying to turn around.
allowed cover passing pick rush
Our secondary, which has not allowed a passing touchdown, has to be able to cover well and we have to get a rush on their quarterback. If not, they will pick us apart.
camp earned fall opportunity plays roger
Roger made plays all fall camp and has earned the opportunity,
extremely guys hitting physical pleased running
I was extremely pleased with the way our guys are running around, how physical we are and how we're hitting people.
ability help
I think Ravi has the ability to come out and help us. We'll see what happens.
great legitimate line next offensive
I tell you one thing, this is a great scout-team offensive line we have here right now, ... That's what you look for. Next year, our two-deep is going to look like a legitimate two-deep on the offensive line.