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...
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.
football good prove talk
I still feel very good about our team. I still think we're going to be a much-improved football team, ... We can talk about it all we want. Now we have to go out and prove it.
against bad calls expected plays supposed team underdog underdogs
It isn't conscious, I don't think, in most cases, ... If a team is supposed to win, they're supposed to make plays and the underdog usually is not expected to make plays. Sometimes there are more bad calls that go against underdogs than go against favorites, let's put it that way.
anybody ask coach covering louisville wondering
I was just wondering if anybody covering Louisville was going to go ask them why their coach had them come out flat.
bit team
I think they got to see a little bit of what this team can do.
downs move
Stats are overrated. I want to see who can get first downs and move the team.