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...
experience football opportunity program thrilled
He's a program guy. He's our 'Rudy.' I'm just thrilled he got the opportunity to experience something like that in an SEC football game.
people players program rampant rumors trying turn understand walk
There have been rampant rumors that I will resign. That ain't happening. I am not going to walk out on the players or the program. We are trying to turn this thing around. Some people don't understand what you have to do to turn a program around.
cats coaching meet players program school staff week
We meet at least once a week with the CATS program and the coaching staff to communicate with the players to keep up with their school work.
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.
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.
chance close coming finishing gave good hard looking ourselves played plays tired
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.