Rich Rodriguez
Rich Rodriguez
Richard Alan "Rich" Rodriguezis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Arizona. Rodriguez previously served as the head football coach at Salem University, Glenville State College, West Virginia University, and the University of Michigan. His career college football coaching record stands at 153–104–2. In 2011, Rodriguez worked as an analyst for CBS Sports...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth24 May 1963
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Hey, we have a lot of guys back. And we can't run guys out of here. They love going to bowl games and getting those gifts. But I am approaching it the same. I am anxious to see how much better our guys can get. Everybody that we played (in the Big East) had a young team last year. We played pretty well, but there are always areas to improve.
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He still made a couple of mistakes, but not as many as a first-year player usually makes. He has the right temperament for that position. He runs hard and he has a burst.
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I don't know how those people come up with that and I don't want to know. Georgia should be the favorites. They are a very good football team. We are playing them in their home state.
Got a little banged up in the game.
dollar reaction turn
If I had a dollar for everyone who said, 'Are you ready?', I could get a lot of things done in our program. I think I'm going to turn to one of them and say, 'No, we're not,' and then see what their reaction is.
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He (Slaton) has worked very hard. We liked him the very first time we saw him. Even after he committed to come here and heard about the other recruits, he continued to work and you are seeing the results on the field.
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He's an explosive player. We've really been on him about making one cut and then running. He did that today and he really made it work.
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I do think sometimes the players were pressing. When we won, it wasn't by enough. We certainly didn't want them to feel it inside. But it was a little bit more difficult.
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I'd rather play a non-conference game first, especially with a young team, ... But it is what it is. ... I just hope we go up there and not panic.
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I don't see it unlike a bunch of guys being at a ... convention sitting around trading ideas, helping each other's company.
game happened players pressure
I don't want to put too much pressure on one game because it is just one of 11. Our expectations are high, and our fans' expectations are high, but I don't want our players to feel any undue pressure and go into a game pressing themselves. I think that's happened in the past.
enthusiasm
I don't want to dampen anyone's enthusiasm, ... but we should be the underdog.
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I don't mind them being proud. The motivating factor is to play well and execute and win the game. I hope our defense plays as well as it has the rest of the year. If they do, we will be a good team.
college hurt
In 20-some years of college coaching, I have never had two quarterbacks hurt in one game. I don't want to jinx us.