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
challenge meet team
Our young team will have to meet the challenge again.
battling grew guys kept
Our young guys grew up. I can't say enough about our backs. We kept battling and battling.
game helps name players playing team
Playing in a BCS game helps with getting the team name out there. Players are going to go where they think they can excel.
couple game goes
Pat, when he goes in there it's like he's been there the whole time. He managed the game well, made a couple of big plays.
everybody gear saw
Pat's got a different gear and I think everybody saw that.
opportunity pat seized
Pat just seized the opportunity and made the most of it.
guy leg pat strong talented
Pat is a talented guy with a strong leg who is going to keep getting better.
confident excited good great guy receiver slot veteran
He's had a really good camp, ... He's a veteran guy who can play slot receiver as well. He's more confident than he's ever been. He's in great shape, and we're excited for him.
invaluable leadership trying
He understands everything we're trying to do. He's invaluable to us, more so for his leadership than anything else.
sugar
Heck, it's still the Sugar Bowl. We're in the Sugar Bowl, but just not back there.
came proud ready worried
The only thing I was worried about was timing. I was proud of the way we came out ready to play.
award hammer
He got our Hammer Award for two big blows.
approach bit chance completed destiny last lessons playing rounds seven teach toe took year
We took the approach that we're playing an 11-round championship fight. Right now we've completed seven rounds and we're on round eight. And we also have some lessons to teach from last year when we had a chance and our destiny in our own hands. We stubbed our toe a little bit at the end.
achieve east excited hard men obviously outright season win worked
We're obviously excited to win the outright Big East championship. Our young men have worked very hard all season to achieve this goal.