Rick Clausen
Rick Clausen
Richard James Clausenis the current offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Calabasas High School. He is also a former American football player who played college football for Louisiana State University and University of Tennessee. During his two years at LSUhe played in three games, starting the 2002 game against Ole Miss. At the end of the 2002 season, he transferred to Tennessee, where he walked on to the football team as a backup quarterback, sitting out the 2003 season under the NCAA...
good work
I've put in the work and I thought I had a good preseason,
call derby glad goes questions whatever wherever
Wherever the quarterback derby or whatever you call it goes from here it doesn't matter. I'm just glad that we won. Basically, the questions about the whole quarterback thing, I'd like them to stop.
played summer time win
I thought I played well enough in the spring, summer time and two-a-days to win the job,
family guys locker prove proved
I don't have anything to prove to anybody. The guys in the locker room, family and friends, they know what I'm all about. If I haven't proved (it) by now, then you know what, I don't care,
none quite
None of us are lawyers. We didn't know what was going on, and quite frankly, I don't think it really mattered.
eventually football stake start win
When things are clicking, we can be good, ... Eventually things will start clicking. Right now things haven't been and it's unfortunate because we know what's at stake and we can win football games.
fight knew
We knew it was going to be a fight and we knew what we had to do,
comments everybody good tennessee
Everybody makes comments and said, 'I transferred to Tennessee because I wasn't good enough to play here,
basically beat biggest bridge miss shows trying water
It shows he's a man. I think that's the biggest thing. If you do something wrong, you usually say you did something wrong. He did that. It's basically water under the bridge now. We're just trying to beat Ole Miss now.
best describe roller
It's been a roller coaster. That's the best way to describe it,
few home tough week
It was a tough week for myself, ... I called home a few times; I really didn't want to be here.
faith family few guys home indebted kept locker might thankful tough week
It was a tough week for myself. I called home a few times. I didn't really want to be here. My family said you got to stay. You never know what might happen. I'm so thankful to those guys and the 70 guys in the locker room. Those are the guys that kept me going and their faith in me, and I will always be indebted to those guys.
bail deal everybody expect family fans football playing school single tennessee true win
We're playing for everybody in the Tennessee family. If the fans bail on us now, then the fans are not true Tennessee football fans. You can't win every single football game, but we do expect to. The fans expect to, and those are the expectations you deal with when you come to a school such as Tennessee.
beat boils mistakes ourselves team
We beat ourselves tonight. That's it. That's all it boils down to. You can't make mistakes and beat a team like Alabama.