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...
special
We know it could be a special year,
care essence means people plays points six talking
As long as we put six points on the board, I couldn't care less. A lot of people are talking about the big plays and things like that, but we haven't had many to this point. So in essence that means we're due.
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That's when it really kind of hit me.
longer order takes
That's kind of been the story of my life. Everything kind of takes a little longer for me in order to be successful.
understanding
The most important thing is understanding your role,
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It hit me once I was talking to my mom (on the phone), because I walked out onto the field after the game to talk to my parents where it was kind of quiet,
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Lack of execution was the biggest thing. Their defense was good, but we stopped ourselves a lot. We shot ourselves in the foot,
passion rivalry ultimate
I think it's the ultimate rivalry in the SEC. There's always a little more passion when it comes to this game.
passion rivalry ultimate
I think it's the ultimate rivalry in the SEC, ... There's always a little more passion when it comes to this game.
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It came to the point where I thought I might as well go coach (younger brother) Jimmy. It came to that point. I just didn't understand. I just didn't understand a lot. It's not my place to understand. He's the head coach, and he makes the decisions. But I really didn't understand at all.
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He's better than both of us right now.
bail fans tennessee true
If the fans bail on us now, then the fans are not true Tennessee fans.
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He gave 22 years of his life to this university, ... We haven't gone out and done what we needed to do as a football team.
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Whatever happened off the field is not going to help us on Saturday. It's not going to give us three points on the board before the game starts.