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...
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.
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.
understanding
The most important thing is understanding your role,
good work
I've put in the work and I thought I had a good preseason,
hit
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.
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.
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.
came coach head might point understand
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.
field game hit mom onto parents talking walked
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,
both
He's better than both of us right now.
football gave gone life needed
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.