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...
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.
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.
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,
played summer time win
I thought I played well enough in the spring, summer time and two-a-days to win the job,
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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.
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.
special
We know it could be a special year,
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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.
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It's been a roller coaster. That's the best way to describe it,
treatment
I'm going to get a lot of treatment this week, as many times as possible, to get the soreness out.
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Everybody makes comments and said, 'I transferred to Tennessee because I wasn't good enough to play here,
defense stop
Their defense is good, but they didn't stop us that often,