Ron Zook
Ron Zook
Ronald Andrew Zookis an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at the University of Florida from 2002 to 2004 and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 2005 to 2011. Zook is a native of Ohio and an alumnus of Miami University, where he played college football. He has worked as an assistant coach in the National Football Leaguewith the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, and New Orleans Saints. In August 2012, he...
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I've seen more big plays this year than ever.
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I've said this all along, but the thing Tim has continued to do is that he takes care of the football,
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The way we handle adversity is going to determine what kind of team we are. I told them last night that this is our first true test of adversity and how we bounce back, how we handle it, and how we compete against a good Iowa football team will determine what kind of football team we are, and where we are at.
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A year ago, I didn't know exactly where we were. I don't know that I know exactly where we are now. I do know we are improved from the fall and that the amount of work we were able to get done this spring was two-fold from last spring.
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A specialist worked with him and we feel very good about him,
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That's why he's a heck of a quarterback. He can scramble and make things happen. He may be the difference why they got the points and we didn't.
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The thing that concerns me is what I could have done differently to get that out of them (against Michigan State).
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Right now, we're undefeated. I'm more excited about a spring than I've been in a long, long time. (But) we've got a long way to go. We're a little bigger, a little stronger, hopefully a little quicker. We've helped ourselves with the seven (new) guys that are in here right now and the younger guys are a little more mature in how they handle themselves.
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You start at home. You start in Champaign-Urbana and go as far as you have to go.
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You normally don't have two blunders like that on special teams and win a game. Our thing was we're not going to lose a game because of special teams. That's a great lesson to be learned.
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I wish he wasn't out for the season, but it doesn't bother me that he'll miss our game. He's such a great competitor and such a good person. You hate to see anything like that happen to such a great kid.
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If this had been a game he would have played, but you want to be safe any time you have a head injury.
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My second game as defensive coordinator when I was at Cincinnati, ... He threw 52 (points) on us.
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My second game as a defensive coordinator when I was at the University of Cincinnati, we played Penn State, ... He threw 52 (points) on us.