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...
caused defense early good mode saw team
We saw a lot of good things early on from the first team offense. When we got into the fast-tempo mode it caused the defense some problems.
bad course game kept near saying shape
We're not near in as bad of shape as I thought we were during the course of the game. I kept saying during the course of the game that we were not getting enough pressure.
everybody hard playing talking thinking using
We're thinking about it and talking about it. But we're using what we feel like is everybody we have. We have to get the ones who are playing better. Everyone has to play as hard as they can.
compete competition guys open playing talent talking thinking williams
We're thinking about it and talking about it, and we have to get some competition going in the secondary, ... They want to give Travis Williams a look to see if he can compete a little bit. Those guys have talent but they're not playing the way we need back there, so we'll open it up a little.
consider far home louis start
We consider St. Louis in-state. You start at home and then you go as far as you have to go.
good guys justin sudden
We have guys who can back up and get in there, but one play and all of a sudden you're out of depth. I don't feel as good as I would if we had Justin in there.
break eventually pounding
Eventually we'll get over this, ... Eventually we'll get a break and get over it. We've just got to keep pounding away.
accelerate close continue defense drill feet improve injuries learn offense separate
That's something that we're going to have to continue to improve on; it's something that we need. It's close contact, usually you don't get many injuries there. It's a drill where the defense has got to learn to separate and the offense has to accelerate their feet and just keep doing it.
good point practice stress
It was not bad, it was really a pretty good practice, but we can be better. We're at the point where we need to stress to be as good as we can be all the time.
looks truly
It looks to me like they've truly reloaded.
best guy line looks lost obviously offensive running seen truly
It looks to me like they have just truly reloaded. The offensive line is huge. The running back is huge. They lost their receivers (to graduation), and they've got a guy (Jordan) who's got 11 catches in one game. They'll be obviously the best receivers we've seen to date.
challenge defensive explosive offense strong
It?s going to be a challenge for us because Rutgers has an explosive offense and a strong defensive line,
anytime caliber coached definitely guys league personnel respect team
It wasn't my first consideration, ... But it was a consideration. It's particularly important when you're going into a new league of this caliber where you've got guys that have been in it and coached in it. There's definitely a respect anytime you know what a team is about or what a team can do and you know the personnel a little bit. It's very, very important.
fault middle miss tennessee
They were scheduled to miss the Middle Tennessee game. It's not their fault there was a hurricane.