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...
chance game good
It's important that this game is competitive. This should give us a good chance and, hopefully, be entertaining for our fans.
It's day-to-day with Derrick. His conditioning is good, but he's a freshman, so it's going to take some time.
august freshmen glad guys halls normally rest talking walking
It's been different for them. Normally these guys would be walking the halls and talking to girls. When they're really going to be glad they did this is in August when the rest of the freshmen come to practice.
backs bit running situation three
It's a little bit like our situation in that all three of our running backs are a little different in the way that they run, the way they attack, the power, that kind of thing, ... When you look at what they've done running the football, I think you've got to feel like they're doing something right.
change continue pound ways
There are two ways to change attitudes. You get new attitudes, and you continue to pound on the ones here.
against coach college football game honor privilege
What he's done for the game of college football is unbelievable, ... It is an honor and privilege to coach against him.
miss
We'll be fine. We won't miss a beat.
chance start
We'll start off with Billy. We'll rotate them. They're all going to have a chance to show what they can do.
emotion emotions free good rein
We didn't play with emotion. We didn't play with the free rein and the emotion you need to be a good team.
people team
You look at that first half, and we were awful, ... We weren't pretty at times, but we're going to be a better team than people think we are.
came exactly
We didn't come here just to play. We came here to try to win. And that's exactly what I did.
confidence forget guys hard proud shot situation
A lot of guys would get into his situation and their confidence would be shot and it would hard to get anything out of them. But he was able to forget it all and I'm proud of him for that.
care hopefully taken
At least we know what it is now, and hopefully it's taken care of. We can go from there.
The more you can keep it the same, the better off you are.