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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The more we can go out and play and compete, the better we will be. We'll have regular 12-minute quarters in the first half and we'll have 12-minute quarters in the second half but probably with a running clock. We might change that to make it more competitive.
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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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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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There were some interesting moments, but as I told my wife at 5:15 this morning, if we're not worried we're not recruiting the right guys. But it went exactly as we thought, and that doesn't happen. That might be the most surprising thing.
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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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I thought he did a nice job. He showed some bursts.
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Kyle's face is all ripped up. They put stitches in a bunch of places.
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Kyle's a guy who just gets better and better. I'm proud of the way he's come on.
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I remember watching their bowl game and thinking, 'Holy smokes. They were supposed to lose 26 guys, but it looks like they've completely reloaded.
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It all was going their way, ... But you have to keep fighting.
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I think it's important that we get the right guy who can come in here and recruit and just continue doing the things that we're doing. The mistake would be to rush into something. We're fine; this thing is going to keep on going at the same speed. We're not going to slow down a bit. I don't foresee any change at all.