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...
both pressure sides
They made a lot of adjustments on both sides of the football, ... more pressure on defense.
best lost receiver seen
They lost receivers, but they have a receiver (Robert Jordan) who has already had 11 catches in one game. They are going to be the best receivers we've seen to date.
priority
They know they have to go to class. Their first priority is to get an education. You're here to play football, but you're also here to get an education. You have got to go to class.
count score until
I didn't know we were down by 20, ... but I told them all along, the score doesn't count until it's over.
appreciate begin respect
I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate and respect these players,
football guys last played question team week
I don't think there's any question that we were a better football team this week than we were last week. It's important that we played a lot of people. We're going to need those guys down the road.
improved line needed question
I don't think there's any question our line is much improved over where it was in the fall, and it needed to be.
run
In any league, at any level, you have to be able to run the football.
assault backs good running year
I know there will be an all-out assault on running backs a year from now, and there are some really good running backs in the vicinity.
athletic club guys knew realize veteran
I knew that Rutgers was much improved, ... They're a veteran club and experienced, and I didn't realize they're as athletic as they are. I know a lot of their guys from recruiting, so I know they're talented.
football future
The future of Gator football is very, very bright.
doctors sure
The doctors are very optimistic. We're sure we'll have him.
expectation far good guys happens mind practice question shape
These guys are in as good a shape as they've ever been in their lives, there's no question about that. What happens is the expectation is that we're going to go out, we're going to go through practice and just get through it. As far as we've got to go, we can't do that. In my mind the game's tomorrow. It's not in September; it's tomorrow.
low
I'm about as low as I've been in a while,