Terry Hoeppner
Terry Hoeppner
Terry Lee Hoeppnerwas an American college football coach who served as head coach of the Miami RedHawks from 1999 to 2004 and the Indiana Hoosiers from 2005 to 2006. Shortly after announcing that he would be on medical leave for the 2007 season, he died of brain cancer...
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It affects you. Either you get stronger or you don't. Obviously, it made him stronger.
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What he did to that (cornerback), it was clean and legal, but he knocked his helmet off. Then he ran the length of the field. We as coaches said, 'Wow!' He was running by some of our other guys.
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We started the game with two backs in the backfield, ... It was all very subtle changes on the offensive line.
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We're a work in progress right now, but we've improved from week to week,
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We were made aware of the situation early this morning. We're currently in the process of gathering all the facts in the situation. We will proceed when the facts are complete.
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I would invite (skeptics) to go ahead and line up against these guys,
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Wisconsin hasn't always been Wisconsin. At one point, they were in the lower levels. They ended up going to the Rose Bowl and did it pretty quickly.
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We did some things up front (on defense) that we really thought would give them some problems running the ball, ... We played a lot of guys on defense and they came through. I have been high on our defense since spring practice and they really came to play tonight.
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We are light years ahead of where we were at this time last spring. I think that's evident, but we have a long way to go before Sept. 2.
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You lose a guy like that who, even though he hasn't been 100 percent every game, has found ways to make plays most games. It was a big deal not to have him, but we're confident we'll have him Saturday.
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We'd like to have had him out there, we need every rep we can get, but discretion was the better part. He'll have a great summer working with the quarterbacks. Like I told him, if he keeps doing what he's doing, he's going to be illegal.
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Compared to where we were last year, you can measure that in 40(-yard dash) times and bench presses and all of that, but how does that translate to whether we're better on the field? I think it's obvious to a certain degree right now that we're much better, but it won't be fully revealed until Sept. 2 when we open the season.
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I need to coach better, and they need to play better, ... Part of it has been the opposition, and part of it has been us. ... I think the passing game will continue to grow, and if the running game picks up a couple notches that changes everything.
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I just told James they paid him the ultimate compliment by paying so much attention to him.