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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We are going to have 200 motorcycles leading us down (Indiana) 37. They are going to be leading us back into Bloomington.
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There's no question we have to get better running the football. I expected us to be better at this point, but we'll continue to work on it and hopefully be better against Kentucky.
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A lot of people will be looking for an alternative. I think it will be one of the most watched games on ESPN this year.
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They do some good things. Now we are going into a second game with the unknown. What are they going to do this year? I would rather have the advantages we have than the disadvantages they have.
guys
It's encouraging for the coaches, because we made adjustments and the guys just keep executing.
football health mental players
They really need to play the game, as you can imagine. Just for the mental health of their players and everyone else involved. They want to play a football game. Obviously, we want to play a football game.
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It's a challenge, but -- and this is unique for me because I haven't been in this position in the college level,
crowd crowds games helped win
I've said that crowds win games and this crowd helped us win this game,
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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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That's how much ahead you have to work.
delay guys knew room seem spend time weight
We knew we had to do it right now and not delay. So I threatened, cajoled and pleaded this winter, and our guys seem to have really responded. They spend a lot of time in the weight room and I think that shows.
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Many people will say, Division I-AA, gosh, why did Indiana struggle? But this is really a good football team. They played very well. Their defense gave us problems, and obviously they ran the ball way too much.
football run stop team tough
We made adjustments all through the game, ... The one thing we didn't do was stop their big fullback (sophomore Broderick Cole). That's a tough football team and they know how to run the football.
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The prognosis for recovery is great . I feel badly that I have not had the chance to talk to the players, but I want them to know that this is going to be a special year for us.