Joe Novak
Joe Novak
Joe Novakis a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois University from 1996 to 2007, compiling a record of 63–76...
beat best played time ton
The time we got beat we blitzed a whole ton and we weren't even in the ballgame. We got ripped. The best we've played them was when we were completely conservative defensively. That's our style.
guys yards
He showed me something. Not too many guys can go 70 yards on Michigan.
adrian davis football game good players room
Adrian Davis is a good football player. He's a doggoned good little back. There's room in this game for players like him.
Like having your first baby, right. He's like an expectant father.
blocked blocking coach corps dirty excel good great job key kids motivated receiving running sure wide wonderful
Marquis is a good, young coach with a great future. I'm sure he will do a wonderful job at Miami. Not to brag, but our wide receiving corps blocked pretty well and that's key in our running game. Marcus motivated our kids to do something they didn't want to do. Blocking is dirty work. Marcus got them to excel at blocking and that's good coaching.
among belongs best blocking fast gets guy learn michael pass players pocket protect second seniors
Michael is so big and so strong, he's a guy that's fast when he gets going. He's fast in the second 50 yards. He can learn pass blocking and he's big enough to protect the pocket passer. He belongs among the best seniors or draft-eligible players in the country.
carry game hope load
I hope we don't have to have Garrett carry it 35 times a game. He may have a game or two where he does, but I'd like to take the load off him a little bit.
draft five kids overall seniors seven six talented team
They may be overall the most talented team in the league. They have 14 seniors starting. I've been told five or six or seven of those kids are going to be draft picks.
fingers personally sticky
I personally thought he had sticky fingers when I was around him.
area believe chicago factor people recent winning
Sure, winning is important. Recruits want to go where they know they can win. For some out-of-state recruits, it was a factor in their decision. I believe people in the Chicago area and in-state know what we've done in recent years.
exciting kids ohio open state tremendous year
How exciting for our kids it will be to open the year at Ohio State and play at Iowa. Those are tremendous opportunities for our program.
actively discussion engaged kids
He always has kids actively engaged in debates, discussion and projects.
guys last looking seven tomorrow
For the last seven weeks, our guys have been out looking at juniors. Tomorrow we'll have our first meeting.
coaching extremely good group pleased staff team
That's a real good group of captains. I know the coaching staff and the team are extremely pleased with that foursome.