Joe Tiller

Joe Tiller
Joe Tilleris a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 1991 to 1996 and Purdue University from 1997 to 2008, compliling a career college football record of 126–92–1. Tiller is known as one of the innovators of the spread offense...
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I thought our defense stepped up. We had a number of takeaways, which is what we are looking for, and for the most part we were flying to the ball. Not that the offense didn't score, but overall it was a much better effort by the defense.
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I thought our defense stepped up, ... We had a number of takeaways, which is what we are looking for, and for the most part we were flying to the ball. Not that the offense didn't score, but overall it was a much better effort by the defense.
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From our point of view, he's very poised. He has very good vision. He's very comfortable with the offense, and he looks like a relaxed player out there. He makes a lot of plays and doesn't seem to hurry things. He executes the offense like a very confident, experienced quarterback would do.
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I don't think what we did last week is an indicator of what we're going to do for the balance of the season. We will lean a little more heavily on the run than we did when I got here eight years ago. We're still a one-back, spread offense and we spend a lot of time practicing the pass.
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Also, we wanted to change some things in our offense so that we would present some new and different-looking problems for our opponents. The game is a chess game. You're always trying to stay one move ahead of your opponent.
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(The offense) had the upper hand, there's no question about it. I think we need to make some headway in the secondary, I think that's real obvious is it not.
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So, I want to thank Pluto and Mickey and Donald, and all my relatives.
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Some people refer to it as the Purdue rule, which is a block by a guy, to an adjacent lineman, below the knees. I've seen teams continue to do that this year and so far I've yet to see a call made reflecting that particular block.
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I would say it's the single most important factor of (a team), ... You hate to put it all on one position, but if you told me, 'OK Tiller, you're going to graduate 21 of your 22 starters. Which one don't you want graduating?' It'd be the quarterback.
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He's a guy I have tried to hire on two other occasions, so the third time was a charm. I'm excited to have him on our staff.
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But we didn't do it. On the drive that counted the most.
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He did a great job of managing the game and executing the offense. We're always looking for perfection, but he played awfully well once again.
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He did a nice job for the first time out. He missed some reads, but he made some plays that looked good.
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I think the NFL is in Brandon's heart, and he should follow his heart.