Mack Brown
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Mack Brown
William Mack Brownis a former American college football coach. He was most recently head football coach of the Texas Longhorns football team of the University of Texas at Austin...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 August 1951
CityCookeville, TN
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Three years ago I would have said, 'Tell me why I owe YOU one?
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We also understand that the percentage points and the rankings can change weekly. What we have to do is concentrate on winning. That's the only thing we have control over. It's only October, and what we want to do is to be one of the top two teams in December.
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There are a lot of rewards for winning, and one that you dream about is to get a National Championship ring. They've had trips to the White House, some have been on Oprah and the celebration was wonderful, but this pretty much puts closure to last year's team.
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We didn't want to be stubborn, ... We rushed for 145. We'll take that.
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When you're 1-10 it's a hurtful period. It's not who makes fun of you because you feel worse about yourself. It's because someone gave you a chance to run their program, and you aren't running it very well. That's what you're proud of for Texas, that they've asked you to do something and you've gotten it to this point.
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When Vince runs now, he's running to make a play. We don't need Vince to run to win the game.
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We're running the ball perfect, 300-some yards a week.
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That says a lot about the history of the two schools and the games. People have told me that the two schools are very similar. They are two of the biggest state institutions in the country, both very good academic schools and are in the capital (cities). We each have a lot of fans and a lot of talk and publicity about football. (Football) is really important at both places.
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Our fans have been able to enjoy a national title game again. ... Now, they'll want to enjoy one every year, and that's OK. We expect to be at the Fiesta Bowl playing for the national title next year.
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First, let me thank all the Texas fans and let's congratulate a great USC team. Second, we want to thank the Rose Bowl. I'm proud of these kids, I'm proud of these coaches.
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This is a real tribute to our football team and the fans of the University of Texas. It will be an honor for the Longhorn logo to ride with Michael in our home state.
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Our state is different, there's no question about that. Our media is different. Who we are is different. Our fan base in some cases is different, and you have to understand it and embrace it and not try to fight it.
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Our state is different, our media is different, our fan base is different.
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There's no way we can start talking about the end, ... We nearly lost to Kansas last year.