Mack Brown
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
everybody hoping maybe step
We're hoping that maybe because we have inexperience at quarterback it will make everybody else step it up more.
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Good teams enjoy the hype, and they have the ability to focus. Young people come to Texas and SC for this game, and it's been a long time for us to get back to this game, and we took a baby step last year in this environment. I've talked to the kids about it. The only difference between this year and last year is the stakes are bigger.
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I thought USC had a lot of depth and did a tremendous job of substituting, but he'll still wear you down.
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It has been a very good week of practice ... the most focused I've seen them because they can't wait until Saturday. They know it is going to be a great test.
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Jim is a great coach who has won more games than I have. I've got my own problems this year ... having two great quarterbacks isn't a problem.
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I said, 'Good. We'll try to win then.
guys night respond saturday
Those guys have really come on and improved. You don't know how they will respond Saturday night, but we will see it when you see it.
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We couldn't stop them. We couldn't get them off the field. ... But they stopped themselves a couple of times.
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We couldn't make a first down running the ball. They were tough and got after our tail. They'll bring an excited bunch in here. I'm sure they'll want to get away from the distractions of the family issues with the flood, and they have nothing to lose.
easier family home road
When you're the home team, there are more distractions because your friends are around and your family is around. Sometimes it's easier to play on the road than it is at home.
color sure
We wanted to make sure he wasn't color blind.
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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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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.