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
game huge last point wear year
When you take a devastating loss, it can wear on you. I do think that'll be their point for this week. That was such a huge game for them last year and they let it slip.
felt few game great hotel last manager practice room year
We felt like last year was great preparation for this year. I'm in the same room in the same hotel with the same manager at the same practice field. There are a few more (media) here than there were last year. ... It's the same game with more stakes.
everybody hoping maybe step
We're hoping that maybe because we have inexperience at quarterback it will make everybody else step it up more.
owe three
Three years ago I would have said, 'Tell me why I owe YOU one?
change control percentage points rankings teams top understand
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.
enjoy next practice ready run spring start team won
What we're going to do is enjoy this run right now. We'll be in spring practice Feb. 24 and get ready to start over because next year's team hasn't won a game.
closure dream last national oprah puts rewards trips white
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.
answer yes
Yes it does and I don't answer it.
rushed
We didn't want to be stubborn, ... We rushed for 145. We'll take that.
football game handle national player players playing scrutiny texas understand university
When you're a football player at the University of Texas and you're playing in the national championship game the players understand the scrutiny is going to be a little more than usual. I think we'll handle it.
asked chance fun gave gotten hurtful proud run running worse
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.
running runs win
When Vince runs now, he's running to make a play. We don't need Vince to run to win the game.
amount coaches guys kids pressure sitting straight three tremendous wins
We're sitting here at 19 straight wins and there is a tremendous amount of pressure on kids and coaches to keep it going. And these guys have done it now for three straight years.
excited flipped games handled himself last pumped rose switch
We're excited about Vince's personality in big games and the way he handled himself at the end of last year, specifically the Rose Bowl. I think that flipped another switch for him and put him in another gear. He's pumped about this game.