Mike Bellotti
Mike Bellotti
Robert Michael "Mike" Bellottiis an American college football analyst for ESPN and ABC. He was with the University of Oregon's football program for over 20 years serving as offensive coordinator for six years, head coach for 14 years, and athletic director for one year. Bellotti is the winningest coach in Oregon football history and is credited with building the program into a major football power. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014...
everybody last played quite situation week
I thought last week (at Houston) we should have played everybody that was there, but the situation wasn't quite right or they weren't quite ready.
needs played ready step
Jackie, having played two years in the program, needs to step up and I think he's ready to do that.
half heels last played
We've played on our heels for the last two and a half weeks.
defensive inside played
I did not feel we played very well inside (on the defensive line), and I was disappointed because they had played at a better level.
athletes best fastest great played reminds safety
(Costa) reminds me a lot of Kellen Clemens in that he played safety and quarterback, was one of the toughest, one of the fastest and one of the best athletes on the field. And he is a great leader.
capable felt oregon played state
Oregon State played well. We played poorly. I felt we were capable of more.
couple felt impression kids oftentimes putting uniform win
I think it was a wakeup call. I've said for a couple of years, oftentimes I got the impression some kids that come here felt just by putting on the uniform we were going to win games.
changed fit guys knew last mobility recruit scheme taken vision year
Last year I changed our vision of what we were going to recruit in preparation of what I knew we were going to do. That's why we didn't take a quarterback last year. The guys that we could have taken would have have fit into this mobility scheme that we have. And these guys, they fit that.
complete high loved saw
We really loved him out of high school. He was the most complete back we saw that year.
emphasis huge
It hasn't been a huge emphasis so far.
felt football game giving importance people realized sure understood urgency
I think they realized it wasn't enough for them to want it, or to be giving everything they have. They wanted to be sure other people understood and felt the same sense of urgency and sense of importance about the game of football and about the team.
carries coming forefront performers seniors weight
There are a lot of seniors and, as I've said before, those seniors are coming to the forefront because they are also our performers and our contributors. Their voice, their word, carries more weight because they are also doing it on the field.
happened scheme worked
That wasn't by accident. That happened because that scheme worked for us.
direction moving offense option per scoring spread wish yards
I wish we were scoring more points, but we are averaging more yards per game. We are moving in a direction away from our traditional offense into more of a spread option look.