Mike Riley
Mike Riley
Michael Joseph "Mike" Rileyis an American football coach and former player, currently the head coach at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He was previously the head coach at Oregon State University, where he served two stints, from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2003 to 2014...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 July 1953
CityWallace, ID
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They have a lot of returning guys off a very good team. They didn't fluster or blink because we got ahead of them.
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Then it's a personal decision from there. I want him to feel, first of all, it's fixed and he can live the rest of his life with it. And if he wants to play football, we'll find out. We won't know that for a while.
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I believe all along the best kind of offense is balanced. We will be at our best when we have a consistent threat both ways. We were close to that last year because of our line, and we had a productive runner. It started to feel good.
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To start three freshmen is a scary thing. They took their lumps, made some plays and got better.
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Wear is looking to be our fourth spot on the team. She is a real strong contender for that position.
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UCLA has a very good offense and they're very balanced, ... Maurice Drew is an excellent player, their tight end (Lewis) is good and so is their quarterback.
drew excellent good offense tight ucla
UCLA has a very good offense and they're very balanced. Maurice Drew is an excellent player, their tight end (Lewis) is good and so is their quarterback.
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We have three coming back as the nucleus and core of the team.
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You have to stop and think, with six schools being rebuilt and six major construction projects going on, when do you get these people in?
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We are very pleased to have Dave and Tom on board.
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We struggled defensively early, but the one stable factor that came back to us is our run defense. It's obvious that Alvin Smith and Henry Anderson and Trent Bray and Keith Ellison played big, big roles for us in that area.
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We're just hauling out the last bits of debris.
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We're looking at a 30 percent increase by FPL this year. That's huge when you're looking at your bill being $3.8 million this year.
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We haven't had that high a percentage from our quarterbacks before.