Rich Brooks
Rich Brooks
Richard Llewellyn "Rich" Brooksis a retired American football player and coach. He was the head coach at the University of Oregon from 1977 to 1994, the National Football League's St. Louis Rams from 1995 to 1996, and the University of Kentucky from 2003 to 2009...
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We still don't know the extent of Mills' injury. We don't think it is serious at this point, but we just don't know for sure. Pryor has had trouble with dehydration and cramps. He's out for the time being until we get the results of quite a battery of tests he will go through to find out why he's cramping.
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We're a young team, and we played like it,
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We're judged every game we play. A lot of people who do the judging don't care about injuries. They don't care about anything that impacts your ability to go out and perform. I feel very badly for our team and for our fans that we couldn't have kept the nucleus we had starting the year out intact, because I think it was an improved lot. But now we're struggling to show we are improved,
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We definitely need a pass rush. IU throws well and they've got a good line to protect them.
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We're just working different combinations to see which one is going to be the best. You can't tell with linemen until you get pads on and start to run block and pass block and get all the assignments.
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There are some rumors out there that I'm going to resign at some point, ... Well, that ain't happening, OK? I'm not going to walk out on the players that I recruited and this program that I'm trying to turn around.
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We learned a lesson in turning a close game into a rout. All you've got to do is turn the ball over.
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We're trying to sell him. He's got to make up his mind if he wants to pursue this, and I hope he does because I think with his size and hand-eye coordination he could help. The learning curve will be fast, but I think he can pick it up pretty fast.
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Those are the type of lengths that build resentment, hatred and passion.
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The continuity there is what turned Oregon into a consistent winner. It was nice to see that and reaffirm that we actually did know what we were doing, we did have a plan that worked and were given the time to implement that.
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The defense continues to fly around and be physical, but you've got to be able to score when you have the ball like that.