Rich Rodriguez
Rich Rodriguez
Richard Alan "Rich" Rodriguezis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Arizona. Rodriguez previously served as the head football coach at Salem University, Glenville State College, West Virginia University, and the University of Michigan. His career college football coaching record stands at 153–104–2. In 2011, Rodriguez worked as an analyst for CBS Sports...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth24 May 1963
convinced decision encouraged field physical position somewhere standpoint strong
Convinced is too strong a word. I'm optimistic. I feel encouraged that he can play that position. The thing with Nate is we've got to make a decision which position will get him on the field quicker. He does enough things from a physical standpoint we think he can play somewhere for us.
football georgia good home people playing
I don't know how those people come up with that and I don't want to know. Georgia should be the favorites. They are a very good football team. We are playing them in their home state.
past several
They know Maryland. They know we've been embarrassed by them several times in the past.
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They'll either be in bed or they'll be back on the plane to Pittsburgh. Nobody wants to be sent home from a bowl game because, one, you want to enjoy a big game and, two, your name is going to be on the bottom of that ESPN ticker thing that goes non-stop across the bottom of the TV screen.
answers defend expand matter package tried wrinkles
If you have enough wrinkles and you have enough answers for the way they defend you, that's what's important. That's why we've tried to expand our package. We have enough in our package to have all the answers. It's just a matter of execution.
career cases couple graduates great guy job plenty points short team
I was a little disappointed in that (Big East) rule. We've had plenty of cases on the team now, and in the past, where a guy was a couple points short on a test. Yet he comes here and graduates and has a great career and does a great job representing the program.
awake biggest night obviously waiting
I've been awake all night waiting on it. That's obviously our biggest concern.
looking opinion
They're better now than they were two years ago in my opinion after looking at film.
beat chance cheap good mentally missed mistakes
You can't make missed assignments and give them cheap ones. They're good enough to beat you without you making mistakes; you can't make mistakes mentally and have a chance to do it.
coached compete drill greatest guys learn looking love players win
As I told the team, we're not only looking for guys who can learn the system, we're also looking for guys who love to compete every day. The greatest players I've ever coached were guys who not only had talent, but wanted to win every drill they were in, and every play.
zero
On this level, when you have zero turnovers, you usually win. When you have five, you usually lose.
giving good guys pressure run strong understand
They're doing pretty good. I'd like to get more pressure on the quarterback at times. But those guys are giving pretty good effort. I like the way they work. I think they are all guys that are very strong and can run and can understand what we want out of their schemes.
everybody four games heard louisville
That's all they heard after the Louisville game. But there's so many things that happen. You've still got four games left. Everybody is going to come gunning for you.
break full half practiced standing
There's about half of you that have never practiced with us. Everything up to the break is full speed. I don't want you standing around.