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
believed expected folks games guys locker room win
There weren't a lot of folks that expected us to win 10 games this year. I think the guys in that locker room believed that they could do it, and they did.
battling grew guys kept
Our young guys grew up. I can't say enough about our backs. We kept battling and battling.
bleak fourth guys hanging kept looked momentum
Things looked bleak there for a long time. But our guys kept hanging in there and we got a little momentum there in the fourth quarter.
believed dedication defend east focus football guys happy played season seniors
Our guys believed the whole season that we could defend our Big East title, and we've played with that dedication and focus on the field. I'm very happy for our seniors and our whole football family.
anxious areas bowl everybody games guys last love played run team
Hey, we have a lot of guys back. And we can't run guys out of here. They love going to bowl games and getting those gifts. But I am approaching it the same. I am anxious to see how much better our guys can get. Everybody that we played (in the Big East) had a young team last year. We played pretty well, but there are always areas to improve.
confident excited good great guy receiver slot veteran
He's had a really good camp, ... He's a veteran guy who can play slot receiver as well. He's more confident than he's ever been. He's in great shape, and we're excited for him.
bunch convention guys helping ideas sitting trading unlike
I don't see it unlike a bunch of guys being at a ... convention sitting around trading ideas, helping each other's company.
maryland played syracuse talented team
Syracuse was tough, but Maryland is the most talented team we've played so far.
sugar
Heck, it's still the Sugar Bowl. We're in the Sugar Bowl, but just not back there.
backs bonus five fresh legs playing running time
I think it's a big bonus for us to be able to play four, five running backs because having fresh legs and playing two at a time and doing all the things our running backs have to do, they can get pretty gassed.
intensity level
I did not think our intensity level was what it should be.
complain playing top
I think that's a little high. We're not playing like a top 10 team. But we're not going to complain about it.
criticism critics-and-criticism fact heart home league playing predicting took
I think we took to heart some of the criticism of our league and the fact that no one was predicting us to win. Basically, we were playing in their home environment, their home state.
answers found game learn questions second sure
I think you get answers to your questions in every game. We found out a lot of answers in our first game. I'm not sure we found out any the second game. But, in every game you learn more and more.