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
case hoping next panic player trying veteran
They don't overanalyze everything like a veteran player can do. They're just trying to get through that day and the next play and that was the case a lot of times this year. They didn't panic because they didn't know any better. I'm hoping they keep that attitude.
battles continue east folks football good last mentioned next several teams
As I mentioned to some folks last night. There's a lot of good football teams in the Big East and we had some very competitive battles with them and we'll continue to have those the next several years.
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.
adam both earned good nice offense pat run understand unselfish win
But Adam and Pat both have earned the right to play. They both are good enough to win with. The nice part is we can run the whole offense with both. They're unselfish and understand their roles.
enthusiasm
I don't want to dampen anyone's enthusiasm, ... but we should be the underdog.
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.
adjustment anytime change phases schemes system three took tough
It was a tough year, ... Anytime you change schemes in all three phases there is an adjustment period. Here, it was the same system for 20 years, so it took a little while.
fighter flew jets stadium
They flew those fighter jets over the stadium and before they'd landed, we were down 10-0. It was ugly.