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
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.
challenge class conference dictates favor four games playing quite short television three time
I think it's quite a challenge for our team, with four weeknight games and three of those on short weeks. I'm not in favor of playing three weeknight conference games on the road, because of the class time we miss, but television dictates most of our schedule.
brought injuries open playing seventh straight week
Jason's brought a lot to us. Injuries happen. We're in the seventh straight week of playing without an open date.
brought injuries open playing seventh straight week
Jason's brought a lot to us, ... Injuries happen. We're in the seventh straight week of playing without an open date.
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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.
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We took the approach that we're playing an 11-round championship fight. Right now we've completed seven rounds and we're on round eight. And we also have some lessons to teach from last year when we had a chance and our destiny in our own hands. We stubbed our toe a little bit at the end.
fingers keeping leadership maybe player playing valuable
No question, he's maybe the most valuable player we have on the team, period. Not just from a playing standpoint, but also from a leadership standpoint. We're keeping our fingers crossed.
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They have a good scheme and the guys have grown up in it. They have great athletes. At every position they have guys that will be playing in the NFL when their college careers are done.
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.
confidence gives guys hard playing
They're playing with a lot of confidence. They're playing fast, too. If your guys play hard and play fast, that gives you a chance, and that's what they're doing.
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You can't weave like you're playing Nintendo down the field. You've got to hit it and go north and south and try to get positive yards. Part of the key for us is having long drives and keeping our defense off the field as much as we can.
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.
game helps name players playing team
Playing in a BCS game helps with getting the team name out there. Players are going to go where they think they can excel.
build football glass good hungry media people stay telling
People are going to try to build them up in the media and on campus. I keep telling them they already live in glass houses, being football players. Now that glass is getting a good cleaning. People are going to see them. They have to stay hungry and want it.