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.
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.
continue game hopefully hungry played prove
Our guys, I think they've played hungry. It's something we can hopefully continue to do. Every game we've played this year, they've played hungry and played like they want to prove themselves.
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.
guys understand value
Our guys will understand the value of the ball, or they won't play. That's always been the case. We're still making a lot of mistakes.
challenge meet team
Our young team will have to meet the challenge again.
battling grew guys kept
Our young guys grew up. I can't say enough about our backs. We kept battling and battling.
came proud ready worried
The only thing I was worried about was timing. I was proud of the way we came out ready to play.
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.
players
Most of our players have never been in there before.
earned gotten worked
Why would you redshirt him, and he'd be a 30-year-old senior? ... J.R.'s worked hard. He's gotten better every day. He earned the right to be in there.