Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
Thomas Hawley Tubervilleis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, a position he accepted on December 8, 2012. Tuberville served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi from 1995 to 1998, at Auburn University from 1999 until 2008, and at Texas Tech University from 2010 to 2012...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth18 September 1954
became blake great handling job proud starter
We are proud of Blake Field, ... He became our starter with an hour's notice. He did a great job handling the football.
feet ground intensity second sky stay took
In the second half, we regrouped and our intensity took over. You can only stay 3 to 4 feet off the ground so long. They were sky high.
academics degree football players understand
Academics are the No. 1 thing. It's the first thing we tell players when they come to Auburn. They are here to get a degree first and foremost. Once they understand that, they understand that football is second.
standing takes
I get off the bus, and he's the first one I see, this 18-year-old standing there crying. It takes you back.
challenge coaches looked people problem question seconds situations wonder
A lot of people wonder why you want a coaches challenge if every play is looked at by the officials. The problem is when you go back and look at situations where there's a question about a play. You only have 10-15 seconds for them to look at the play at hand.
execute game kicking mistake mistakes ran tonight
That is football. You have got to execute and tonight the kicking game wasn't there for us. They ran that punt back, we made a mistake but that's part of it.
air breath fresh
He's a breath of fresh air in that league.
spread
It is full-speed tackling, and we want to see them compete. But we're not going to go out there and do a lot of things that's going to get spread around.
campbell conference defense defensive difference good jason league offense shows taken team week year
The difference in our conference and the other conferences is defense -- every team in our league has defensive players. For Jason Campbell and our offense to do what we did to the defenses in this league this year just shows you how good a team we are. We're a well-balanced team that hasn't taken a week off all year.
accepted ben ethic handled players wonder work
Ben was a little different. Sometimes you wonder about homesickness, but he's really handled it well -- a lot better than I would have if I was his age. The players have accepted him. His work ethic is outstanding.
complaints difference wins
No complaints on our part. We'll go down there and play, and it will make no difference on who wins and loses.
excellent few good guys job last lose selling success today win won worked
We always win some, we always lose some. This year, we probably won more than we have the last few years. We probably had more success today than we thought we were going to, and that always makes you feel good. Our guys worked hard, they did an excellent job in selling the program. It's been a good month.
ball drives execute finish line man men nine playing strengths
We were not able to finish off drives and execute and put the ball in the end zone. When they have nine men on the line of scrimmage and are playing man coverage, you have to take to strengths and use them.
tried
We tried everything that we could. There are no excuses.