157 Quotes by Rich Rodriguez

Most of our players have never been in there before.

I don't want to dampen anyone's enthusiasm, ... but we should be the underdog.

I don't mind them being proud. The motivating factor is to play well and execute and win the game. I hope our defense plays as well as it has the rest of the year. If they do, we will be a good team.

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.

Got a little banged up in the game.

We're a little more talented now than maybe we've been the last couple years. But we've got to show it on the field.

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.

We have a lot of work to do. But I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty.

All we needed to do was make one play at the end for the win. When we got the onside kick I was thinking 'Here we go. We're on our way.' In overtime, I was not hoping we would keep going, but I felt our guys were fresh.