157 Quotes by Rich Rodriguez

He understands everything we're trying to do. He's invaluable to us, more so for his leadership than anything else.

It's a conference game. That's why this is so big.

It's an opponent that's given us some fits over the last couple years.

He got our Hammer Award for two big blows.

It's the real deal with them. You can play as well as you can and still not win.

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.

We're obviously excited to win the outright Big East championship. Our young men have worked very hard all season to achieve this goal.

It's like a basketball coach saying he's been to the Final Four. It's nice to have that recognition, but our goal is to be there more than once, and win it.

It showed more than anything that when one team gains momentum, especially in a bowl, it's hard to stop it.