115 Quotes by Ron Zook

It wasn't my first consideration, ... But it was a consideration. It's particularly important when you're going into a new league of this caliber where you've got guys that have been in it and coached in it. There's definitely a respect anytime you know what a team is about or what a team can do and you know the personnel a little bit. It's very, very important.

It's a little bit like our situation in that all three of our running backs are a little different in the way that they run, the way they attack, the power, that kind of thing, ... When you look at what they've done running the football, I think you've got to feel like they're doing something right.

It looks to me like they've truly reloaded.

It looks to me like they have just truly reloaded. The offensive line is huge. The running back is huge. They lost their receivers (to graduation), and they've got a guy (Jordan) who's got 11 catches in one game. They'll be obviously the best receivers we've seen to date.

It?s going to be a challenge for us because Rutgers has an explosive offense and a strong defensive line,

Eventually we'll get over this, ... Eventually we'll get a break and get over it. We've just got to keep pounding away.

That's something that we're going to have to continue to improve on; it's something that we need. It's close contact, usually you don't get many injuries there. It's a drill where the defense has got to learn to separate and the offense has to accelerate their feet and just keep doing it.

It's important that this game is competitive. This should give us a good chance and, hopefully, be entertaining for our fans.

It's day-to-day with Derrick. His conditioning is good, but he's a freshman, so it's going to take some time.