I don’t try to sensationalize anybody. I’m not trying to entertain. I’m trying to give information and give access to me and tell about our program.
NICK SABANI would give them the ball and score points. I wouldn’t play them on defense. I would play them where they can get the ball and score points.
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I would call them, whether it’s a playoff game, a bowl game, or one of these kickoff classic type things, which I think is helpful to, you know, our players in terms of playing some place that’s not really a home game for them.
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College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
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All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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I said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games. I’m not saying it’s good or bad; it kind of is what it is.
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You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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I think people who grow up in one particular environment, like the Alabama-Auburn game, they don’t ever get the same appreciation for the Ohio State-Michigan game or the Michigan State-Notre Dame game or the Michigan-Michigan State game, the Browns and the Steelers.
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I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.
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When people have success, one of two things happen. They either get really satisfied and want to keep thinking about it and talking about what they did, or the success becomes a little addictive, and it makes them want to keep having more.
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When I talk about a successful program, define that. It’s not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.
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I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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Whether it’s make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who’s in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you’re investing your time in that.
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I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it’s not to keep trying to be the best. That’s not necessarily human nature.
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