WildcatRick
12-03-2007, 01:08 PM
Head Coach Rich Brooks
“We’re obviously excited about having the opportunity to play in another bowl game. We’re excited to play a quality opponent, such as Florida State. We know this will be a very difficult game. They have great speed. They have tremendous athletic ability and a great tradition. This will be a real challenge for our football team. We had a great experience a year ago in Nashville (site of the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl). Our players are excited to go back there. This is a quality bowl, against a quality opponent. It’s an experience that we thoroughly enjoyed a year ago, and we’re looking forward to the opportunity.”
On if he has ever coached against Florida State’s Bobby Bowden…
“No, I have not. We’ve known each other since 1980. In fact all of the old guys, Joe Paterno, Rich Brooks and Bobby Bowden, we went on the initial Nike trip way back when Nike started getting into football and having associations with college coaches. We’ve known one another for that period of time. To me, he (Bowden) is obviously one of the coaching icons in college football. He is currently the number-one leader in all-time wins in Division I football.”
On playing against Florida State…
“Like I said, we’re playing a quality opponent that has the tradition and history that Florida State has. It’s a nationally recognized football team. They’ve had national championships, and great seasons upon great seasons. They’ve played in 26 straight bowl games. That’s a few. We’re working on our 12th bowl game in school history, and second in a row. We would like that streak to obviously continue. We’re excited to play a team with the tradition Bobby Bowden has built for that team, a team that has basically been his creation.”
http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=39&url_article_id=21157&change_well_id=2
“We’re obviously excited about having the opportunity to play in another bowl game. We’re excited to play a quality opponent, such as Florida State. We know this will be a very difficult game. They have great speed. They have tremendous athletic ability and a great tradition. This will be a real challenge for our football team. We had a great experience a year ago in Nashville (site of the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl). Our players are excited to go back there. This is a quality bowl, against a quality opponent. It’s an experience that we thoroughly enjoyed a year ago, and we’re looking forward to the opportunity.”
On if he has ever coached against Florida State’s Bobby Bowden…
“No, I have not. We’ve known each other since 1980. In fact all of the old guys, Joe Paterno, Rich Brooks and Bobby Bowden, we went on the initial Nike trip way back when Nike started getting into football and having associations with college coaches. We’ve known one another for that period of time. To me, he (Bowden) is obviously one of the coaching icons in college football. He is currently the number-one leader in all-time wins in Division I football.”
On playing against Florida State…
“Like I said, we’re playing a quality opponent that has the tradition and history that Florida State has. It’s a nationally recognized football team. They’ve had national championships, and great seasons upon great seasons. They’ve played in 26 straight bowl games. That’s a few. We’re working on our 12th bowl game in school history, and second in a row. We would like that streak to obviously continue. We’re excited to play a team with the tradition Bobby Bowden has built for that team, a team that has basically been his creation.”
http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=39&url_article_id=21157&change_well_id=2