Rich Rodriguez Players Quotations

Playing in a BCS game helps with getting the team name out there. Players are going to go where they think they can excel.

Most of our players have never been in there before.

As I told the team, we're not only looking for guys who can learn the system, we're also looking for guys who love to compete every day. The greatest players I've ever coached were guys who not only had talent, but wanted to win every drill they were in, and every play.

I played here in the early '80's and it was a rivalry then. They've had a good team, with some good players and they've beat us pretty good.

I don't want to put too much pressure on one game because it is just one of 11. Our expectations are high, and our fans' expectations are high, but I don't want our players to feel any undue pressure and go into a game pressing themselves. I think that's happened in the past.

I do think sometimes the players were pressing. When we won, it wasn't by enough. We certainly didn't want them to feel it inside. But it was a little bit more difficult.