Bret Bielema Quotes
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I like his strength, I like his gamesmanship. If he gets a shoulder on anyone it usually disrupts their path and that's not always the case at the running back position. So I like the power that he brings to the table.
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We finished our last ball game with Iowa and were on an off-week and then we had to travel a significant distance to get to Hawaii. So we prepared for a certain number of days, let them have a couple days off, came back and traveled to Hawaii.
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Andy is a competitor. He came in and played right away as a true freshman at linebacker and has a great competitive spirit ... I'm excited because I think he's found a rebirth a new way and a new opportunity to get on the field.
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They got coached all week, I'll say that.
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The one thing I knew as a head coach was I wanted to hire coaches that are good and eventually, as people know how good they are, people are going to want to try and hire them. Unfortunately, it was way too fast in this instance.
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We really think, hopefully, all three of those guys will hit the ground running June 12 when we start our summer conditioning.
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He is just beginning to get his feet wet. But he definitely will strike you. He's not afraid of anything.
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They beat us physically. I think it is something we pride ourselves on.
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He has been a key element in numerous successful programs and he has been the architect of some of college football's best defenses during the past 25 years.
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Anybody we offered a scholarship to in the state of Wisconsin is in this program now.
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I've really been happy with the progress of all three. It's really a talented group that I'm expecting big things from.
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The thing that you've got to be always conscientious of when you're playing a team that likes to chop block, ... is not overemphasizing to the point that they're looking for the chop block instead of going to make the play.
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We've been trying to sell it. I know there won' be the same crowd that there is in Camp Randall next year. But we're trying to get as many people in the stands as possible and make it a game-day environment.
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After the second day, he's got it mastered, too. He's just a guy who takes a lot of pride in what we ask him to do.
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He's intriguing to us because he's very athletic. But we were so thin in the offensive line and we wanted him to learn the elements of blocking before switching him, again.
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He's been battling through that. He rolled it right toward the latter part of winter conditioning. I was going to say something to him before practice because he wasn't taped. He's usually taped on that one ankle and he wasn't. But he was after that.
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He gave me those notes to reflect on the move, just like Coach Holtz had given him the notes. It's great to hear different philosophies on coaching.
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Was in our ear a lot more this week than he's ever been since I've been here.
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He's a big body that can run. I would like him to have a little bit more ability to flip his hips and run in certain situations. But I think he can really be a good football player.
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He never had the daily repetitions of a mike learning curve, the reads, the reactions, the fits and drills. It was kind of a season in learning. When he began to start to play pretty well is when he had that little injury and didn't really play well again until the bowl game.
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We knew they were going to line up in 12 personnel (one back, two tight ends) and run their inside zone and try to get at us. Thank God, we had a couple of guys step up and make a play.
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It was a unique experience to get out there and mix it up for the fans. I was pleased with the turnout. We wanted to get as many people in the stands as possible to make it a game-day environment.
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Whatever it was, we really emphasized that we wanted it to be consistent time and time again and weren't going to accept anything less.
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I'm excited because it allows the guy to roam.