Rich Brooks Players Quotations

There are some rumors out there that I'm going to resign at some point, ... Well, that ain't happening, OK? I'm not going to walk out on the players that I recruited and this program that I'm trying to turn around.

We meet at least once a week with the CATS program and the coaching staff to communicate with the players to keep up with their school work.

That doesn't mean anything this week. We have a bunch of players on this year's team who have never played against Indiana, so they don't know what has happened previously.

We have an outstanding group of defensive linemen this year. They're SEC-type players that will get some rotation going to keep the players fresh, so they don't get beat in the fourth quarter.

There have been rampant rumors that I will resign. That ain't happening. I am not going to walk out on the players or the program. We are trying to turn this thing around. Some people don't understand what you have to do to turn a program around.

We always stress to the kids to work hard in the classroom. We want our players to get a quality education as well as performing on the field.

A lot of good players come out of Kentucky. He's doing a good job. He will pull the ball down and run, too.

The fans need to understand, ... that a lot of the good players we started the season with are not on our team right now and we're going with more inexperienced players.

The first game we had a chance to win and we rebounded and fought back, but we didn't get any reward (in a loss to Louisville). Then we fought back in our last game (against Idaho State) and won. Now we have even more players sidelined. Now we'll really see how we deal with adversity, because this is a chance to prove we really are a different team this year.

The depth is the biggest thing I feel good about. We've got more players to choose from. And while I don't want this to happen, we're in a better position to sustain injuries than we've been in the past.