“I guess I’ve gotten too old, at least to have coach-speak anymore,” Rich Rodriguez said. “I’m just like, if we’re not playing in contention in November for the conference championship, then I think it’s not a good year.”
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“Now, will that lead to a bowl game and winning a bowl game and all that? Every year, our first goal is to win the league,” Rodriguez said. “Now, if you win the league, you’re gonna be in the Playoff. So, that’s going to be a goal as well, but that goes a lot along with it.”
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“I saw Arizona State do it last year,” Rodriguez said. “And I know it was in Kenny [Dillingham’s] second year, but they went from down the bottom to the top. Now, can we do that in one year, not two years? That’s a harder ask to do, but certainly that will be our focus.”
