re: Quotes from coaches around the country on the Bert/Saban proposed rule change

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Coaching is a brotherhood and a noble profession. I would hope there are not those in our business who would sneak behind everyone else's back and try to get something passed without the others in the profession having the opportunity to be heard. It's a reaction to the success of Auburn and Texas A&M, clearly," he said. "So rather than innovate defensively and re-spawn defensively, it's like -- and this is the lowest level of bureaucracy that exists in football - it's like rather than adapt our teams or coach our teams, what we're going to try to do instead is invent a rule." — Mike Leach

One of my personal favorites:

"The only thing risking injury in an up tempo football game is the defense's pride! NUT UP!, it's football!"
— Bob Stitt, Colorado School of Mines

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