Jim Grobe Quotes (16 Quotes)

That's a major disappointment when we have a tailback rush for 250 yards and lose the football game.

(Randolph) has made our quarterback position a horse race, and he didn't have to do that. He could have sulked about it and he has made it a great competition. If we had either quarterback out there for us, I wouldn't worry about it one bit.

I think they dominated us for two years and we've been very fortunate at the end of the game to win. If you look at all the stats, we haven't matched up very well in either game and Boston College has done some really good things against us. I think more than anything else, we just hung around there until the fourth quarter.

Any time you're not successful there's added pressure. But that's not bad. That's the way it should be. If there's not a lot of pressure on our guys to win right now, I'd be disappointed.

It's hard to lose, no question, and that hurts everyone's morale. Not just the players, but the coaches and the fans. Everybody wants to win. ... I think we've had enough talent to win. We're just not doing the things that good teams do to win football games.

He's got a big-time leg. That's the guy we're hoping can play right away. He's got a lot of potential. If we look at freshman who can play right away, it'll probably be the skill guys.

He has a great desire to be good and help the team. And he has a short memory. I'm kind of surprised he's handled it as well as he has. He's got the chance to be something special.

He wants every play to be a home run. There's a sense where, as a coach, you want a quarterback who feels that way ... but at the same time you want a guy who makes sure that his No. 1 priority is to take care of the football.

Our recruiting focus was to help all the different positions. I like the balance in our class. I think we hit a home run with players this year. This is a very talented group.

We've got two good running backs. We need to use both of them. We'll probably go game to game and make that decision.

I thought a win last week was pretty important and we didn't get it. Any win for us right now is important. Every team we play here down the stretch, if we're going to have any kind of season at all, is important. Our players understand that.

Last year was just one of those years when we didn't have a lot of old guys - and I'm talking about seniors in that mix. And some of the young guys, quite frankly, I don't think were tough enough to play.

At that point I thought that if we got off the field and give it back to the offense, it was going to get real interesting.

He's always bouncing, always in a good mood. Very few people look forward to practice, but I think Aaron Curry does. And when he's out there there's a sense of energy on our defense and everybody gets picked up a little bit. He's one of those kids that you have fun coaching (because) he makes you feel better every time he's around you.

You don't have to be the guy who makes us win. (But) you cannot be the guy who gets us beat. Young guys always have trouble learning that fine line between being an aggressive player and being a smart enough player that you don't put us in a bind.

They've got everybody's attention. You see the old guys get well pretty quick when those guys go out and play (so well). That's a special group of linebackers.