20 Quotes by Dick Tomey

We're running the West Coast offense whatever that means. We're going to focus on the intermediate passing game. We'll throw it every down if we have to or we'll run it every down if we have to.

We want our fans to enjoy Spartan football home and away. This game fits our new philosophy of playing as many Western teams as possible and USC is the best there is at this point. It will be exciting for San Jose State to play against them.

We really enjoyed seeing our friends have such a great experience.

Next year we'll recruit character. This year, we're going to recruit characters.

Humidity would be a thing that would hurt a team from this area.

He did a tremendous job in the spring. He played last year. He played against Boise State (8 for 16, 138 yards) and did a great job. He played bits and pieces in other games. He did an outstanding job in the spring game. He started bad, but by the end of the day he completed 60 percent of his passes.

I think he's as good a lineman as there is in college football. He plays so hard, consistently. I think an awful lot of Larry and he can do anything he wants in football. I just know there's not an overabundance of guys that play as hard as he does and have the athleticism and want-to that he does.

We need players to know exactly what we're doing, so we need to simplify some things. It's good to have some time to be introspective, take a look at things and see where we go from here.

We recovered from (Penn State). I don't think it had any lingering effects.