35 Quotes by Jim Grobe

We're just kicking ourselves that we don't have a fifth year for him. We couldn't do it. We had to get him on the field.

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.

If we had done what we need to do, we'd be kicking off.

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'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.

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.

He can play - he can flat-out play. A lot of schools were after Josh. He's got really good foot speed, but he's not just a perimeter guy. He's really good running between the tackles.

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.

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.