Al Groh
Al Groh
Al Grohis an American football analyst and former player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1981 to 1986 and at the University of Virginia from 2001 to 2009, compiling a career college football coaching record of 85–92. Groh was also the head coach for the New York Jets of the National Football Leaguefor one season, in 2000, tallying a mark of 9–7. He last coached as the defensive coordinator for Georgia Tech...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 July 1944
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There probably haven't been too many games played by a Virginia quarterback like that one, ... It says a lot about him. This kid has a lot of attributes, but guts is high on his list. He's got a lot of heart and he cares deeply about this team.
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In games like this, if your guy makes a play, you win. If their guy makes a play, they win. You've got to step up and make those type of plays. That fell into the category of finding a way to win.
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It's one of those game-saving plays. If you're going to win games like this, you're guy make the play, you win; their guy makes the play, they win. You just have to step up and make those kind of plays.
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It's like, 'Hey, Wali Lundy is back,' ... So everybody likes Wali Lundy. Wali Lundy never went anyplace. There was never any problem with Wali, other than some games he missed because of injury. We happened to have a guy who got very hot for us last year and did a real good job for us.
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There might be some games where that's too much but it comes down to how we have to play each particular game.
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coaches don't. You can't win games without the ball. You understand that, you take it and you just move on.
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They have you under siege most of the game, particularly if they're able to get the lead, then they can really turn it loose. The disruptive nature of their defense historically has caused games to fall apart for the opponent.
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This is a team, as I'm sure Florida State is, that believes a lot in itself, ... Even if other people don't sometimes. I mostly give all the credit to the players who rallied themselves and responded.
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This is a team that believes a lot in itself even if other people don't sometimes, ... I'd give all the credit to the players who rallied themselves and responded. It was too early in the season to get down.
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Certainly the period of rehab would indicate that, ... Sometimes, these sprains of ankles and feet take longer than breaks do. When you hear that a guy's got a sprain instead of a break, that's not necessarily good news.
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This is a team, as I'm sure Florida State is, that believes a lot in itself. Even if other people don't sometimes. I mostly give all the credit to the players who rallied themselves and responded.
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He didn't melt away pounds over the course of the season, like he did in previous years. But he's not a small player.
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I reminded him of what we said at halftime last week: 'We're going to ride you. Let's go.'
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He's done a real nice job with it.