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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Our last message at halftime was something that we had said early in training camp. We just reminded the players that battles are not won by digging in. If you dig in, you just become a target. Battles are won by attacking. The players did a very good job of that, and they can be proud of themselves.
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I think that's fair to say. That has been the case from the outset, whether it's eligibility issues or training issues or whatever the case may be.
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It's kind of gone back and forth a little bit. As the wear and strain of training camp goes on, there have been real good days for him, and there have been other days when he hasn't been quite as comfortable with circumstances.
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For the first time, we started to see the player that we saw in training camp. The absence of three or four guys that he got used to running behind last year might be a contributing factor, but I think his injury was it more than anything.
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Nobody has had a better training camp than Brennan.
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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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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.
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He just is really coming on strong, and he has a chance to be one of the better players that we've had since we've been here.