Sylvester Croom
Sylvester Croom
Sylvester Croom, Jr.is an American football coach. He is currently the running backs coach for the NFL's Tennessee Titans. He was the head coach at Mississippi State University from 2004 to 2008, and the first African American head football coach in the Southeastern Conference. His father, Sylvester Croom, Sr., was himself an All-American football player at Alabama A&M, later the team chaplain at the University of Alabama, and has been recognized by that school as one of the state's 40...
above bowl far football good practiced scouts senior several
I had several scouts say to me at the Senior Bowl (in Mobile, Ala.) that the way he practiced is far above some of the other guys. That's what made him a good football player, and that's what is going to make him a good pro.
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I'll tell you what. I have met old guys who played for him at Kentucky and I never met them before and let me tell you something, it's a calling card. If someone played for Coach Bryant, you immediately respected the guy.
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The game is not about me, ... It's about the players in the game. It's about the game. All this other stuff sells newspapers and sells ads on TV and keeps people interested, but it all comes down to the game.
depth objective primary running wide
Our primary objective was to get some wide receivers in here and get some depth at running back, and we did that.
action believe discipline facts flesh intent players
It is my intent to discipline our players as if they were my own sons, my own flesh and blood. I believe this is the appropriate disciplinary action for the facts as we know them to be.
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If (Burks) plays up to his abilities, that alone is going to make us better in the passing game. In this offense, if you don't have receivers, you're not going to beat anyone.
contact feels says
He says he feels a lot better. We'll see. There will be no contact at all with him.
forward move reason
I think everything was done properly. I see no reason why we can't move forward from here.
athletics
The guy's a student-athlete. He was being a student.
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I think for college football, it is probably as good as you could come up with, ... It still gives the officials another tool to make good decisions with and it doesn't put a lot of pressure on our coaches. And it's probably the most economical way as well.
grown guys understand
We understand our schemes. We've been in it for two years now, and the young guys have grown up in our system.
absolutely class huge impact recruiting state weekend
This weekend is absolutely huge for us. This recruiting class will have a huge impact on Mississippi State football.
week
This week has never been about just football; how could it be?
hard throw
We need to get in a rhythm. It's hard to throw all the time.