Tom Craft
Tom Craft
Tom Craftis the head football coach at Riverside Community College in Riverside, CA, and was the head football coach at San Diego State Universityfrom 2002-2005 and at Palomar College in San Marcos, CA from 1983-2000. Craft has also been the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, CA...
almost ball change create edges line offensive philosophy quicker rush structure throwing wider
It's a significant change in the structure of their offensive line and the philosophy to create wider edges for the ends, so they can't rush the quarterback. They make it almost impossible. And they're throwing the ball quicker this year.
elusive kept ohio physically smith
Ohio State's quarterback kept things alive. Troy Smith was elusive and physically strong.
start
It (Swain's touchdown) was a pretty electrifying start that didn't have any follow-up.
both
They're both going to play on each side. It's not that big of a deal.
block challenge guys line major primary protect
The major challenge will be to protect the punter because they go all out. That's one of their primary focuses. They'll try to get 10 guys on the line of scrimmage and try to block the punt.
anticipate available improvement injury needs point
The injury has tightened up to the point now where I don't anticipate him making the improvement he needs to make to be available for Saturday, ... doubtful.
I think it's important to have him on the trip,
contracts figure focus hard level opportunity playing record stuck time week
It's not a hard thing to figure out. This (schedule) is something that we got stuck with because of contracts that were done a long time ago. Right now, it's important for us not to focus on what the record is, but to focus on how we can get better each week so that when we have an opportunity on a level playing field, we can come out on top.
playing ruling teams types
I'm not ruling out playing those types of teams in the future,
chance match measure ourselves playing ruling team teams
I'm not ruling out playing a team that we can measure ourselves against, but let's get some teams that we can match up with, that we have a chance against,
I think he's back to normal, I really do,
against philosophy playing recruit
My philosophy is we're going to recruit against them but we shouldn't be playing them all the time.
against finally good hard players quarters rewarded san strong three win
Our players finally got rewarded for their hard work. We had three strong quarters against San Jose State. Overall, it was a good win for us.
asked extended game good half lost might period second smart temptation
On Saturday, he wanted to go back into the game, because that's just how he is. But we had to be smart about it. The (injury) tightened up on him as the game went on. We asked him as we went into the second half if it was tightening up, and it was. Had it not been, there might have been a temptation to put him back into the game. As it is now, it's good we didn't, because we could have lost him for an extended period of time.