Jim Grobe Quotations

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.

Our recruiting focus was to help all the different positions. I like the balance in our class. I think we hit a home run with players this year. This is a very talented group.

I think he's got some infection. My guess right now is it's going to come out.

We competed as much as we could without getting anybody beat up.

We've got two good running backs. We need to use both of them. We'll probably go game to game and make that decision.

We've got a bunch of kids that like to play. One thing we're lacking is consistency. But we've got so many guys getting reps right now, you don't expect to see a lot of consistency this early in the spring. We're giving a lot of kids a chance to play and compete.

What an impressive football player. I don't think there's going to be any problem getting him on the field from now on.

We're going to be a little bit better between the tackles, a little more physical.

We dialed up the exact call we needed. We hit him right as he threw.

Everything we tried to do to shoot ourselves in the foot, worked. We were very good at shooting ourselves in the foot.

At that point I thought that if we got off the field and give it back to the offense, it was going to get real interesting.

There's no way we can take Micah out after the game he had last week.

(Randolph) has made our quarterback position a horse race, and he didn't have to do that. He could have sulked about it and he has made it a great competition. If we had either quarterback out there for us, I wouldn't worry about it one bit.

This is the Cory Randolph we always expected.

They might be as talented a team as we've played since we've been here (five seasons). From an offensive standpoint, they've put things together. This may be the most balanced Florida State team we've played.

A big part of spring practice was to get a look at those guys.

It's a tough environment. I think our guys will enjoy it.

It's hard to lose, no question, and that hurts everyone's morale. Not just the players, but the coaches and the fans. Everybody wants to win. ... I think we've had enough talent to win. We're just not doing the things that good teams do to win football games.

It's nice to have him back. He's in shape again and he's back to feeling like Chris Barclay. It looks like he's got the kinks out.

Still too many mistakes. I'm glad we didn't have to play (this week). It wouldn't have been pretty, but that's why we practice and that's why they pay us to coach these guys. We've got to get these guys coached up in the next week.

It was a crazy game. A lot of that stuff happened in the first half and, obviously, we didn't take advantage of it like we could have.

They've got everybody's attention. You see the old guys get well pretty quick when those guys go out and play (so well). That's a special group of linebackers.

Any time you're not successful there's added pressure. But that's not bad. That's the way it should be. If there's not a lot of pressure on our guys to win right now, I'd be disappointed.

That's a major disappointment when we have a tailback rush for 250 yards and lose the football game.

I'm not disappointed if we can move the ball and throw it.

He's got a big-time leg. That's the guy we're hoping can play right away. He's got a lot of potential. If we look at freshman who can play right away, it'll probably be the skill guys.

You don't have to be the guy who makes us win. (But) you cannot be the guy who gets us beat. Young guys always have trouble learning that fine line between being an aggressive player and being a smart enough player that you don't put us in a bind.