Rocky Long
Rocky Long
Roderick John "Rocky" Long, Jr.is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the San Diego State University. Promoted on January 12, 2011 from defensive coordinator, he succeeded Brady Hoke. Long was the head football coach as his alma mater, the University of New Mexico, from 1998 to 2008. He played professionally with BC Lions of the Canadian Football Leagueand the Detroit Wheels of World Football League...
extremely focused talented time
It's not necessarily a disadvantage to play so quickly, but it will be tough. They're a very talented team, so we're going to have to make a lot of improvements and be extremely focused with the time that we do have this week.
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We struggled with Texas Tech's offense, and everybody has, because they spread you sideline to sideline. It's tough to defend.
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I know Grady is excited about coaching close to his hometown. We wish him well, and we'll fill the opening as soon as we can.
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In my opinion Utah, last year, could have played with any of those guys and had a legitimate chance to beat them. I'm guessing that none of those guys wanted to play them either.
season veteran
He started off this season as a confident, veteran quarterback.
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We're resilient. I think people were questioning that. I mean maybe even I was questioning it some. But they hung in there in some critical situations and overcame some real good players going out of the game for different reasons. And they overcame some bad breaks and turnovers. I just told them it won't go down in history as one of the great victories in Lobo football, but it was a damn nice victory for us.
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We wouldn't have had a chance to travel, but we would have been able to play, and that's a pretty big deal for us.
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We won't change very much on offense if he's cleared to play.
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I think anybody that's drafted late and makes a team is a big accomplishment. I look forward to his future. I think we all do.
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I think it's helped our league image dramatically. I'm just really disappointed that the powers to be in the BCS didn't really jump up there and put them against Auburn or something.
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He's a really strong guy who's worked really hard. It ought to be a real good battle between him and Tyler Donaldson in the fall for the starting job.
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He is a difficult assignment especially because of the way they can throw and run the ball. You don't stop those kinds of guys, you just hope to control them enough to give you a chance to win.
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Usually you can get a feel for them by the way they look and their personalities. There are some classic symptoms that can be easy to spot. There are some guys who probably hide it well.
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(Wide receiver Johnny Lee) Higgins got a lot of attention last week because he scored three touchdowns, but Ebell can hurt you just as much. They don't run the spread offense, but they've got enough threats to stretch you across the field and make things difficult.