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...
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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,
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It's important that we move him around. We'll create half a dozen touches for him, but the rest of it has to come as the game unfolds. We're not going to just try and force it to him.
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Ohio State's quarterback kept things alive. Troy Smith was elusive and physically strong.
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It (Swain's touchdown) was a pretty electrifying start that didn't have any follow-up.
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They're both going to play on each side. It's not that big of a deal.
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They've got some great individual players -- and not just one, two or three of them. They've got them along the line, they've got them at linebacker and they've got them in the secondary.
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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.
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It really made an impact on me about where we were with this program, and I think we've closed the gap over the last couple of years. So it should be an interesting game.
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They've been mentally and physically tough even though they're first-year starters and a little bit undersized, ... I'm proud of that and the way they keep their focus.
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Then you had Colorado in there, Arizona State, Michigan and now Ohio State for the second time. That's not a realistic way to re-establish and develop your program.
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He's not a guy that's going to yell and holler out here. But behind the scenes, he'll definitely speak his word and it's powerful. I know the players respect him for it.
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He really ran the ball tough. I think his presence is real obvious.
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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.
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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.