Al Groh Played Quotations

So many of them played so early and for so long that they were around for a long time.

Kai has been through two years of playing in a lot of games, he's been to all the stadiums, he's played all the teams, he knows what's out there in front of him, he knows what needs to be done. He's a mature player now and he knows what it takes to be a really, really good player.

We were kind of determined that we weren't going to let the game be played in a phone booth today, ... and it worked out pretty decently.

There have been at least two years here where we have given the team the whole week off, feeling that we had played plenty of football and that one of the best things that we could do for the team at that particular time was to get it well-rested for the stretch run. Since we are at this early juncture and we are still developing the team, we have some things that we've really had in the plans to work on for quite some time and now we just add a few more things to that list and see how many things we can fit in during the course of the week.

Everybody knows that quality play is based on line play. On our offensive line, we've lost 60 percent of our offensive line. Those three players are 60 percent of the line that played the better part of 3 ? to four seasons for us.

This is a strange one. He got hurt in October, came back and played some in December and now he's worse in March. We want to get Mike into the competition. His game is speed, so we've got to make sure his wheels are in shape.

There probably haven't been too many games played by a Virginia quarterback like that one, ... It says a lot about him. This kid has a lot of attributes, but guts is high on his list. He's got a lot of heart and he cares deeply about this team.

I really hesitate to say it because he hasn't played a game yet, but he's really looking like what we're looking for there. For what he's had to learn and do in a short period of time here, he's been impressive. I would expect that he's going to be a good player this year and increasingly better in the future.

If he's 1-for-30 and we win, he's happy. That's the great thing about him. He's played for his team at whatever position he's been needed and played with as much heart and unselfishness as anybody.