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.....Here's looking forward to a great game!! I hope we knock the heck out of your QB and rattle him some how. But he should get his no matter what we do, just as long as the team dont get theirs. Fresno will definitely try to ice him by our running game. Two 1000 yard rushers I hope your D-line is up to snuff!!

Pat Hill Press Conference Quotes- Sept. 22


Fresno State, now 1-1 on the year, hosts Toledo on Tuesday, Sept. 27, in a 6 p.m. kick-off at Bulldog Stadium. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.


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Sept. 22, 2005


The following are selected quotes from head coach Pat Hill's weekly press conference. Fresno State, now 1-1 on the year, hosts Toledo on Tuesday, Sept. 27, in a 6 p.m. kick-off at Bulldog Stadium. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2. The Rockets bring a 3-0 record into the contest.
General thoughts on the match-up...
"This is not only a huge game for Fresno State but also for the University of Toledo, especially coming across the country and playing on national television. They are a lot like us really. They play very hard and are well-coached in all three phases. It's a great opportunity for our fans to see one heck of a game at Bulldog Stadium. This is a very meaningful game for both teams."

Thoughts on Toledo's senior quarterback Bruce Gradkowski...
"He doesn't look to run but he will. He's a bit like Ryan Dinwiddie (former Boise State quarterback) in that he is a very accurate thrower, has great leadership skills and his teammates rally around him. His record as a quarterback is very good. He is a very, very outstanding player."

Talking briefly about the offensive skill positions...
"They are coming along well and have two really big games under their belt. (Bear) Pascoe has gotten a lot of snaps and Devyn (McDonald) has been a good threat for us so far in the passing game. These guys are starting to find their way into the different sequences that we use on offense. Obviously, our wide receivers are up to speed. With Clifton (Smith) now out, our running backs will get back to the style that we've had in the past. Roshon Vercher will be a big part of it. We have two pounding, tough, physical running backs and with Matt Rivera now in the mix, not much will change with what we have been doing."





On the contributions of senior running back Matt Rivera...
"If you consider the amount of plays he is in for, his productivity is very high. I think he has a very good role on our team and he serves it very well. He plays a lot of plays, even if he's not touching the ball. He is a very good player for us. With Clifton out now, his role will expand."

On the adjustment of playing on a Tuesday...
"You have to get into a different routine and that is one of the hardest parts about games like this. I've said it many times. I would like to play every Saturday at 1 p.m., eight home games, just like the good `ole days. That's not the case though. You have to adjust and move. I don't even think we have reached the tough part of the schedule yet, from a movement standpoint. It will start getting tough when we head to Idaho. The routine will pick up, days to rest will be shorter and the travel will be long. That's when we have to be at our best."

On Toledo employing a spread offense...
"Toledo has been in this offense now for five years so I think they are a little more efficient. Oregon had a great outing against us because their quarterback was in a rhythm all game. When you play against these teams, you have to take their quarterback out of rhythm. Comparing Toledo to Oregon, it's going to be a lot harder to take this guy (Toledo quarterback Bruce Gradkowski) out of rhythm because of his experience and knowledge of the offense. He will not get rattled. We will have to understand that they are going to get yards and they will move the ball. Toledo has great offense and a lot of experience. We need to convert and put them in long yardage situations."

On Marcus Riley's near-interception in the loss at Oregon...
"I can't really describe it and I wouldn't really get on him about it either. He knows. That was a great opportunity. There was one earlier in the game where we had a shot at a ball down the field. I said this at the end of the Weber State game: blemishes aren't really big after wins, but every blemish becomes huge after a loss. That game is done, it's over and we've put it to sleep."

LET'S GO BULLDOGS!!

thanks for the info. I'm really looking forward to the game, just wish I could be there in person.

They may not need to take Bruce out of his rhythm. Sounds as though he may be injured...he missed practice yeasterday.

Currently his status for Tuesday is in question. Damn Temple! :mad:


Anyone that plays them watch out. One of their D-Line players was quoted in a Philly paper the next morning as saying the following after asked about Bruce leaving the game before halftime with an apparent injury and then coming back in the 2nd half to lead Toledo to 2 more scores - "We obviously didn't hit him enough."

rocketfootball Wrote:Currently his status for Tuesday is in question. Damn Temple! :mad:


Anyone that plays them watch out. One of their D-Line players was quoted in a Philly paper the next morning as saying the following after asked about Bruce leaving the game before halftime with an apparent injury and then coming back in the 2nd half to lead Toledo to 2 more scores - "We obviously didn't hit him enough."

Call me crazy, but isn't that what you want to do to a QB - hit him?

HuskieDan Wrote:

rocketfootball Wrote:Currently his status for Tuesday is in question.  Damn Temple!  :mad:


Anyone that plays them watch out.  One of their D-Line players was quoted in a Philly paper the next morning as saying the following after asked about Bruce leaving the game before halftime with an apparent injury and then coming back in the 2nd half to lead Toledo to 2 more scores - "We obviously didn't hit him enough."

Call me crazy, but isn't that what you want to do to a QB - hit him?

Crazy.

HuskieDan Wrote:

rocketfootball Wrote:Currently his status for Tuesday is in question.  Damn Temple!  :mad:


Anyone that plays them watch out.  One of their D-Line players was quoted in a Philly paper the next morning as saying the following after asked about Bruce leaving the game before halftime with an apparent injury and then coming back in the 2nd half to lead Toledo to 2 more scores - "We obviously didn't hit him enough."

Call me crazy, but isn't that what you want to do to a QB - hit him?

When responding to a question about him getting hurt and then coming back into the game????? I am glad you aren't NIU's DC! :eek:

Oh yeah. I forgot to mention that Temple was called for three personal foul late hit penalties that I can remember. One a late hit on Trinity Dawson after a 15 yard run. One a late hit out of bounds, which I think was on Bruce Gradkowski. And one a late hit "roughing the passer" on a hit that came about 3 seconds after Bruce threw the ball.

HuskieDan Wrote:

rocketfootball Wrote:Currently his status for Tuesday is in question.  Damn Temple!  :mad:


Anyone that plays them watch out.  One of their D-Line players was quoted in a Philly paper the next morning as saying the following after asked about Bruce leaving the game before halftime with an apparent injury and then coming back in the 2nd half to lead Toledo to 2 more scores - "We obviously didn't hit him enough."

Call me crazy, but isn't that what you want to do to a QB - hit him?

Not one who wears a dress.

rocketfootball Wrote:Oh yeah. I forgot to mention that Temple was called for three personal foul late hit penalties that I can remember. One a late hit on Trinity Dawson after a 15 yard run. One a late hit out of bounds, which I think was on Bruce Gradkowski. And one a late hit "roughing the passer" on a hit that came about 3 seconds after Bruce threw the ball.

Sounds like their gaining the rep that Toledo has held in recent years.

Defensive players are taught to hit to knock out when it comes to quarterbacks.

Quarterbacks know this, therefore they are taught to slide or run out of bounds.

If they leave themselves open for hits, then it's only their fault if they're injured.

rocketfootball Wrote:

HuskieDan Wrote:

rocketfootball Wrote:Currently his status for Tuesday is in question.  Damn Temple!   :mad:


Anyone that plays them watch out.  One of their D-Line players was quoted in a Philly paper the next morning as saying the following after asked about Bruce leaving the game before halftime with an apparent injury and then coming back in the 2nd half to lead Toledo to 2 more scores - "We obviously didn't hit him enough."

Call me crazy, but isn't that what you want to do to a QB - hit him?

When responding to a question about him getting hurt and then coming back into the game????? I am glad you aren't NIU's DC! :eek:

OK, a little brazen, but I'd have more of a problem with it if he had responded with "well, I did try to break his knees".

Or "I was just doing what Coach Chaney asked me to do."

HuskieDan Wrote:

rocketfootball Wrote:Oh yeah.  I forgot to mention that Temple was called for three personal foul late hit penalties that I can remember.  One a late hit on Trinity Dawson after a 15 yard run.  One a late hit out of bounds, which I think was on Bruce Gradkowski.  And one a late hit "roughing the passer" on a hit that came about 3 seconds after Bruce threw the ball.

Sounds like their gaining the rep that Toledo has held in recent years.

Speaking of that.......................What is your take on NIU this year?

They had more penalties than the opposition in each of their first three games. Against Tennessee Tech last week, NIU had 13 penalties for 140 yards which is a 10.67 yard per penalty average. Not very disciplined, huh?

The interesting penalties:

1 roughing the kicker penalty
1 roughing the passer penalty
3 illegal block below the knee penalties
6 holding penalties (I thought your OL was so good they didn't have to hold?)


I wish I knew why you always have to bash Toledo. Is always losing to the Rockets getting to you that badly?

rocketfootball Wrote:

HuskieDan Wrote:

rocketfootball Wrote:Oh yeah.  I forgot to mention that Temple was called for three personal foul late hit penalties that I can remember.  One a late hit on Trinity Dawson after a 15 yard run.  One a late hit out of bounds, which I think was on Bruce Gradkowski.  And one a late hit "roughing the passer" on a hit that came about 3 seconds after Bruce threw the ball.

Sounds like their gaining the rep that Toledo has held in recent years.

Speaking of that.......................What is your take on NIU this year?

They had more penalties than the opposition in each of their first three games. Against Tennessee Tech last week, NIU had 13 penalties for 140 yards which is a 10.67 yard per penalty average. Not very disciplined, huh?

The interesting penalties:

1 roughing the kicker penalty
1 roughing the passer penalty
3 illegal block below the knee penalties
6 holding penalties (I thought your OL was so good they didn't have to hold?)


I wish I knew why you always have to bash Toledo. Is always losing to the Rockets getting to you that badly?

The defense is extremely young and will make mistakes and tend to get penalties. The penalties on the OL are unacceptable. We had our 2nd and 3rd string in the 2nd half and they are young as well and make some mistakes. Still, that many penalties are unacceptable and we can't do that against MAC teams. The OL and WR were very bad last week when it came to blocking. I felt bad for Tenn Tech, they had us on like a 3rd and 36 after like 3 penalties in a row and got their hopes up. We just did our 2003 Toledo impression and threw deep and just scored on them with ease. As for the first two games, besides how young our D is, we had Big Ten officials and thats all you need to know on some of the penalties. If NIU could hold onto the ball and not get so many penalties we would be 2-1 and who knows maybe even 3-0 right now.

seeds99 Wrote:I felt bad for Tenn Tech, they had us on like a 3rd and 36 after like 3 penalties in a row and got their hopes up. We just did our 2003 Toledo impression and threw deep and just scored on them with ease.

I saw that. It was actually 1st down and goal at the TTU 36 yard line.

But close to this one.........<a href='http://www.rocketfootball.net/music/3rdand33.mp3' target='_blank'>http://www.rocketfootball.net/.........</a>

rocketfootball Wrote:

HuskieDan Wrote:

rocketfootball Wrote:Oh yeah.  I forgot to mention that Temple was called for three personal foul late hit penalties that I can remember.  One a late hit on Trinity Dawson after a 15 yard run.  One a late hit out of bounds, which I think was on Bruce Gradkowski.  And one a late hit "roughing the passer" on a hit that came about 3 seconds after Bruce threw the ball.

Sounds like their gaining the rep that Toledo has held in recent years.

Speaking of that.......................What is your take on NIU this year?

They had more penalties than the opposition in each of their first three games. Against Tennessee Tech last week, NIU had 13 penalties for 140 yards which is a 10.67 yard per penalty average. Not very disciplined, huh?

The interesting penalties:

1 roughing the kicker penalty
1 roughing the passer penalty
3 illegal block below the knee penalties
6 holding penalties (I thought your OL was so good they didn't have to hold?)


I wish I knew why you always have to bash Toledo. Is always losing to the Rockets getting to you that badly?

We had far too many penalties against TTU. Traditionally NIU is not penalized much - the last three years we've been in the bottom half of the MAC.

As for these, there are some circumstances involved:

Roughing the punter occurred in our "safe" punt D, which means the D stayed on the field and usually feign a rush. Our all-MAC FS went ahead and rushed the kicker but hit his leg. Not a very smart move, certainly, but mostly just a dumb mistake. I'm sure he's heard about it.

We've had more holding penalties thus far on WRs and TEs than on our OL.

blocking below the waist penalties were due to tandem blocks with one guy having a defender somewhat engaged and another going at his knees. Very dangerous, certainly, but the blocking scheme does not call for this sort of tandem block to occur (as it is both illegal and dangerous). They were not low crackback blocks were are just blatant cheap shots.

I can't say that I recall the roughing the passer play. I do recall a couple dumb offsides penalties on D that extended drives. We are playing some inexperienced players, and as such they'll make mistakes.

I'm not sure what this has to do with the rep Toledo had acquired, right or wrong. (notice - I'm not railing on UT, but you did have a rep, especially in the MAC).

rocketfootball Wrote:

seeds99 Wrote:I felt bad for Tenn Tech, they had us on like a 3rd and 36 after like 3 penalties in a row and got their hopes up. We just did our 2003 Toledo impression and threw deep and just scored on them with ease.

I saw that. It was actually 1st down and goal at the TTU 36 yard line.

But close to this one.........<a href='http://www.rocketfootball.net/music/3rdand33.mp3' target='_blank'>http://www.rocketfootball.net/.........</a>

First and goal from the 7 - holding.

First and goal from the 16 - holding.

First and goal from the 26 - holding.

First and goal from the 36 - TD pass. :D

HuskieDan Wrote:

rocketfootball Wrote:

seeds99 Wrote:I felt bad for Tenn Tech, they had us on like a 3rd and 36 after like 3 penalties in a row and got their hopes up. We just did our 2003 Toledo impression and threw deep and just scored on them with ease.

I saw that. It was actually 1st down and goal at the TTU 36 yard line.

But close to this one.........<a href='http://www.rocketfootball.net/music/3rdand33.mp3' target='_blank'>http://www.rocketfootball.net/.........</a>

First and goal from the 7 - holding.

First and goal from the 16 - holding.

First and goal from the 26 - holding.

First and goal from the 36 - TD pass. :D

Doesn't surprise me. TTU is a I-AA school. I would like to see what 3 straight penalties would do to you against a worthy MAC opponent.

HuskieDan Wrote:I'm not sure what this has to do with the rep Toledo had acquired, right or wrong. (notice - I'm not railing on UT, but you did have a rep, especially in the MAC).

I posted it to get your response. Pretty much what I expected. Making up excuses for why it happened while you wouldn't take excuses when it happened to Toledo.

Why are we still talking about personal fouls called on Toledo in 2002 anyway? Wasn't that like 3 years ago? :withstupid: