Posted by T on 9/3/2007, 10:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Tomey Staying Positive" --Previous Message--
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Lowery had one catch on him - he was kept out of the game
: Good point by Tomey. I'm sure we aren't the
: only WAC team talking about "what
: happened?" last Saturday. The Wolf
: Pack got run over in Lincoln by a
: passing-team coach.
:
: Has anyone seen the first half footage of
: Colt Brennan's Saturday night performance?
: Did the Sun Devil's throw many passes in
: Lowery's direction?
:
: --Previous Message--
: Tomey staying positive despite thrashing at
: ASU
:
: By Patrick Finley
: Arizona Daily Star
: Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.03.2007
:
: TEMPE — Dick Tomey has been here before.
: Returning to the state as a head coach
: Saturday for the first time since leaving
: the UA in 2000, the San Jose State boss
: acted like a local.
: In the 101-degree heat, he wore khaki shorts
: on the sideline.
: And after his team was drubbed 45-3 by
: Arizona State, Tomey showed he had been
: there before, too. He asked an SJSU staffer
: to research Nevada's record last year.
: The Wolf Pack lost to ASU by 31 in the
: second game of the 2006 season but went 8-4
: before losing to Miami in the MPC Computers
: Bowl.
: Tomey relayed that to his players.
: "The only thing we could take any
: smidgen of encouragement from is they did
: that to Nevada last year," Tomey said.
: "And Nevada came back and had a heck of
: a team."
: After coaching his 300th game at the
: Division I level Saturday, Tomey showed
: experience gained along the way.
: His team got crushed, and he admitted it.
: "That's as sound a beating as I've ever
: been a part of," he said.
: Then he turned to the future.
: "I believe sincerely we're going to
: have a good football team before it's
: over," he said. "We certainly
: didn't look like one tonight.
: "Sometimes you have to take some steps
: back to take some steps forward."
: For once, Silicon Valley has high
: expectations. The Spartans went 9-4 last
: year, including a 20-12 win against New
: Mexico in the New Mexico Bowl.
: SJSU fans expect the team's first
: back-to-back winning seasons since 1991 and
: 1992, and with good reason. Last year, Tomey
: led the once-irrelevant program to more wins
: than it had the previous three seasons
: combined.
: It's tempting — and dangerous — to expect
: the same magic from last year.
: "It's a good reality check from last
: season," quarterback Adam Tafralis
: said. "It's a different team. We need
: different things to help us win."
: Said Tomey: "We got our (butts) kicked,
: and we needed it."
: Few expected the Spartans to beat ASU —
: before the game, Tomey called the game his
: biggest challenge yet at SJSU.
: The blowout, however, was a wake-up call
: before Saturday's game at Kansas State.
: "This is nothing like the past,"
: Tomey said. "We're a frightfully young
: team with a thread of senior leadership
: that's outstanding."
: The coach called upon his experience one
: more time.
: "I've been part of teams before that
: weren't very good early," he said.
: "We just gotta fight. We gotta keep
: going.
: "This is a gut check for your pride and
: your stick-to-itiveness and your
: perseverance and all that."
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