Pac Ten Media Quotes

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Head Coach Mike Riley: "We are excited about the start of the new year. We had a productive off-season and we’ve grown a lot since last year. When you look at our offense, our entire offensive line is returning, our quarterback is returning and I feel good about the core that is heading into camp. We slipped a little bit on our defense last year, but we were still tops in rushing defense. We have some outstanding people returning and they have made a commitment to our program as we head into camp ... Matt Moore has ability, he has a great arm and is extremely tough. We went through some lumps starting a new quarterback, he was new to us, our system, but he made tremendous plays. We obviously turned the ball over too much, but my feeling is that through that year of experience, all the growth, he will have a good year ... I like the full round-robin, it’s most equitable. You can count on the sequence and I like the 12- game schedule."

S Sabby Piscitelli: "I think the biggest thing that happened last year was that we lost that momentum. We beat a good Cal team on the road, we had a lot of confidence, but a couple opportunities didn’t go our way. One play can make a game and there were little things we didn’t capitalize on."