Editor’s Note: Below is our weekly questions and answers column running each Tuesday called “Coach’s Corner.” Sports editor Josh Koehn and former Gavilan football coach Bob Garcia, father of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia, will talk about all things football. Check in each Tuesday throughout the football season to read Garcia’s thoughts and feel free to comment or ask a question that can be answered in future articles.
Koehn: So, how you doing?
Garcia: Well, the darn Cowboys took it to us.
K: I saw just the end of the game. It looked like Tampa had a chance to win but just came up short.
G: You gotta give [Dallas] a lot of credit. Their defense put a lot of pressure on Jeff.
K: They were coming after him from what I read. They were blitzing heavy the whole game.
G: Yeah, they didn’t really give [Jeff] an opportunity to set up, but they had an opportunity to win, so what the heck. What can you say, you know? And that Roy Williams made a nice catch with, what, two seconds in the half. … That was the game.
You just gotta regroup and get ready for Kansas City next week. [The Bucs] played pretty well, but offensively, god, we haven’t been able to run the ball the last two games.
K: The numbers I saw were pretty poor.
G: Well they’ve been poor for quite a while, even against Denver. Jeff said, ‘Hey, they stayed in that Cover 2 and we tried to run the ball but we [couldn’t].’ There’s no openings. I’m watching other teams where, shit, the guy is just running through a hole into the secondary. But our guys have a tough time getting through the line of scrimmage. (more…)

Editor’s Note: Below is our weekly questions and answers column running each Tuesday called “Coach’s Corner.” Sports editor Josh Koehn and former Gavilan football coach Bob Garcia, father of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia, will talk about all things football. Check in each Tuesday throughout the football season to read Garcia’s thoughts and feel free to comment or ask a question that can be answered in future articles.
Koehn: Man, did Jeff have a ballgame against Seattle last night or what?
Garcia: Well, I tell you, he looked sharp. He was just on top of the world. The reps (in practice), and when those things happen — [the offensive line] gives you protection and stuff, you’re going to complete your passes.
K: Being on a nationally televised game, I would think it’s gotta be even more gratifying when millions more people are watching you play, and play well?
G: Yeah. Maybe that’s a good thing because you never know, if he continues on he could have a good shot at another Pro Bowl.
K: I think Gruden would be looking a little silly if tried to bench him any more after that game
G: Oh, I think so. You ought to see the papers over here, what they’re saying, wondering how he was benched in the first place.
K: You were at the game, so I don’t know if you saw this, but during the player introductions, when they say their name and where they’re from, Jeff actually gave a shoutout to Gavilan College instead of San Jose State.
G: Oh, really! How about that. I didn’t hear that. That’s great. Hahaha. (more…)

Editor’s Note: Below are excerpts from a questions and answers column running each Tuesday called “Coach’s Corner.” Sports editor Josh Koehn and former Gavilan football coach Bob Garcia, father of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia, will talk about all things football. A longer version of the discussion will be posted to our sports blog, GarlicSports.com. Check in each Tuesday throughout the football season to read Garcia’s thoughts and feel free to comment or ask a question that can be answered in future articles.
Koehn: Bobby, How you doing?
Garcia: I’m good. I’m in Stamford, Connecticut.
K: Stamford, Connecticut?
G: Yeah, hahaha!
K: What are you doing in Connecticut?
G: I was in New York City for a wedding. It’s been great.
K: Did you see Tampa’s game yesterday.
G: No, I didn’t watch it, but one of the guys at the wedding, while it was taking place, had his Blackberry, or whatever, and it was play-by-play the whole way through. (more…)

Editor’s Note: Below is a new column the Dispatch will be running each Tuesday called “Coach’s Corner.” Sports editor Josh Koehn and former Gavilan coach Bob Garcia will talk about all things football and then the discussion will be posted to our new sports blog, www.GarlicSports.com. Check in each Tuesday throughout the football season to read Garcia’s thoughts and feel free to comment or ask a question that can be answered in future articles.
Koehn: They took different paths to become the starting quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, but how much does the situation involving current starter J.T. O’Sullivan remind you of when your son Jeff took over the team as a virtual unknown?
Garcia: In a sense, yeah, but it’s taken O’Sullivan a little longer (to get his shot). The thing that O’Sullivan has going for him is he knew the offense. By being in Detroit last year with (offensive coordinator Mike) Martz, the Niners said they signed him as an afterthought. But knowing that offense (has helped him) and knowing full well, whether you like it or not, that (Alex) Smith has struggled, O’Sullivan deserves it.
He’s just one of those feel-good stories where the kid sticks in there, never quits and then the door opens. That’s Jeff’s philosophy, it’s always been his philosophy. O’Sullivan could have said, ‘The hell with it. I’ll just go get a regular job.’
The sad thing about Smith is every year it’s been a different system. (more…)