University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
USF Postgame Quotes vs. Southern Miss ? Oct. 25, 2003
10/25/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
USF Postgame Quotes vs. Southern Miss ? Oct. 25, 2003
USF Head Coach Jim Leavitt
On the blocked field goal and turnaround by Southern Miss:
"Our operation time was bad. The snap was, I thought, not great. I thought it was hand able.
On penalties:
"It's deplorable. It's undisciplined. And it all comes back to me. It's got to change if we're going to beat anybody else."
On missed opportunities to score:
"Fumbles are one reason. I really thought at halftime we had a chance to win the ballgame. I felt pretty good about things. But our offense was constantly coming off the goal line the whole game. Special teams were huge. Our kickoff returns will real good and our punt returns weren't bad. Offensively, the second half, we didn't do a thing, and our defense was tired down and didn't stay up on things."
On USF?s chances to win:
"The second half, you know, I felt good. Even halfway through the third quarter I felt we had a good chance to win it. I thought we would have the win in the fourth quarter. I felt good but we just couldn't get our offense going."
On Southern Miss's running game:
"We had a lot of missed tackles. I'm not downplaying
On how much of a factor Southern Miss's punter was:
"I thought it was huge. I thought he had a real good game. I know they had so many problems with
USF Player Quotes
#5 WR Brian Fisher
?We moved the ball up and down the field, but we just couldn?t punch it in today. We had some untimely fumbles and mishaps today. It was not anything Southern Miss was doing, it was just us. We beat ourselves, again. No loss is a good loss. We have the same feeling after ever loss, weather it is by one point or 20 points. Coming into the game coach told us we had to win at least four. We lost this one so we have to win the next four. If USF comes to play we can do it.?
#21 DB Kenny Robinson
? Penalties can lead to you loosing the game and we have to correct it. We made to many stupid penalties. I cannot really describe what happened. It is still a shock to me. Defensively we matched up pretty good. We had them on a couple of third down?s. We have to be good in all aspects of the game. Southern Miss seemed to get more breaks on special teams than we did. Plus all the holding and personal foul calls. Right now we are just talking about getting ready for
