University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Southern Miss Player Quotes
11/21/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sotuhern Miss Player Quotes
USM player?s quotes against TCU:
Rod
On winning C-USA championship:
?I am lost for words. This is what this year?s senior class was all about. I have to congratulate Etric Pruitt, Corey Yates and the other 12 seniors on this great effort because we could not have done it without these great seniors. We went through hard times at the beginning of the year when we were 3-3 and people kept saying it was going to be a slow year, but we pushed through and kept on fighting and gave relentless effort. The mission isn?t over yet and we have one more next week.
On emotions:
It is hard to describe them, knowing that this is your last chance, last opportunity, and no tomorrows. I am lost for words knowing that my mom and dad are out there watching and running out of the tunnel with all the seniors. I was very emotional.
Etric Pruitt:
On interception:
They threw it right across the board. I was reading the full back and I knew where it was going.
Greg Brooks:
On turnover at end of fourth quarter:
I knew they were going to be throwing the ball. There were two of us on the blitz and the back couldn?t stop both of us. Naton went up and got the back so that freed me up and I had a clean shot at him.
Marvin Young:
On TCU secondary:
We knew they played a lot of man-to-man coverage and had been giving up a lot of passing yards in the past few games so we tried to take full of advantage of that by throwing the ball downfield.
On transition of team:
The team has made a big transition since the beginning of the season. Early in the season we didn?t know what kind of team we wanted to be, a running team or a passing team, but after the
Dustin Almond:
On confidence in game:
We came into this game with confidence. We moved the ball and we said we weren?t going to leave the field without a win.
On emotions during game after death of grandfather:
It has been a hard week. On Saturday and Sunday I could barely hold my head up, but all year he talked about playing TCU, so it means the world to me that we won.
