University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Southern Miss Post-Game Quotes
10/8/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Southern Miss Post-Game Quotes
Head Coach Jeff Bower:
Opening comments:
?I?ll take the blame on this one. I obviously did a poor job of preparing this team to play. You?ve got to give
On
?I said all week long that
On Paul Smith:
?He showed a lot of poise. We have to do a better job of containing quarterbacks ? that?s two weeks in a row we had trouble with that. He did a good job.?
Southern Miss Players
Linebacker Kevis Coley
On the game:
?We tried to make some halftime adjustments, and we tried to contain their quarterback ? we just couldn?t do that. We just have to come out next week, make those adjustments and come out next week and fight back. That?s football. Things happen, and we didn?t get the breaks we needed. But we just have to regroup and come back next week. We just had a bad game. You have to give them credit ?
On Garrett Mills:
?We watched film on Number 20 and we knew that was their go-to guy. But, as a group, we had to contain him and couldn?t get the job done today.?
On coming back:
?That?s always been the tradition at Southern Miss ? to play good defense. One of our goals tonight was to stop the run, and obviously, we didn?t do that.?
Defensive back Jasper Faulk:
On the two interceptions:
?I just read the ball and the quarterback?s eyes. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.?
On giving up a lot of yardage:
?This game just wasn?t up to our standards as a defense. We have to go out and prepare better. They played hard and came to win. That?s a good football team over there. We have to come out next week and compete.?
Quarterback Dustin Almond:
On the game:
?They did the same thing they have been doing since they opened the season.
On communication being an issue on the interceptions:
?It definitely was an issue. I?ll take the credit for those interceptions because I?m the one who threw them. This week will be a mental week. We have to get back to where we were. After we beat ECU, we kind of got our heads big.
