University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Southern Miss versus McNeese State: McNeese State Quotes
9/17/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Southern Miss versus McNeese State: McNeese State Quotes
On the Cowboys? mistakes:
?We made too many mistakes. Some were caused by Southern Miss, but we made a lot of them on our own.?
On the Cowboys? defense:
?Defensively we did not have many stops.?
FS Lawrence Darby
On the defense?s play against Southern Miss:
?We went out on defense and tried to make some plays, and tried to turn the game around, especially with the two turnovers early on.?
On his two interceptions on the night:
?I just stuck to my keys and reads and made a couple of plays.?
On how tough it was playing a I-A team like Southern Miss:
?It was a tough match up. They have a lot more depth than us. So when they go to their bench, they have scholarship players, and we have mostly walk-ons. They were a lot bigger and a lot more physical.?
QB Chris Jones
On the offensive miscues early in the game:
?We put ourselves in a bind early, offensively, as well as putting our defense into a bind. We had a lot of missed opportunities that we didn?t capitalize on.?
On the fumble during the team?s first possession of the game:
?That really didn?t take too much out of us, it was just something that didn?t happen because the snap didn?t get up there. We put our defense in a bad situation right there, but we?ve come back from stuff like that before, and there?s no reason why we couldn?t have come back after that play.?
On how they played against Southern Miss:
?This game definitely gives myself and my teammates confidence going into next week. This is going to be the best team that we play all year. I felt like we played with them out there, we just made a lot of mistakes and against a team like this you can?t make those kind of mistakes and expect to win.?
