At defensive end we thought we just hit the gold mine. On our board at end, we about hit on everybody we really wanted.

We had that game to look at a year ago and we didn’t get much done, did we? It sure didn’t help us because they beat the dog out of us. Besides, they’re a different...

Those kids are the ones that have all the courage.

I thought we should’ve gotten here sooner and was surprised we did not go in 2002. But to go to a bowl game as part of a BCS conference is a pretty big deal. A...

They don’t have any weaknesses that I can see.

The one thing I’m proud about our football team is we battled. You’ve got to give credit obviously to North Carolina State’s defense. They did a great job.

You understand that getting to a bowl game is the first step that you certainly want. You’re going to have to be in the top part of your conference to be in bowl games, so...

We don’t have a starter right now. The quarterback situation is pretty wide open.

Pat has earned that right now.

I want to tell you something – we’re in the hunt.

We found out Hector was going to visit Louisville last weekend, and the problem I had was that we had players coming in and I didn’t want to lose them also, so if he was...

We’re stepping up to a whole new level now. We’re a team that has some talent, but we’re facing a heck of a challenge.

We got everything done we needed to. It might have been better inside, we got their attention. We’ve done enough hitting.

They won’t appreciate it as much now as they will 20 years from now. It’s impossible. They’ll appreciate it years from now, when they’re looking back and wondering who was that first [USF] team that...

We’ve thrown and run the ball. We’re going to have to be able to do both in order to be successful.

I thought Andre played great. He’s a hell of a player.

I don’t want South Florida to be ‘We just did this. We just did that.’ That’s baloney. We want to win football games. I get disgusted when we lose and we came here to win.

That’s a good question. I don’t have an answer.

He made some mistakes, but he threw the ball pretty well. He’s got to get better.

I have no idea. After the Louisville game (a 45-14 win), I’d say no, after today, I’d say a lot. I haven’t thought about it. But we just lost, and we’ve got to get moving...

It’s really tight. I’m waiting for somebody to consistently move ahead of the other guys.

I wasn’t happy with all the dropped passes like anybody wasn’t. That part is disappointing. On the other hand, I was encouraged by the same guys going out in the second half and making big...

We’ve got to do better in December.

I really like this group. Every single guy is very serious and very focused and, knowing my personality, that’s big. They all work hard, almost like blue-collar workers, no nonsense, they get after the task...

I thought we played horrible. You want to give Pittsburgh credit but I didn’t think our team came in prepared. I have no regrets on any decisions I made in the game, we just didn’t...

I felt we could run the ball on them, we just couldn’t do it consistently. At times, we did some great things offensively. But we didn’t put the ball in the end zone, and you...

I called it then, but our guys didn’t get the signal. They were leaving both of our stingers uncovered and it was there, but we didn’t see it.

I think you always have to make a decision to get movement. Some people sit on the fence all the time and never make a decision. We’ve got some movement going on and people knowing...

We knew we wanted to run the ball. We were really disappointed we didn’t run the ball better against Penn State. It sets everything else up.

You never liked to get whopped on like that. They beat us pretty good. A new year is a new year: different people and different players.

I went out and did a press conference. I stood with the police officers and paused for a moment. That’s all we get.

They are all doing a few good things and we certainly have to clean up a lot of other things. We have to play better at every position. We’re just trying to get our offense...

I couldn’t wait for the day when we could use our own fields to practice for a bowl game. I won’t miss seeing (the other teams).

We got 99 percent of the guys we wanted, so it didn’t affect me that much.

They have such a great will. To do what they did … shows the team will play hard all the way through.

Right now I just want to win. I came here to win a football game … I don’t want South Florida football to be just ‘Oh, we did this, we did that’.

I’m probably more optimistic this spring than I was last spring. I feel real comfortable with Matt and I know what Pat can do and I know Carlton is a real good athlete.

Walt Smith, you see what he can do in the open field. He’s a fine running back. He’s got a real burst. He’s going to play a lot of running back in the fall.

We know we’ve got to get better.

I’m going to be in the office [today]. On the 24th, I want to get out and do a little shopping; probably pick up a bunch of gift certificates. And then I’ll enjoy the 25th....

It seems fairly clear to me that had the sewage spill not occurred, he’d still be alive.

They are a very good football team; they are athletic. We expect a heck of a game. They have a big offensive line, probably the biggest we’ll face all year. All the receivers catch the...

It’s a sense of contentment that we reached a bowl this year. But we’re really driven to win a football game.

We had a gold mine this year. We got almost everybody we wanted. We needed help on the line and big, physical receivers, and we got them.

They beat the dog out of us.

He’s a young guy, a true freshman. We told him after the first time that he can’t hold the ball down (low) and he’s got to put the ball away. Those two turnovers gave us...

We’re definitely ahead of where we were last spring. We lost some good players, we lost some guys that played a lot of football.

All quarterbacks did some good things. Grothe started out slow, but look what he did at the end. You can see the talent there, and he’s a freshman. You saw the athletic talent that Carlton...

We thought we might have close to 50 (thousand).

To go to a bowl game as part of a BCS conference is a pretty big deal. A lot of things came together to make this happen. I always expect big things to happen.