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USF Head Coach Jim Leavitt

On West Virginia...
West Virginia is an awfully good football team. They have a lot of explosive players on both sides of the ball. You have to play extremely well. You have to play with unbelievable focus. You have to play with great discipline through 60 minutes of football to even have a chance. We know that it is a tall order to go up there into their place. There are a lot of things there that we will have to overcome to have a chance to win the football game.

On the bowl possibilities and this weekend's game...
We talked about all the bowl stuff last week. Our focus is all going to be on West Virginia. This is an awfully bi game for us. You are looking at one of the premiere programs in the BIG EAST. We are going to their place on national TV. Every game in the BIG EAST is so big.

USF Quarterback Matt Grothe

On the success that USF has had against WVU the last two years...
Last year, I think it really helped that our defense came out ready to play and got a whole bunch of turnovers for us. The year before, I think it was a matter of everyone was talking about West Virginia this and West Virginia that, and we just wanted to go out and beat them. We went out and we did that. The last couple years we have been in a situation that we just needed to go out and win, so we came out and played well and we did.

On playing in cold weather...
It is all mental. I don't mind playing in the cold. I just don't like playing when it is cold and windy. So hopefully it won't be too windy. From what I hear, it is going to be in the 20's up there. It is going to be cold for everybody. It is just as cold for them as it is for us. If we go out and play well, then we will be fine.