USF-UC Post Game Quotes
USF 38, Cincinnati 30
Oct. 22, 2010
USF Head Coach Skip Holtz
Opening statement
"It was great win. I'm really proud of this football team. With everything they've been through these last couple of weeks, it's really bittersweet. It's not as broke on the inside as it looks. Special teams have been playing so well, and the defense has been playing so well. I was really proud of the way they came out here tonight and competed. The offense has had a lot of pressure on it this past week, and I think B.J. [Daniels] came in as focused and dialed-in as any quarterback I've ever been around. He was really special tonight, and I was really impressed with him. Defensively, I thought we did a good job. I kept looking up at the scoreboard, and I was like, 'Gosh, turn it off.' We had given up 600 yards. We did a good job of keeping the ball in front of us. We didn't give up any deep balls, and we contested deep balls. We gave up some big plays, but I told them to make [Cincinnati] earn it, and they did. Those guys went up and made some catches in the end-zone and one-on-one, and they just came down with the ball.
On Cincinnati...
I salute Coach Jones and the job that he's done with this program. This is an impressive offensive football team, an impressive football team, an impressive defensive team. We really struggled running the ball. They're very physical up front, and I talked earlier in the week about that being their strength and how important it was for us to be able to throw the ball today. I think that's one of the best football teams we've played. I'm really impressed with them. I think they did a great job. I'm glad we don't play them again this year. Zach Collaros, he's just a great competitor."
On getting the win...
"I'm proud of the football team. I'm proud of the way they came together, and the way they just kept grinding and kept playing. In this league, it's always going to be a game that's going down to the wire. Cincinnati is a competitive football team that's not used to losing, and you knew they weren't going away quietly."
On USF's offense...
"We really weren't able to drive the ball without the run game. We put the ball in B.J.'s [Daniels} hands and probably ran a lot more play-action this week than we had up until this point. I thought he was really dialed-in, and he did a nice job of it. I'm really proud of him. I thought a lot of guys played their hearts out tonight."
USF Defensive Coordinator Mark Snyder
Opening statement...
"Cincinnati is a really good football team. That's one of the best two or three offenses we've seen all year, and we were outmatched out wide, big time. [Armon] Binns came up and made some big plays, and D.J. Woods was everything we expected him to be. [Zach] Collaros was everything we expected him to be."
On defensive stop at the end of the game...
"We got a stop at the end of the game when we needed it. Our kids persevered. They left everything on the field, and that's what I'm most proud of. Whether we gave up 1,000 yards or two yards, it's about the win. This team got a win tonight, and I can't say enough about our offense. They showed up and excelled tonight. It was a great team victory no matter what the yards were. We knew this was probably going to be a high-scoring game. This is maybe the best offense in our league."
