Jim Leavitt
Jim Leavitt
Jim Leavittis a former American football player and current defensive coordinator for the University of Colorado. He served as the head coach at the University of South Florida from the football program's inception in 1997 until 2009, compiling a record of 95–57...
might needed
We got everything done we needed to. It might have been better inside, we got their attention. We've done enough hitting.
bowl came conference expect game together
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.
ball gave hold time tough true
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 two tough situations.
carolina credit football great north obviously proud team
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.
last players proud quit saw
The one thing I'm proud about is we battled. I don't think you saw us quit ever, all the way to the last snap, and I'm real proud of our players for that.
ready
They're ready to play. You can only do so many activities, so much.
beat liked people year
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.
ball bottom line
The bottom line is, you've got to get the ball in the end zone.
bottom build bunch chance freshmen happy line program saying thinking
I like to win, so right now, I am just thinking about the loss. So saying I am happy that we just got here is a bunch of baloney. The bottom line is, we have to play better to win. But I will tell you this: We are in the hunt. We have 70 sophomores and freshmen on our team. We have a chance to build this program as long as we keep battling.
football win
Being here is great. But we're here to win a football game.
ball credit defense felt great run
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 have to give credit to (N.C. State's) defense for that.
bowl fields miss practice seeing wait
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).
appreciate bowl looking team wondering
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 went to a bowl game.
I want to tell you something - we're in the hunt.