USC Head Coach Steve Spurrier:

Opening Statement:

"I've had some stinkers, though, I'm just happy we didn't get the big zero on us. . . . We avoided the shutout somehow." 

"We were overwhelmed - that's a good word.  We were overmatched, overwhelmed, over-coached - the whole bit."

"Until we lose six, we've got a chance. That's all we can say right there until that sixth one. So that's where we are. Maybe we can get better, real quick"

"I said that's why they win 10 games, 13 (games). They've got ballplayers up and down the field, and we know if we're going to compete with them, we've got to have them."

USC Player Quotes:

Antonio Heffner:

"I was kind of angry, not at myself and not at my teammates," Heffner explained. "They had just blown us out."

Daccus Turman:

"You never want to start a game like that, but unfortunately, that's how things started off."

"This is the SEC and I think every team in the SEC comes to play football every week. We just have to play to the best of our ability, whether we're playing Tennessee or Kentucky."

Na'Shan Goddard:

"It wasn't him. It was a little bit of everything.  It seemed like we'd miss something here or there, and the next thing you know we're back at the 10-yard line, making it hard on our defense."

Auburn Head Coach Tommy Tubberville 

On Antonio Heffner: ""They struggled with a new quarterback.  He scared us more than (Mitchell) because he was more mobile, but our guys contained him pretty much the first half."

On the USC Defense: "We wanted to run the ball because you could tell a few weeks ago they gave up a lot of rushing yards.  They've completely changed their defensive philosophy. They are forcing you to throw the ball. If you can't throw it against them, you are in trouble."