The Spurrier Era Begins
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USC Head Coach Steve Spurrier:

Opening Statement:

"It has been an amazing run.  I don't know the history too well.  I don't want to know too much of the history.  We've just got to keep going."

"It is more fun winning this way than by winning by four or five touchdowns.  It really is.  I've been fortunate enough to have a lot of those kind of games years back."

"Our guys set a goal to win six and they actually set a goal to win more than six. So we're in position to hit some more goals. But it has been an interesting run, and it's really due to those players just hanging in there and making plays when it looked doubtful that we had a chance. Something good keeps happening to us right now."

"Man, our defense, we've come a long way. Our guys are playing like winners. Gee, it's fun to watch right now."

"We were downwind and I figured, 'Hey, go ahead and go for it right then.' "

USC Player Quotes:

Ko Simpson:

"I guess they thought they could get it, but we stuffed them."

Sidney Rice:

"Kenny did a real good job coming into the game focused.  We've been waiting on him to score a touchdown."

"They did a lot of different things.  They doubled me, sometimes even tripled.  I thought we could have done a lot more passing against them because when they were playing press coverage one-one-one, we've got Kenny on one side, a real good receiver."

Blake Mitchell:

"It goes to show again that we can win close games.  Our defense played awesome.  These guys on our team, they never give up.  When we're down, we keep fighting.  That's why we're winning." 

Arkansas Head Coach Houston Nutt: 

On the game-"I really thought we'd be singing (the alma mater) today.  I really did.  I thought we had momentum."

On the 4th Down Conversions-"Six inches, I thought we could get it.  But I probably shouldn't have (gone for it).  I know better than that."