USC Head Coach Steve Spurrier:

Opening Statement:

“The first time I’ve ever won here, so I’m a happy Gamecock. I can assure you that, even though our offense sputtered along.”

“How about that defense of ours, how about that defense.”

“Our defensive guys hung in there.  All those freshmen, I was hugging a bunch of them. To pitch a shutout is amazing.”

“Tyrone Nix called a gutsy game, and that’s the way we need to play.”

“Hopefully, we can get better offensively.”

On the trick play:

“It just seemed like the right spot. It was at midfield (on the) right hash.”

On Ryan Succup:

"I've coached a lot of games. I've never seen a kicker/punter have the kind of game he had tonight.  He had an All-American kind of night, kicking and punting."

USC Player Quotes:

Syvelle Newton:

“I just caught the ball, knew what spot (Boyd) was supposed to be in and just threw the ball.”

Jasper Brinkley:

“I just didn’t want to let the team down. I didn’t want to let the defense down. I wanted to let everybody know that I came here for a reason, and that was to help stop the run, help be a part of that 11 (USC’s starting defense) that everybody is going to talk about.”

Ryan Succop:

"It's kind of funny. It was my first game going out there kicking field goals, I thought I'd be really nervous, but I actually felt really comfortable and that was good."

"I was really exited, at first, I just wanted to make sure I picked up the first down. Second, I was looking down field and figured I'd just get as far as I could. I checked over and made sure I got past (the first-down marker), and after that I was looking down field."