We got out-toughed. We knew coming in, we'd have to do the intangibles to win, but they were the tougher team for 40 minutes.

Southern Miss is our big rival. We will have to play our best to win. In the first game, Forte was the difference and so was Beasley. We need to do a better job on those two.

We knew this was coming.

We really wanted this game. We knew we had to come here and win two.

My hat goes off to David Gomez and Quincy Davis, both of whom kept fighting the last 20 minutes of the ball game. I thought that our guys were great teammates tonight. ... In order for us to continue to win, we need David and Quincy to play the way they did in the second half.

The thing that I saw was two or three of our guys had a chance at intercepting the ball, but they didn't do it. I don't know if they ran into each other or if they tipped the ball, but we didn't knock the pass down or intercept it.