Post-Game Quotes
October 29, 2005 | Football
Oct. 29, 2005
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USC Coach Pete Carroll
"It was a proud day for us. The opportunity with Homecoming and all and returning home, we did it all today. Our offense was ridiculously effective. The execution, from top to bottom, was on the money. What was different was our third down efficiency. We've been struggling with it for the past couple weeks, but we put it together today.
"Our defense shut down their great passing game. It was a huge game for Dwayne Jarrett. He had a sick catch down the sideline. LenDale (White)was big too. He really took the tempo for us and hammered it home. Matt (Leinart) had his normal game and Steve (Smith) was big with his two touchdown catches.
(regarding whether they focused on getting LenDale White going)
"That wasn't our focus. Reggie will have his games. The receivers will have their games. Today, LenDale got it going. Like I said, he really stepped up. It's just part of the cycle. We don't focus on any specific player."
(regarding the secondary)
"I was happy with our pass defense. Washington State did a good job of running the ball, and I was surprised they kept going with the run with them having fallen behind. It's tough to keep that going. There were times we didn't do our job with the run, but our secondary definitely stepped up."
USC QB Matt Leinart
(On Dwayne Jarrett)
"He just continues to dominate every Saturday. He's so athletic, so confident and he's just playing awesome. I'm lucky I get to throw to him."
(On LenDale White)
"Can we get him on a Hesiman list? He's just running really well for us right now. We're really close on and off the field. I'm proud to see him when he plays like this. He got out there today, got loose and made some plays and made some big receptions as well."
USC TB LenDale White
"Our line is amazing. I just got the ball and the line went straight. We started off slow, but really toward the second half, we could do what ever we wanted to.
(On whether he's overshadowed by Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush)
"I don't think I get overshadowed. Those two guys are two of history's best. I feel like I do a lot of things, score a lot of touchdowns and I've won two titles. I don't feel overshadowed at all."
(On the difference between today and the last two weeks)
"I was trying to force things too much the past two weeks. I was really starting to take myself out of my game. I just got back to what I do best."
USC SS Darnell Bing
"Our gameplan was working today. We executed it well. Our line got to the quarterback and he couldn't do much with it and our DBs did their job. Our DBs wanted to prove we could stop the deep balls today.
"We're getting better every game (in the secondary). I'd say this was our best performance. We were breaking up passes and getting all over them."
Washington State Coach Bill Doba
"We battled, but got beat fair and square. They have such good speed. It took us a while to get adjusted to it. Their offensive line is very good and came off the ball well. You've got their backs, their receivers. (Matt) Leinart did a great job.
(asked if this was the best offense in college football history)
"Well, I don't know about history, but I've been in college football for 30 years and it's as good as I've seen. With Reggie Bush and LenDale White and the wide receivers and the guy making it all go, Leinart, they all do a great job. "We played a lot of kids. If their ones are better than our ones, then their twos are probably better than our twos. They played a lot of players."
(asked about the mood on the sideline in the first quarter)
"Shock as much as anything. I thought we could compete better than that." WSU WR Jason Hill "They're definitely the No. 1 team. The best I've faced. My number wasn't called for the big play today. We wanted to go for the underneath plays."
(asked about USC's criticized secondary)
"They're criticized by people from the stands like you. I've seen the film. They played hard. They have a powerhouse defense, too."
WSU QB Alex Brink
"They're a quality team and they don't make a lot of mistakes. When they make mistakes, you have to take advantage and we didn't do that today."
"Their offense is obviously talented. Defensively, we thought we could do some things. In hindsight, I'd like to have thrown deep, but we didn't have the ball a lot and there weren't many opportunities."
WSU SS Eric Frampton
"I think on film, they're a good team. But I'd attribute their success to playing smart. They executed all their plays. They're a really smart team. That's the difference between them and other teams we've played."
