UCF Post-Game Quotes
Saturday, Sept. 20, 2003
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
Head coach Mike Kruczek:
"It was 14-14. I thought we had huge momentum on our side. We had a chance to win and then the bottom fell out."
"We didn't throw the ball as well today as I would have liked."
"We ran the ball pretty well for the first time this year."
"Our priority this year is to win our conference. We set that as one of our goals before the season. Right now we're 0-0 in the conference. We knew these on-the-road games were going to be tough."
"I'm not going to go in there and beat up on them. Right now I don't want them to hang their heads. We still have a lot to play for this season."
"They schemed with a counter and a reverse option. It was a very clever play. I don't know why Reyes was able to cut back on us. They got people on him and got blocked."
Quarterback Ryan Schneider:
"I was a lot off target today. I played horribly. It was just one of those days. Syracuse didn't do anything that surprised me. I had people open, but just missed them badly."
Strong Safety Atari Bigby:
"We knew this was a team that was going to try to run the ball all day. Our game plan was geared to stop the run. We did it pretty well at time, but, unfortunately Reyes was able to break some long ones."
RB Alex Haynes:
"The third-and-two and fourth-and-two that we didn't make killed us. They were momentum killers. Those are plays we have to make."
"We were able run the ball pretty effectively. They were dropping off to stop the pass."
