Kevin Cosgrove Quotes

Defensive Coordinator Kevin Cosgrove

On moving freshman Rickey Thenarse from safety to cornerback
“We know Rickey has athletic ability. He’s a freshman just coming in and he wanted to get his feet wet on special teams, and he has done an excellent job for us there. He’s gained a little confidence in himself now, so we’ve decided to take a look at him (at cornerback).”

On the performance of the secondary against USC
“We have some places we have to clean up, and really it’s our checks. I thought Andre (Jones) in the first half, playing in that big environment away from the home crowd, was a little different for him. He came back in the second half and played really well. We had our hands on balls, and both times if we would have caught them, they would have been touchdowns.”

On Troy
“They played the first couple of games pretty well. They beat Alabama State very convincingly, took Florida State to the wire at Florida State and took Georgia Tech to the fourth quarter. They played two outstanding opponents in back-to-back weeks and took them to the wire, so we know we have our work cut out for us this week.

“When you look at the program, it was (Division) II, then went to I-AA in the ?90s before going to I-A. Within the program, they have made some outstanding strides. They’ll play anybody, anywhere and at anytime and are very competitive. They have a great coach, some outstanding assistant coaches and some very good athletic players.”