Syracuse vs. Northwestern: Notable Quotables From Scott Shafer's Post-Game Presser

Scott Shafer was ornery in his post-game presser following Syracuse's 48-27 loss to Northwestern.

Well that was an interesting press conference. Shafer cursed (a lot) and punched the podium at one point. He was very, very angry.

— Michael Cohen (@Michael_Cohen13) September 8, 2013

Let's take a look at his best, most notable and most curse-y quotes...

• "The one thing we couldn't do is give them opportunities and we damn well did."
• "That first half was ugly. And that starts with me. And then it goes right down the line."
• "I like Drew Allen, he's a competitor. I like Terrel Hunt, he's a competitor. We're going to keep those guys competing their asses off. We're going to play the guy that's ready to play."
• "[The quarterbacks are] going to compete their ass off. If we’ve got to play one, we’ll play one. If we’ve got to play two, we’ll play two."
• "Everybody's gonna point at the quarterback position but goddammit it was both sides of the ball. That damn defense, we didn't play well enough and we put those offensive kids in a tough situation."
• "Was this game a nightmare? No. Nightmares are for children. That's a stupid question."
• "My livelihood is dependent on the way we play. So this damn game is pretty doggone important to me. You got me?"
• "There are positives even in the worst frickin' ugly loss you can imagine."
• "Seeing what happened tonight is frustrating as a coach because I've coached a lot of defenses. There have been days I've seen my defense play that way before. A nightmare? No. It's a bad football game and a bad job coaching them by Coach Shafer."

FYI, Scott Shafer must have said "it starts with me" at least six times during the post-game presser. And implied it in another way fourteen more. So...it starts with him.