Postgame quotes from Charleston Southern's 47-10 victory over Savannah State:

QB A.J. Toscano

On the improvements the team has made in the past two weeks:
"It's starting to come together. We played a tough schedule at the beginning but it's starting to come together now. Everyone is coming together as a team. We're getting better every week. It's the small things - blocking, route running, backs hitting their holes."

On the play of the offensive line:
"The line is stepping up in a big way. They've played well all season, opening up big holes. They are making it easy for the playmakers. They're giving me a lot of time to throw, and it's easy to make big plays when you've got time like that."

DE Ryan Ard

On the improvements the team has made defensively:
"We're simplifying our defense and each person is learning to play their game. It's really helped us over these last two weeks."

On how the bye week will help the team:
"We've got some guys banged up, so we've got to get them better, and we've got to prepare for out first conference game against Gardner-Webb. It couldn't come at a better time."

Head Coach Jay Mills

On how the difficult early season schedule is helping the team:
"We've had things modeled for us. Florida and USF have modeled to us how a top level team attacks each ballgame. We want to develop that same mentality."

On how this year's easy victory over Savannah State was different from last year's struggle:
"A year ago, we had to hold on to beat Savannah State. Last year we felt like we were playing to win the game instead of trying to be excellent. That's something we were trying to get across and our guys bought into it today - excellence on each and every play."

On the season-best performance from the offense:
"It's a matter of execution, because really, we're calling the same plays every week. But everybody has to do their job for us to have this kind of success. We just went out and tried to run our plays to the best of our ability."

On the stellar play of A.J. Toscano:
"He's a dual-threat. He is an outstanding quarterback and above that, an outstanding person. He'd be the first to tell you that he couldn't do it without the people around him, the protection and the backs and receivers."

On the performance of the offensive line:
"The (offensive line) did a great job up front. That's a reflection on (Offensive Line Coach) Chuck Kelly and the job he's doing."

On his outlook for the rest of the season:
"We are persevering as a team, we're persevering as individuals and the best is yet to come."

On blocking a punt for the second game in a row:
"That was a great individual effort on the part of Anthony Velez. We actually didn't call for the block on that play."

On how he wants the team to approach the bye week:
"I told the guys to enjoy this week, but Monday and Tuesday we need to hit it hard on the practice field. If we do that, we plan on taking the rest of the week off the recharge."