It was kind of plus-plus for us without a scrambling quarterback. |
It's a lot different this year. We're looking forward to playing for something. Everybody was kind of down and out last year. Our coach was gone. What were we playing for? |
It's been tough for him. I felt bad for him because he had great potential and could have been a great one. But he went down. Things happen for a reason, so you have to take that in stride and work with what you've got. |
It's nice, real nice. Any time you need something, you just come over here and get taken care of. I'm over here about three or four times a day. A massage, a meal, a snack — anything I need. |
Our back was against the wall the whole game. They took advantage of that. They're a talented team but we could have and should have won. |
Tennessee's (offensive line) was big and athletic and we came out and played them pretty good. We were a couple of mistakes from beating the crap out of them. We were a couple of missed assignments from beating them pretty bad. The funny thing is we're going to get better and better. The way our defense has played the last four weeks, anything is possible. It could be a blowout or just a regular victory. |
That was big time. It made a huge statement. |
The effort is totally different this year. |
The Gators were used to being in the SEC Championship Game. It was a school tradition. If they failed to reach those standards, they felt kind of useless and they didn't care about being here. |
The team that prepares the best is going to win. We really work hard on it. |
There are a couple guys on the team who just lay back. Hopefully, I can wake them up, motivate those guys and get them going. |
They instilled so much effort, effort, go hard, go hard, that I didn't even realize my helmet was off. I wonder if that is in everybody else's mind. I think it is, and that's why the defense is playing at a different level. |
This game really determines a lot for our future. That's a huge motivation for us. We know we can't lose this game. We have to go in there with the state of mind that we've got to win this game. We've got to have that in the back of our minds every snap, every play. |
This game set the tone for the future. You could see it in the locker room. Guys believe. They believe. This program is ready to be great in the future, just like the old days again. |
This is a business trip. We're all businessmen and we're here to handle business. Now we've just got to take care of our business on game day. |