[Donovan] is not worried about the pecking order at the University of Florida. He knows how he's treated. |
Are we a basketball school the way Kentucky and Indiana are? Not yet. That's the goal. Will we get there? That's the goal 15 years from now. |
Billy said last week he didn't think there was a place in America that had a better commitment to basketball. Obviously we're a football school, but you'd be hard-pressed to say we're not a basketball school right now. |
Billy told me he was tired of losing early and determined to figure out what was wrong and fix it. I could tell he was serious and it was bothering him. |
Do I call Phil Fulmer during the season? Obviously [Spurrier's] the coach of one of our opponents. We'll be watching him with interest but we're competing with him now. That doesn't mean we don't shake hands or we wouldn't have a beer together, but we're competitors right now and that's just the way it is. |
Errors in officiating occur in all sports at all levels. The University of Florida has certainly been on both sides of this conversation as most teams have. |
First of all, Urban has brought together a fan base that was fractured. We were not having as much success as we were accustomed to, and here in Gator Nation people expect us to be successful. People look at Urban, look at his record, and they like what they see. |
Getting to a place like this is awfully hard to do. |
He did a great job and got us into a bowl game, beat FSU (Florida State) at FSU. I think it takes a special person to do that and a lot of toughness. |
He used to say, ‘You can't take rings away from me,' |
He's embraced football from the day he's walked onto campus. He's not competing against it. You've heard him say that 1,000 times. He's not worried about a pecking order at the University of Florida. |
He's got a presence. You walk into a room and you can tell he has a little something about him. Obviously you look at the job he's done at programs that have been less than successful. ... I think he can coach. I think he does a great job with his players and has a tremendous work ethic. |
I do know that you've just got to be honest and open. |
I just think to try to put Miami in a 13-week season, our schedule is tough enough as it is. If there are 14 weeks, that gives you another open date to play with there. That's why we did it. I think the series is good for the state, and so does Paul Dee. But it's just not a series that's going to work out on a regular basis. |
I learned a long time ago, when it comes to discipline you don't get 100 percent acceptance of what you do. |