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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 10-21-2008, 12:31 PM:

The team has a tough game this week and they are really banged up..

"We hope we can have a good week of practice. We know how good of a team Florida is. They put a whipping on LSU a few weeks ago and they are coming off a bye week to face us. They are a team that has as much speed and talent as any team in our conference. They have playmakers on offense, and they really got on track against LSU. Defensively, they are one of the fastest defenses in the conference. This will be a big challenge for us to go on the road and try to get something going offensively, and for us to play well on defense, which is a difficult matchup for a lot of teams, including us."

On if Florida is better than they were last year...
"I think that their defense is clearly better than it was last year. Having put 51 points on LSU, I would have to say that their offense is too. But it didn't look like their offense was better than it was a year ago early on, but Percy Harvin being hurt had a lot to do with that. He is an explosive football player whether running or catching the ball. He is really something special."

On whom Tim Tebow reminds him of...
"I don't think he remind me of anything. I think that he is fairly unique at that position. History showed last year that what he did had never been accomplished by another quarterback. Not only does he have the finesse, but the strength and his ability to stay healthy make him a unique individual."

On improving the offense...
"We need to continue to get the ball down the field. For five minutes we looked like we had an offense this last week. We need to build on that, as well as how good our running game looked in the first half. I think we would have looked better if we would have had more opportunities in the second half, but we didn't get the ball very much. On the three scoring drives with a total of six plays it doesn't let you see what you really have. I wouldn't be upset to continue to see that, however. It is going to be difficult. It is difficult to move the ball when you have experience on offense let alone when you have inexperience, especially with the defenses we have in this league."

On conducting more of the hurry-up offense...
"We would like to do that, but it is not just Mike Hartline, it is all the other inexperienced parts of that offense (and) getting their communication down. It is easier to do that at home because the noise isn't that much of a factor. We showed early on that we had difficulty communicating with our receivers at Louisville and at Alabama . I would like to do more of that because we have done that the last few years with Andre' Woodson. But, you have to have all parts of that offense understanding that rather than the one guy running it."

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