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"I want to take just a moment to thank all you media guys for not getting so sick that you couldn't show up for this post-game press conference. Not much for me to tell. What you saw was what it was. Our game balls go to our punter and kicker. Can't say we were awful on defense, but we were for one play that was almost the biggest one in college football to this point. Offensively, we may have hit bottom this game. Couldn't run it when we needed to. Except for the final few series, we couldn't catch it or hold on if we did. My hat's off to Coach Mason. He and his staff obviously out worked and out coached us. As such, our coaching staff will donate this week's paycheck to charity because we didn't earn it. Everybody in America knew this was for the first SEC East title in several years, yet we all looked past it and that is inexcusable, especially from the grown-ups. I'll open it up to some questions:
"Coach, this is -------- from the Miami Herald. As Treon is a Dade County player, we all want to know how he could go from playing so well to what we saw today?"
"Good question. I think he's given us his best, but he's dead in the pocket because of his height and he hasn't made the best decisions lately on the roll. We'd rather him think run first once he's outside the tackle, but the bottom line is the game is still moving pretty fast for him and it's hard to gauge just how much more it can slow down between now and the season's end. But he's the guy and all we can do is keep trying to coach him up."
"Coach, -------- from the Times-Union. How is it we can't run the ball against Vandy?"
"Well, we've been inconsistent with our OL play this year and today was the low point. We had hoped that this would be an opportunity for a young and struggling group to set a tone early and experience some success, but instead I believe they also adopted the mindset of "well, it's just Vandy" and go teir @sses handed to them for the most part. We've got to do a better job with them mentally as well as physically. Just because they wear the orange and blue doesn't necessarily mean they are accomplished Gators and as a coaching staff we've got to do better to make them realize this and inspire them to rise beyond average expectations."
"Jim, Pat Dooley here and I'd like to know..."
"First of all Pat, you've got wing sauce all over your Hawaiian shirt and mouth. Second, as Dean Wormer once said 'fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life!' Lastly, I don't know what I could possibly tell you that would add to your playlists since I don't do The Butthole Surfers or Boy George!"
"Hey Coach, -------- from The Tribune...that one big run for Vandy's score...what happened?"
"Specifically, both ILB's took a false step toward the tackle on their side of the formation and both got walled. For both to do that means they had an incorrect key. To add to the misery on that play, Keanu Neal was on the LOS and actually got blocked by the Head Linesman. I think I saw all of this happen one time in a Keystone Cops clip. And yet, if we defend that one play, we win 6-0 and hold Vandy to less than 100 yards total offense."
"Jim, -------- from Gatorbait. Demarcus looked like he was very close to a breakout game, at least in the later stages. Then he fumbles. What's happened to him?"
"I think he's giving a decent effort, but he's also probably feeling a little push from the competition created by some of the other receivers. Maybe trying a little too hard to make a spectacular play each time he touches it. Instead of trying to dance around, sometimes you just need to be a north/south guy, you know?"
"-------- from Gator Country. How would you assess this game in the context of what still lies ahead in the schedule?"
"First, I'd say we're a little lucky to have wrapped up the East this afternoon and if we don't know it yet, we aren't going to sneak up on anybody from here on out. Second, we have to play each game moving forward as what we are...a bunch of lunch pail guys with just a couple of stars that can't afford to look past the game at hand. We have to do everything we can to minimize our own mistakes while causing our opponents to make more than usual. Lastly, we've got to keep our punter healthy because that guy is a stud in terms of flipping the field!"
"thanks for coming and if you have any more questions, I'll be glad to answer.
"Coach, this is -------- from the Miami Herald. As Treon is a Dade County player, we all want to know how he could go from playing so well to what we saw today?"
"Good question. I think he's given us his best, but he's dead in the pocket because of his height and he hasn't made the best decisions lately on the roll. We'd rather him think run first once he's outside the tackle, but the bottom line is the game is still moving pretty fast for him and it's hard to gauge just how much more it can slow down between now and the season's end. But he's the guy and all we can do is keep trying to coach him up."
"Coach, -------- from the Times-Union. How is it we can't run the ball against Vandy?"
"Well, we've been inconsistent with our OL play this year and today was the low point. We had hoped that this would be an opportunity for a young and struggling group to set a tone early and experience some success, but instead I believe they also adopted the mindset of "well, it's just Vandy" and go teir @sses handed to them for the most part. We've got to do a better job with them mentally as well as physically. Just because they wear the orange and blue doesn't necessarily mean they are accomplished Gators and as a coaching staff we've got to do better to make them realize this and inspire them to rise beyond average expectations."
"Jim, Pat Dooley here and I'd like to know..."
"First of all Pat, you've got wing sauce all over your Hawaiian shirt and mouth. Second, as Dean Wormer once said 'fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life!' Lastly, I don't know what I could possibly tell you that would add to your playlists since I don't do The Butthole Surfers or Boy George!"
"Hey Coach, -------- from The Tribune...that one big run for Vandy's score...what happened?"
"Specifically, both ILB's took a false step toward the tackle on their side of the formation and both got walled. For both to do that means they had an incorrect key. To add to the misery on that play, Keanu Neal was on the LOS and actually got blocked by the Head Linesman. I think I saw all of this happen one time in a Keystone Cops clip. And yet, if we defend that one play, we win 6-0 and hold Vandy to less than 100 yards total offense."
"Jim, -------- from Gatorbait. Demarcus looked like he was very close to a breakout game, at least in the later stages. Then he fumbles. What's happened to him?"
"I think he's giving a decent effort, but he's also probably feeling a little push from the competition created by some of the other receivers. Maybe trying a little too hard to make a spectacular play each time he touches it. Instead of trying to dance around, sometimes you just need to be a north/south guy, you know?"
"-------- from Gator Country. How would you assess this game in the context of what still lies ahead in the schedule?"
"First, I'd say we're a little lucky to have wrapped up the East this afternoon and if we don't know it yet, we aren't going to sneak up on anybody from here on out. Second, we have to play each game moving forward as what we are...a bunch of lunch pail guys with just a couple of stars that can't afford to look past the game at hand. We have to do everything we can to minimize our own mistakes while causing our opponents to make more than usual. Lastly, we've got to keep our punter healthy because that guy is a stud in terms of flipping the field!"
"thanks for coming and if you have any more questions, I'll be glad to answer.
