On the offensive coaches keeping players engaged…
“Giving us objectives of what we need to get better at before meetings, then we will go over it in the meetings. It shows where we messed up and how we can fix it and going out and executing it at practice.”
On the relationship with coach Tray Scott…
“He is a good coach. You know I could go and talk to him whenever I want if I ever have to. Today I was talking to him on the way to the meeting and just having that connection with him that we built, all the way back at recruiting, when I was being recruited. Having that connection really helped me.”
On the Kentucky game and looking forward to Florida…
“It definitely met our expectations, going into it we knew it was going to be a physical game. Every year is a physical game and last year it was physical, the year before that it was physical, and we knew it was going to be physical. It met my expectations, and we were just glad to come out with the victory. And Florida, being a rivalry, we expect that to be physical too.”
On Stetson Bennett…
“I’ll start by saying… knowing his role this year – I think he pretty much understood that last year, as well. This year, after practice and whatnot, after games, leading up to practice, I’ll see Stetson still there. Probably by the time I get done, he’s still in there. He probably goes in there way before me because he’ll be in there watching film. it’s just a whole lot of execution that he has took from watching guys that came before, that were here probably his freshman year. He’s had a big jump from last year to this year, and I’m really, really proud of Stetson.”
On the defense’s speed and preparation…
“The way that we prepare is like no other – leading up into the game, right before the game, to be honest with you, with walkthroughs and everything. Wan’Dale is a good player. I just think the way we play and fight to the ball; it’s something that we pride ourselves upon. That’s what we try to do each and every Saturday.”
On what the defense can improve on…
“There’s a lot of things we can improve on. There isn’t anything that we can’t improve on, there are a whole lot of things. For us, communicating, starting with me and the linebackers, as well, myself, Nakobe [Dean], and Channing [Tindall] or whoever it is out there. Communicating to the defensive line and getting that to the safeties so that the safeties can get the communication to the DBs, as well. It’s a whole lot of things we need to work on and get better at.”