Mike Degory
Mike Degory
backed chris critics-and-criticism great position
Our quarterback position is going to take a lot of criticism, but Chris has been our guy. He has never backed down and he's done a great job.
best body enjoyed great student
I've been here a long time, and that was a great thing. We've got the best student body in America, and I really enjoyed that.
brown great guys jealous senior smallest team turned year
The things Vernell Brown has done this year are special. He's really turned it on and is having a great senior year. I'm jealous of the senior year he's had. He's one of the smallest guys on the team and he is one of the strongest.
change mouth sour taste winning year
I think we all have a sour taste in our mouth because we haven't been on the winning end of many of those games. We have this year to change it.
improve maybe next week
I think sometimes maybe we just didn't have the feel for it yet, and I think we got first-game jitters under our belt. Just improve next week -- that's going to be the big thing.
prepare
It is early. It's an excuse. We have to prepare better.
chris position pressure time
I think any time you take a position like here at Florida, there's pressure on you. There's pressure on me, there's pressure on (quarterback) Chris (Leak). There's pressure on all of us. We have to produce.
anybody glaring playing
We haven't been playing well. Anybody can see that. We're making some glaring errors.
definitely earned everybody family owe teammates
No. I think I owe it to myself, my family and my teammates to play. Like everybody can say, I definitely earned my scholarship.
everybody five games left offense prove season talked
Everyone has talked about it. We have five games left in the season and we're going to try to prove everybody wrong. That's the big focus, to show this offense works. We know it does.
cost everybody focus line offensive penalties surprised
Everybody is surprised and also disappointed with our offense. But we need to focus on things we can control. We've had penalties that cost us and turnovers that cost us, and the offensive line has been inconsistent.
feeling locker room
The feeling in the locker room is they are unbeatable now.
football learned
We know that football isn't always life. We've learned that lesson.
guys hard looking maybe work
Do we have an identity? Maybe not yet. All we're looking for now is 11 guys who will work hard together.