Mike Degory
Mike Degory
importance start understand
If we're going to take back the Swamp, it's going to start Saturday. We know that and understand the importance of this game. We're not overlooking it.
clicking coming game main push running rushing start stay week yards
We've got to have more than (91) yards rushing to stay with anybody, even this upcoming week. That's going to be one of the main emphases coming this week in practice. We've got to push the running game and start clicking right.
motion pieces putting start wheels
The talent's there. And the togetherness is getting there. If you start putting all the wheels in motion and all pieces together, it's a pretty good-looking puzzle.
offense start stick
Everything is going to come down to this game. This is our measuring stick for how well our offense is going to do in the SEC and we're going to end up in the SEC. If we're going to take back The Swamp, it's going to start Saturday.
bit coaching future locker momentum room start takes time until wheels
The future is really bright. Any time there is a coaching change, it takes a little bit until the wheels start rolling. You kind of feel the momentum in the locker room now.
good guys maybe sudden tennessee toughest
We thought Tennessee was going to be one of the toughest defenses we'd have to play and then all of a sudden we look at the film and say maybe not. These guys are just as good if not better than Tennessee.
date importance marked offense since understand
Everything's going to come down to this game. This is our measuring stick. How is our offense going to do in the SEC? Where are we going to end up at the end of the season? We've had this date marked since January, so we understand the importance of this game.
football learned
We know that football isn't always life. We've learned that lesson.
everybody focus four games left prove
We have four games left in the season, and we're going to try to prove everybody wrong. That's the big focus for us offensively, to show that this really works.
five game improvement practices
I don't know, but that is what we have five more practices for. Right now, we just know that we have to improve. I think there was a lot of improvement from game 1 to game 2, but we'll have to play a lot better in game 3.
deal game physical
I deal with it. This is a physical game and I play a physical position.
chris guys helped leak swagger three
Chris Leak was on. He had that swagger and made the right decisions. It helped that he didn't have two or three guys in his face, too.
chris game kid point
Chris is ready. The kid is ready. But it's not just him. We all have to be ready. This is the kind of game you point to.
four games practiced streak three torn until
My back was all torn up. I don't think I even practiced until Thursday. That was the closest. It wasn't much of a streak then. It was only three or four games then.