Larry Coker Tremendous Quotations

We'll be excited about going up to Gainesville, and of course it'll be a tremendous thrill to have the Gators in the Orange Bowl again.

Selfishly speaking, having Kirby is a tremendous lift for our football team. I'm probably more excited about Kirby now than maybe I've ever been.

Having these players come back is a tremendous advantage because they know what it's all about. They know how painful it is to lose. They know how great it is to win at the University of Miami.

His track record as a college football coach speaks for itself. He will do a tremendous job.

He's a winner. He's a competitor. And again, it's just a tremendous asset we have on our football team. ... What's best for this football team is for Kirby Freeman to be a part of it.

You don't do the things they are doing allowing nine points a game without being a tremendous defense. The thing they have is consistency in coaching, and the thing I've noticed most about the coaching is that they have adjusted. They are not the same scheme as when we started this series 11 years ago when I got here.

We need to find out about ourselves. We're going to get a tremendous test.

This schedule will be a tremendous challenge for our football team. But it's a great home schedule for our fans, with marquee teams such as Florida State and Virginia Tech coming to the Orange Bowl. Those are the teams our fans want to see.

We had a great day today. We didn't have a full contingent of coaches. Guys burned the midnight oil and spent the extra effort. We feel like we brought in a tremendous class.

We got a glimpse of what can happen, where we can be. And with a very good Colorado team coming to town with a week off, certainly we'll have a tremendous challenge there. But I think being at home, this is a time we've got to build on. We've got to take advantage of it. Seize the day.

We didn't let Marcus get comfortable today. It was an outstanding team win for us, just a tremendous effort by our defense. That was a huge difference in the game.