Jarvis Herring Quotations

We've always been known as a soft program, a finesse program -- all about speed, whatever. We're just trying to go out and show everybody this isn't the Gators that you're used to looking at. We're trying to show them that we're really tough and that we're really going to go out and play.

We're just like the media. We gossip about things, and we always wondered what kind of receiver or tight end he would be. He's been great.

When he got hurt, I was devastated. I played in a daze for awhile. But when he came out of the tunnel on crutches and started cheering for us, it snapped me out of it. That's how much he means.

I don't know what kind of Florida Gator team you're going to see, but it's going to be crazy. No one is in trouble. Everyone is ready to go.

Because of the way we practice, there will be a lot better effort. Guys are relaxed, they're rested up and they're going at it.

We talk about it a lot. It has been a rough road. But if we end up with at least a 10-win season, it will have been worth it.

We take pride in going out and working hard at practice. We enjoy being around each other, so it'll be a whole different environment. It'll be a whole different game.

He's been hungry since he first stepped foot here. He's a playmaker. You just look at some people and say, 'Hey, this guy's going to be a playmaker.' Just by practice you can tell. He's doing the same thing (in games).

Kelly is a great tester. He always has been. Combines are made for players like him.

It cost us a couple games early, but then guys started fighting for each other. We could have had a lot better season.

It hurt us earlier in the season. Later this season guys started getting rid of the (selfish) attitude and started fighting for each other.

Parents play a big role and they don't want their child to come into an unstable situation and unstable program.

We haven't won a bowl game since 2001, so I think it's an important game for the program, and an important game for the seniors just to go out with a win. We came in with a (bowl) win and haven't won one since.

You knew it hurt him, but you could never tell a difference. Vernell is not a guy who really gets down. He's a fighter.

We were not responsible. We were just crazy. Crazy kids. They really didn't care about the game. ... Nobody was embarrassed after the game.

We were not responsible. We were just . . .

We were down in the hole, and they were riding high a little bit. I guess they overlooked us.

We're taking them seriously. Everybody on the team has a different attitude. The way guys work. The way guys hang out together.

At that time, I don't think it was humbling at all. Like I said, guys didn't care. You didn't care if you got whipped. Nobody was embarrassed after the game. It wasn't anything. Guys were just ready to get it over with, go home and start a new year.

The smallest teams didn't fear us the last three years. FAMU even said something about beating us one time, so you know it's bad. We were a laughingstock.

A lot of guys were in way before curfew. There were only a handful of guys out, and they were in 30 minutes before curfew.

A lot of guys are in this week way before curfew. Everybody is getting their rest. They are hydrated. They are ready to go.

This is what we've been waiting for. We've been through so many ups and downs.

It's a lot different. A lot harder under Coach Meyer. He's a straightforward guy. If he wants you to do something, you'd better do it. He's a guy who is going to put you in your place. He's a guy you don't mind doing it for because if you do right by him, he will do right by you.

That really hurt us. We knew we were going to get a lot of pressure (on the quarterback) from Ray. Everyone knew how quick his jump off the ball was. When he went down it was like, boy, now we've got to find somebody else to get that pressure. Ray was one of the best. That was a big loss.

It wasn't a big deal around here. But it is now. We don't want to be part of a losing program anymore.

I want to see how the offense works up there.

Any time you take a big player out of your offense and two out of your defense, you wonder and dream how much better you could have been. But we're not going to dwell on it.

I knew what was going to happen before the game even started. I think most of the guys did.

I just remember they whipped our behinds. I knew it was going to happen before the game even started. I think most guys did, too. A lot of guys didn't care. They thought, 'Oh, we're just playing Iowa.' It felt like they didn't deserve to be here anyway.

The guys take more pride in this game, take pride in going out and working hard at practice and enjoying being around each other. It will be a whole different environment, a whole different game this year.