Tate Casey Quotations

When I came in this season, I had no idea what to expect because we lost eight seniors. But I was impressed with what I saw.

Shannon (Desmond) is just phenomenal. When it's a big game, she seems to step up and get it done for us.

It is a good thing for his community and the fans and his family, but I don't even think he sees it. He has a role in the game Saturday and he's going to come out and worry about one thing playing ball.

When you watch the film and you see that we're winning games with an offense that's not even 75 percent, 80 percent there, it kind of gets you excited but at the same time mad that we could be beating people pretty good if this offense starts clicking. This offense could be a lot better than it is.

We work hard. Our main thing is our work rate. We pretty much strive on working harder than all the other teams.

I've never seen Chris not finish all his reps in the weight room. But he showed us this summer there's wasn't a doubt. He's the head guy. He always finds a way to get the job done.

Off-the-field issues the last couple of years killed us, just killed us. It's a trust factor. If you can't trust a guy to do what he's supposed to do off the field, how are you going to trust him when he's on the field.

That was a big deal to us. It was his way of sending us a message that we were taking everything for granted. This is the University of Florida. It's a privilege to be here and a privilege to play football here. Some guys might have lost sight of that, but he has that instilled into everyone now.

You never have to worry about motivation with coach Meyer. He always has that part covered. He's going to motivate you, he's going to get you going. If he can't, then nobody can.

All of our defense played well. Jenna Bowers, our sweeper, holds it together back there, but everyone played really well.

It means a lot to win this. We had to rebuild after losing some seniors, but five straight titles is amazing.