Carter's Corner: They Said It, They Wrote It for Gators-Canes
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 | Football, Scott Carter
Finally.
Headed to Orlando this weekend?
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) August 21, 2019
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In about 73 hours at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, UF-UM opens the 150th anniversary of college football on a national stage. Football season is almost here.
Meanwhile, as part of previewing each game this season, I'll take a look at key quotes and storylines to help you get as ready as the Gators before kickoff.
With Week 1 upon us – err, I mean Week 0 – let's get right to it:
+ "Week 1, you're always a little paranoid. What's that like, the dream you wake up and you're not where you need to be and you're in your underwear and you just can't seem to get to where you're supposed to be? Right? It's a nightmare and it freaks you out, so I try to make sure I never get myself in that situation. Yeah, that's going to be analyzed. On the Paul Finebaum Show, a psychologist [will] analyze my dream." – Gators head coach Dan Mullen on his pregame routine of writing a checklist to make sure everything is covered on game day
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"I want to see good football games. I don't want to see Clemson vs. Furman." – Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf, now an ESPN analyst, on the lure of Saturday's Florida-Miami opener
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"All eyes are going to be on us. Both programs are good programs and I think we can prove we're the best in the state.''
– Gators safety Donovan Stiner on facing Miami in season's opening game
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"I used to kid Emmitt Smith, tell him, 'when you had your debut against us, you had like 10 or 15 yards total.' He said, 'Coach, that's before I got on a roll.' I said, 'No, that's just the last time you played against Miami.' " – Former UM and Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson, who stopped by the Hurricanes' practice Wednesday, on facing the Gators in 1987
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"The team is very confident in Jarren. All the reasons why we picked him, he still shows all of those attributes. Since that day, we have been game-planning for two weeks, enabling him to run the same stuff again and again that we will feature in Orlando. I don't think that has just helped him, but everyone on offense." – Miami coach Manny Diaz on quarterback Jarren Williams, set to make his first career start Saturday
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"As far as he goes, I remember him from recruiting because he was in my area. I think he's a really talented guy that had a lot of offers to a lot of schools and he chose Miami basically because of the need at quarterback, which has kind of filtered into what it is now. And he understands where to throw the ball. He can get rid of the ball on time. He's athletic so he can extend plays. We've got to understand that we've got to leverage the guy, contain the guy, and make sure that we just play our defense." – Gators defensive coordinator Todd Grantham on challenge posed by facing Williams
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"Yeah, of course. He hasn't been in that fire. He hasn't been in the heat. He hasn't seen a bunch of pressure coming at him. If we do our job we can rattle him." – Gators defensive tackle Adam Shuler on whether defense is eager to get on field against the untested Williams
THEY WROTE IT
+ Gators ready to prove why they have high expectations writes Robbie Andreu of the Gainesville Sun.
+ Dan Mullen and Manny Diaz, former colleagues at Mississippi State, won't be nearly as friendly come Saturday night writes Edgar Thompson of the Orlando Sentinel …
From Tuesday: Dan Mullen found a kindred spirit a decade ago in Manny Diaz. Now the former colleagues will set aside friendship when Mullen's #Gators and Diaz's Miami Hurricanes square off https://t.co/GZRic2kD5o pic.twitter.com/fReYFGIiSU
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) August 21, 2019
+ Florida cornerback CJ Henderson opted to leave Miami and play for the Gators, a story Will Sammon of TheAthletic.com shares with some film breakdown with Henderson …
"It actually came down to the last two days. He actually flipped maybe two or three times at home deciding between UM and Florida."
— Will Sammon (@WillSammon) August 20, 2019
inside CJ Henderson's recruitment + a film breakdown with him where he analyzed four very different plays of his https://t.co/pKHkOmiznU
+ Gators quarterback Feleipe Franks, why his name is spelled the way it is, and his nickname from Ross Dellenger of SI.com …
Feleipe Franks' mother misspelled her son's name on his birth certificate. It stuck.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) August 21, 2019
It doesn't matter anyway, because people know him by his nicknames, including one of my all-time personal favorites: Flip Flop.https://t.co/BlgG2C4d4l #Gators pic.twitter.com/8xJDhsJKm3
+ Former Gators quarterback Kerwin Bell faced Miami all four years of his career and talks with Joey Knight of TampaBay.com about the rivalry …
"After the '86 game, I got hit so much, it was so hot, I think I lost 12 pounds," Bell recalls. UM sacked Bell six times that Saturday, but he still "loved as a player playing in those big games." @GatorsFB #GoGators @CanesFootball #ItsAllAboutTheU https://t.co/Ctl4hDVbJ3
— TampaBayTimesSports (@TBTimes_Sports) August 20, 2019
+ New Canes quarterback Jarren Williams gets personal pep talk from Jimmy Johnson before Gator debut writes George Richards of TheAthletic.com ($ -- subscription site)
Jimmy Johnson visits @CanesFootball as @ohiostateFB transfer Tate Martell appears to work with receivers a few days before UM faces the Gators — https://t.co/R8xF9O5Jd2 pic.twitter.com/2ZEUkXj8ky
— George Richards (@GeorgeRichards) August 21, 2019
+ Williams has thrown only three passes in his college career, but the vibe out of Coral Gables is that the Hurricanes are his team writes David Wilson of the Miami Herald …
Jarren Williams is just days away from his first collegiate start and Miami has full confidence in its quarterback. "This is his team," wide receiver K.J. Osborn said. https://t.co/hg0CtZCyNP pic.twitter.com/MDdKdraChd
— David Wilson (@DBWilson2) August 21, 2019
