2010 Florida Football Post-Game Quotes Florida 38, USF 14 September 11, 2010
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2010 Florida Football Post-Game Quotes Florida 38, USF 14 September 11, 2010 Team Notes In the first meeting between Florida and USF, the Gators took the series lead, 1-0, after topping the Bulls 38-14 Florida is now 10-0 in contests against Florida schools under head coach Urban Meyer and 9-3-2 against schools from the Big East, with its last meeting in the 2010 Sugar Bowl versus Cincinnati Florida extended its home win streak to 13 games with the victory over USF, while extending its regular season win streak to 22 games The Gators improved to 34-2 at home under Meyer and 40-3 against unranked opponents The Gators have now snagged an interception in 26 of their last 30 games For the second straight game, the UF defense has scored on an interception. Florida has forced at least four turnovers in each of its last two games, including four interceptions in each game in 2010 thus far Florida’s eight picks in the first two games of 2010 are the most in a back-to-back span since UF recorded three against Mississippi State and four against Georgia in 2009. Since 1996, the Gators have not recorded back-to-back games with four picks or more Florida is now 14-9 under Meyer in games when the opponent scored first Florida’s running back corps is averaging 8.0 yards per carry through the first two games of the season, racking up 418 yards on 33 carries Through the first two games of 2010, the Gators have held opponents to 2-7 in the red zone, including 0-4 versus Miami University in the opener and 2-3 Saturday against USF After giving up six first downs, 96 yards and allowing the Bulls to go 4-for-4 on third down conversions USF’s first drive, Florida gave up just two first downs, 66 yards and held USF to 0-for-4 on third down conversions afterwards to head into half time tied, 7-7 Three Gators made their first career starts versus the Bulls: Redshirt sophomore Omarius Hines, freshman Trey Burton (half back) and redshirt sophomore cornerback Jeremy Brown. So far this season, 10 Gators have made their first career starts, including John Brantley, Jon Bostic, Jelani Jenkins, Moses Jenkins, Josh Evans, Jon Halapio and T.J. Pridemore against Miami University in the season opener Individual Notes Offensive Highlights Florida quarterback John Brantley has gone 117 straight pass attempts without an interception. Brantley has opened the 2010 season with an active streak of 92. Brantley has not thrown a pick since 2008 versus Vanderbilt Junior running back Jeff Demps ran for 139 yards Saturday, marking the most for a Florida running back since Chris Rainey ran for 142 against The Citadel in 2008 Demps returned the opening kickoff 41 yards, establishing a new career-best mark, with a previous career-best of 39, set in 2008 against Vanderbilt Demps scored his 16th career rushing touchdown, second of the season, with a 62-yard run with 7:24 remaining in the third quarter. The run marked Demps’ second touchdown run of 60 or more yards this season (72 Miami; 62 USF) Demps is the only player in the country to have two touchdown runs of 60 or more yards this season and has recorded four touchdown of 60 or more yards in his career (72 rush, USF 2010; 62 rush, Miami 2010; 62 rush, Hawaii 2008; 61-yard pass UK 2008) Demps additionally tallied 255 all-purpose yards for UF against USF Redshirt junior Deonte Thompson tied his career high with five receptions in the first half, all for first downs. Thompson finished the day with a new career-high six catches for a new career-high 83 yards Redshirt senior wide receiver Carl Moore scored the second touchdown of his career on an 11-yard catch with 44 seconds remaining in the second quarter – his last touchdown was in 2008 versus Vanderbilt. Moore tied career high in receptions in a single game (4) with a catch at the beginning of the third quarter and finished with a career-best five receptions for 40 yards Sophomore running back Mike Gillislee scored his second career rushing touchdown, first of the season, at the 4:44 mark in the third quarter on a four-yard run In his first appearance as a Gator, UF tight end Jordan Reed scored the first touchdown of his career on a two-yard pass from Brantley with 3:55 remaining in the game to cap off Florida’s scoring for the day Defensive Highlights Florida forced five turnovers Saturday, tallying 147 under head Meyer, the most in the SEC. The Gators additionally scored 28 points off turnovers against the Bulls Senior strong safety Ahmad Black recorded his second and thirds interceptions of the season, 10th and 11th of his career, both in the final minute of the second quarter. Black previously intercepted two passes against Hawaii in 2008 The last time a Gator intercepted two passes in a single game was A.J. Jones Oct. 31, 2009 Black now ranks tied for first in the country in interception returns for touchdowns (2), ties for third in interception yards (231) and fourth in career interceptions (11) Senior defensive end Duke Lemmens jumped on a loose USF ball at the 8:51 mark in the third quarter, recording his first career fumble recovery Senior defensive end Justin Trattou recorded his third career interception, returning the INT for his first TD, a 35-yard UF touchdown Junior cornerback Janoris Jenkins picked off USF’s B.J. Daniels in the fourth quarter, his second consecutive game in 2010 with one pick, marking his seventh career interception Other Attendance: 90,612 Game Captains: Seniors Ahmad Black (SS), Lawrence Marsh (NT) and Justin Trattou (DE) Weather at Kickoff: 89 degrees and sunny, winds out of the WNW at 4 mph, 66 percent humidity Prior to kickoff, Florida was presented with the Learfield Sports Directors Cup for placing second in the country among all athletics programs. The Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup, presented annually by the nation’s athletics directors, recognizes the schools with the best overall sports performances in an academic year During the first quarter, the University Athletic Association, Inc., was honored for its role in the 2010 Tobacco-Free Florida campaign Between the first and second quarters, former UF swimmer and U.S. Olympian Ryan Lochte was recognized for his accomplishments at the recent Pan Pacific Championships Gator student-athletes are sponsoring the third season-long “Gators Canned Goods Challenge for Kids,” a canned food drive to benefit the Bread of the Mighty Food Bank in Gainesville. Fans are asked to bring cans to every home football game in 2010 2010 Florida Football Urban Meyer Florida Head Coach Post-Game Quotes Florida 38, USF 14 September 11, 2010 Opening statement: “Their quarterback (B.J. Daniels) is a stud; he’s a tough nut. We have a lot of respect for the outlet we just played. When I said they’re SEC caliber, they might not have the depth, but they have the players. That’s a good team. Our offensive line put it on their shoulders in the second half. That’s the hardest our running backs have run here in quite awhile. I thought (Emmanuel) Moody did a great job of running at pad-level. (Mike) Gillislee ran hard. (Jeff) Demps really ran hard but also showed that blazing speed. Our receivers aren’t where we need to be, but they’re better. We’re starting to get that rotation in there. We continue to grow that group the best we can. The defensive line had a nice little rotation going as well. We have to rotate them, especially in the heat. Special teams was finally the way it’s supposed to look around here. Janoris (Jenkins) did a really good job. Demps did a really nice job as well. I’d like to thank our fans. That was hot; it was a tough one today. It was tough. For them to be loud and cause a few false starts and timeouts, that was huge. Hats off to our fans, because I appreciate that. We were also 5-0 in the turnover battle, and that was a big part of this.” On the first offensive drive: “I was disappointed because we had a good kickoff return to start the game and didn’t move the ball. I was real disappointed. We have to get that corrected. You won’t win SEC games like that. They worked on us all year. They had really good pressure on us. Their defensive coordinator did a great job. They were blitzing their tail off.” On B.J. Daniels: “They have a veteran quarterback who made some plays. He was scrambling and running the triple option and made some plays that kind of quarterback can do. He played fantastic. Their quarterback is a superstar. He’s a really good player.” On the freshman class: “That freshman class is really starting to come on. Even the guys you don’t see much playing time like Neiron Ball, Cody Riggs and Jaylen Watkins. Robert Clark did a heck of a job. They have to be. There are some other young ones coming on. (Quinton) Dunbar and (Chris) Dunkley haven’t come on. We need them all. I love when Shariff (Floyd) gets up and gets loud. It gets me fired up.” 2010 Florida Football Florida Player Post-Game Quotes Florida 38, USF 14 September 11, 2010 Junior Wide Receiver Deonte Thompson On the offensive performance: “I thought we had a rhythm going.