Urban Meyer Teleconference 11/18/09
November 18th, 2009 ║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Florida
* Urban Meyer said that he has great respect for FIU and seemed to bristle when a reporter asked about getting his team up for such an underdog.
* Florida’s strength and conditioning work is paying off in fourth quarters this year.
* Meyer says more players’ helmets are popping off this year because players aren’t locking both straps on their headgear. Meyer takes the matter seriously… and he does believe there is an increase nationwide in helmets coming off during games.
* Florida is still practicing in full pads. Meyer is not worried about his team not being emotionally up.
* With a mature team, Meyer hasn’t had to worry about his team talking about FSU or Alabama this week. Meyer says his team realizes they still have room to improve.
* Carolina’s Stephen Garcia has a better “understanding” of the game this year. “He’s gonna be a fine player.”
* USC was balanced in the first half and “they moved the ball on us as well as anyone,” but late in the game they became one-dimensional because “they were down a little bit.”
* Meyer doesn’t have much to do with getting his players lined up for postseason showcase games like the Senior Bowl.
* Meyer says he anticipated “a little bit of a drop-off” due to the loss of players like Louis Murphy, Percy Harvin and Cornelius Ingram.
* He says he’s still confident that his receivers will begin to make big plays.
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