In the final analysis, it was apparent to me that something’s not working here, … I know that’s kind of nebulous, but it’s the truth. It’s hard to put a finger on it exactly, but...

I just think to try to put Miami in a 13-week season, our schedule is tough enough as it is. If there are 14 weeks, that gives you another open date to play with there....

He did a great job and got us into a bowl game, beat FSU (Florida State) at FSU. I think it takes a special person to do that and a lot of toughness.

What was said shouldn’t have been said, but I think Stanford responded in the appropriate way. This thing has been unfortunate for Billy, but hopefully we can put it behind us.

Billy said last week he didn’t think there was a place in America that had a better commitment to basketball. Obviously we’re a football school, but you’d be hard-pressed to say we’re not a basketball...

The guy has been here for three years; this is his football team, … He’s worked extraordinarily hard. It would be inappropriate for him not to finish the season. It would be inappropriate for the...

The effects of Hurricane Katrina are nothing short of tragic and we know there is a tremendous need for assistance, … Floridians . . . understand the amount of work the affected areas have in...

That’s still a possibility. Neutral-site games are an issue because of television.

It had nothing to do with the outcome of the game.

[Donovan] is not worried about the pecking order at the University of Florida. He knows how he’s treated.

I think it’s a huge home-court advantage. I think the fact that everybody is on top of the court, the job the students have done making that a difficult place to play … people say...

We’re so happy to be there [that] we’ll play the Boston Celtics if we have to.

The years that we do have the flexibility, we want to schedule them.

Learn from your mistakes, always self-evaluate. Great leaders are thinking, evolving. And John Wooden was a great leader.

Billy told me he was tired of losing early and determined to figure out what was wrong and fix it. I could tell he was serious and it was bothering him.

Errors in officiating occur in all sports at all levels. The University of Florida has certainly been on both sides of this conversation as most teams have.

I think to have that tradition that we want, to be recognized as one of the best, you have to have a few of those (championship) banners up there. That’s what Kentucky has, Indiana has,...

Getting to a place like this is awfully hard to do.

When the situation starts going downhill, it’s hard sometimes to push it back up, … I think the situation got out of control, even for him.

Why not us? Why can’t we be champions in basketball, too.

In my opinion, it should have been handled better. Before the game starts, if you have an idea that’s going to happen and there’s nothing you do about it, it makes you wonder how much...

We wanted to be a factor on the national scene. And you can’t do that without being a player in this tournament.

Nothing wrong with showing your emotions.

This just reaffirms what we’ve been saying all along: This is a big-time basketball school with a big-time basketball coach. Some people have been saying Billy needs to go somewhere else, go to some other...

He’s embraced football from the day he’s walked onto campus. He’s not competing against it. You’ve heard him say that 1,000 times. He’s not worried about a pecking order at the University of Florida.

It’s not a bunch of losers here making excuses. It has nothing to do with the outcome. They beat us fair and square. It’s just a matter of running your business the way it should...

We appreciate the support of the Jacksonville community to keep this traditional rivalry in Jacksonville through 2010. The week-long festivities in the community and the pageantry surrounding the game are unmatched in college football.

The passion is what makes him special. I tell our [athletic] staff members all the time, you need to have passion. That’s what separates great people from average people.

Do I call Phil Fulmer during the season? Obviously [Spurrier’s] the coach of one of our opponents. We’ll be watching him with interest but we’re competing with him now. That doesn’t mean we don’t shake...

Yeah we went on probation, but we made out all right. After all that talk of whether we were a basketball or football program, those girls in spandex made us proud. Florida was a true...

We’ve got to talk about it. It seems to be the league has made a commitment to it and everyone has to make the same commitment.

I learned a long time ago, when it comes to discipline you don’t get 100 percent acceptance of what you do.

We’re just celebrating this victory right now.

That was something you don’t see every day. It’s obvious people are very exited about the University of Florida football, and it’s obvious people are thrilled that Urban Meyer is our coach.

Keith is just flat-out outstanding. He is a tremendous administrator and will bring passion, great organizational skills and a strong work ethic to that role. He is one of my closest friends. This is a...

The comment was made (before the game) that if they (won) they felt the students were coming and there’s nothing they could do about it. Before the game starts, if you have an idea that’s...

Part of the conversations with (Miami athletic director) Paul Dee is they are about to put $120 million in renovations in the Orange Bowl. If they do that, it’s not a concern. The contract has...

The reason 2008 and 2013 worked is because those are 14-week seasons. Trying to put Miami in a 13-week season, our schedule is tough enough as it is. With 14 weeks, it does give you...

He’s got a presence. You walk into a room and you can tell he has a little something about him. Obviously you look at the job he’s done at programs that have been less than...

On November 20th, UF and FSU will compete on the track, and on the 26th, the teams compete on the gridiron. This is the first time this rivalry has been promoted through another sporting event...

It’s a unique situation. Obviously it causes a lot of awkward situations and it’s not ideal. But I do think it helped with the search.

That’s still a possibility. Neutral site games are an issue with television right now. Who owns the TV rights? That’s obviously a marquee ballgame. Both schools’ television partners are going to want that.

When the NCAA added the 12th game, we wanted to look for years where there was a 14-week window to the season to give us flexibility in picking a date for this series. The 2008...

It’s important to tell our story and find ways we can to do things better,

He used to say, Ë You can’t take rings away from me,’

I do know that you’ve just got to be honest and open.

Now all of a sudden, Billy can coach again, huh?

You have 90,000 [fans] come every Saturday, and you have 12,000 come for basketball games. So there’s 78,000 people that probably live and die more with football. That’s not going to change. But I’ll tell...

Obviously we’re paying attention but right now everything looks fine,

We celebrated a lot of big victories there. After the national championship, we didn’t come back until the next day but we still went there to celebrate. Dean had a tape of the game but...