Gators head coach Billy Napier discusses Florida's rebound win over Vanderbilt and what comes next for UF.
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00:00 getting up off the mat is not always a given,
00:03 but how do you like how they responded,
00:05 given how tough last week was
00:07 and how much better was that locker room this week?
00:10 - Yeah.
00:11 You know, I continue to tell you guys
00:13 that I think this group has some character about them.
00:16 You know, I don't see,
00:19 I see that, I see some maturity.
00:21 You know, I think there's some awareness.
00:24 I think they've got a pretty good understanding
00:26 of why they win.
00:27 I think they have a pretty good understanding
00:29 of why they lose, what contributes to that.
00:32 They're able to stay pretty steady.
00:35 And to be quite honest, I mean,
00:38 I think they were embarrassed a little bit.
00:40 You know, I mean, I think there was an element to that,
00:43 that they wanted to get back in there and play again,
00:46 you know, and make a statement
00:48 that that's not who they are, right?
00:50 So, and look, I think the staff felt the same way.
00:53 So, you know, today there was a lot of good out there.
00:58 I think we got to keep things in perspective.
01:00 We got to understand that bigger challenges are ahead.
01:03 And we got to really, one of the big challenges
01:06 for our team is to go play well on the road.
01:08 You know, I mean, I think that's what's next for us.
01:10 And next week we'll present that challenge for us.
01:14 - You mentioned a second ago,
01:16 the importance of translating this
01:17 to playing well on the road.
01:18 What needs to happen to do that?
01:20 Is it a matter of not getting too high after a win?
01:22 What are some of the things that you think you need to see
01:24 from this team to translate momentum into road games?
01:27 - Yeah, it's a good question.
01:28 You know, I think we've spent some time on it.
01:31 You know, I think it's a challenge to play on the road
01:35 in this league.
01:36 And I think you see right now in college football,
01:39 I don't know what the records are,
01:41 but I think the home team
01:43 has a pretty significant advantage, right?
01:45 So in particular, in our league,
01:47 wherever, where you go is pretty rowdy.
01:50 So I think one of the things that's important
01:53 is that you start fast, right?
01:55 You got to show that you're in the mix,
01:57 that you're ready to go.
02:00 And then ultimately you got to solve
02:03 the operating in that environment, right?
02:08 The communication element.
02:09 And then ultimately it comes down to execution.
02:15 I mean, I think we know when we play bad, we know why.
02:18 You know, so we've got work to do.
02:22 It's definitely going to be working
02:23 on all those things this week.