Quotes by Mike Dowling

“Its just a great rivalry,”

“Why do Florida and Florida State go at each other? Its the closeness and the similarity.”

“It was down there. So, we decided to take a chance,”

“Our execution looked flawless. I dont know how good they are, but they appeared on paper like they were real good. They did control the ball pretty well. We only had four plays the entire second half, and thats kind of frustrating.”

“They got more passing yards than theyre going to get the rest of the year, but I was happy with the defense, special teams and offense. We cut down on penalties (three for 31 yards). Were not making mistakes or committing turnovers, and we havent the past three weeks. I think were really developing.”

“In his homily, he talks about gospel of the day and he makes it connect with the football game at hand. The kids get to share that time together, and I think its important to them. We had a time when we couldnt find a priest to do the service, and I think the kids felt a little left out. Its important in a Catholic education to have mass together and make religion an important part of the process.”

“We didnt have a mass or anything like that, so I let the kids go. But one day we had a kid get in a car accident and another kid get kicked by a car and something else happened. We only had about 28 players, and four of them didnt make it back for the game.”

“We played well, we passed the ball really well, we were spread out nice. Its beautiful to watch when we play like that. We had people chasing us all over the field.”

“Its exploded, its uncontrolled, and it affects everyones lifestyle.”

“You lose right from the beginning.”