[College Sports News]

ON FLORIDA PLAYERS TALKING ABOUT THEIR PERCEIVED LACK OF RESPECT: "There was the discussion on who was going to get the other spot, but there's nobody who will be wearing the scarlet and gray that will have other than great respect for them and we know that these are the two top teams in America playing; how can you have any less respect than that?"

ON IF TROY SMITH NEEDS A WIN TO GO DOWN AS OHIO STATE'S ALL-TIME GREATEST QB: "I think the number one measuring stick of a quarterback is wins and losses. I don't exactly what his starting record is, but it's pretty darn good. Obviously having a national championship plus a Heisman Trophy would make a pretty good argument that he's pretty fair. I think winning does validate, and I know he feels the same way."

ON ANY SIMILARITIES BETWEEN FLORIDA AND HIS 2002 OSU CHAMPION TEAM: "There are the similarities in that we were very good in the special teams and they made a difference for us and we won some close games. Outside of that, we're really two different style teams. Comparing them to a team that played for a national championship and then won it is a compliment, and I would compliment them for sure."

ON FLORIDA/SEC REPUTATION FOR SPEED: "From top to bottom, it's the fastest team we've seen, when you start talking about the special units, the defense, both the front and the back ends, the offensive weapons and the number of them, that type of thing. There are more guys with speed, but only 11 can play at once, but I think it's the fastest team we've played for sure."

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