Jim McElwain not excited about playing “creatures” from Alabama
By Nick Cole
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Jim McElwain’s Florida Gators will take on Alabama in the SEC Championship game on Saturday.
Today, he met with the media in Atlanta to chat about the upcoming game.
Here are some of the highlights:
.@CoachMcElwain in the house for the pre-game press conference. #SECATL #UFvsBAMA pic.twitter.com/neSShMzgyh
— Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) December 4, 2015
.@GatorsFB @CoachMcElwain is live at the podium. #SECATL
Watch: https://t.co/3J7nbzwN0z pic.twitter.com/ViGVGXiF1Y
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) December 4, 2015
'I'm not really excited about playing these creatures, but that's the way it goes,' Mac on facing Bama in SEC title game.
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) December 4, 2015
McElwain: This has been a season of discovery for us. I can see how much we have to go and how much we have to build.
— Aaron Suttles (@AaronSuttles) December 4, 2015
McElwain: Treon Harris has been good this week. He'll come out and play his tail off.
— Aaron Suttles (@AaronSuttles) December 4, 2015
Mac said #Gators tailback Kelvin Taylor has learned to run with more patience, setting up blocks, now closing in on 1,000-yard season.
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) December 4, 2015
'We'll see how he does. He'll get a few snaps out there,' Mac on #Gators WR Demarcus Robinson returning from suspension.
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) December 4, 2015
McElwain on Derrick Henry: "The amount of yards after someone tries to tackle him. I say tried because they're not often successful."
— Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) December 4, 2015
McElwain on being underdogs: What exactly is that? We have an opportunity to go play the game. Everybody's goal is to get to Atlanta.
— Aaron Suttles (@AaronSuttles) December 4, 2015
Mac said WR Brandon Powell (foot) in a boot, LB Antonio Morrison should be ready to go, LT David Sharpe (foot) questionable.
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) December 4, 2015
McElwain on Kirby Smart: "First and foremost, I'm surprised it's taken this long. He's going to be a great head coach."
— Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) December 4, 2015
Florida coach Jim McElwain asked if he'll run QB Treon Harris more: "He may be running anyway, naturally, for his life."
— Marq Burnett (@Marq_Burnett) December 4, 2015
McElwain asked about perception that SEC coaches have a "Nick Saban problem."
"A Nick Saban problem?" he said. "What's wrong with him?"— Ben Jones (@BW_Jones) December 4, 2015
Just a couple of bros and a trophy. pic.twitter.com/owtgVDr6oK
— Aaron Suttles (@AaronSuttles) December 4, 2015
Nick Cole is a former print journalist with several years of experience covering the SEC. Born and raised in SEC country, he has taken in the game-day experience at all 14 stadiums.
