Florida Gators quarterback Graham Mertz is a six-year veteran, and he won't be flustered against the Miami Hurricanes.
Nervousness dissipated years ago, when he took the field at Wisconsin. Now, as a veteran passer, Mertz will simply walk onto the field and attack the opponent. The Miami Hurricanes stand in the way of Mertz starting his college swan song with a victory. Earlier this week, he provided his thoughts regarding Saturday's tilt at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
"They don't like each other? Florida and Miami don't like each other? I think the first week I got down here I saw a Miami fan and a Florida fan getting into it on Twitter. Really into it," laughed Mertz. "I think you play this game for these experiences. You play 'em for the big game, the big one at home, the big away one. I think back to any game I've played that's a big game, it all comes down to what team is going to execute.
"You can go in there with all the emotion, but that's not going to go out there and make you execute. If you go in there with the mindset that you're going to execute, that leads to emotion. Coach has talked a lot about, We go out and execute, that place is going to be rocking. If we don't execute, it's not going to be rocking. I think being able to simplify it in your mind. I got a job I got to go do. My team is depending on me to go do it.
"I played a lot of teams that have a lot of really talented front sevens, secondaries. For me I try to look at more the why behind what they're doing. I would dive into a lot of that. Say a team plays a lot of man, why do they play a lot of man? Why do they play zone? Learning the why being called on defense, not just the players."As customary with the Hurricanes, their defense relies on speed and quickness, with the ability to cover ground.
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