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Graham Mertz out by the endzone during warmups. Wearing his blue No. 15 jersey and blue shorts.

LB Shemar James said today's performance surprised him. Just the first game, plenty more to go.

Tough schedule. Miami good team early in the season. How will that help going forward. "Can't look ahead. Focus on being the best version of ourselves this week," says Dike. "We have a lot of things to cleanup."

Montrell long TD? Opinions on his day? "Montrell's a great player. When he's on the field were better," says Dike.

First year here, back with Mertz. How to recover? "I have experience having big losses," said Dike. "Swallow a tough pill and get better." Mertz not much time to throw. Thoughts on that as a WR? "It's a collective effort," said Dike. Every group has room to grow. Seeing Mertz go down? "It...

Thoughts on today? Not what he wanted. "Prepare all fall camp then make mistakes," says Dike. Only can grow from here. Thoughts on the offense. What challenges? "We couldn't pick up momentum. Lacked execution. We're willing to grow from this," says Dike.

WR Chimere Dike at the podium.

Pass rush struggled. Why'd the pass rush struggle? No disrespect, but it wasn't their o-line said Boone. "That's me, imma do better on that. [We need to] press the pocket more. We beat ourself today."

17-10 after the Montrell run. Momentum in favor, then not. How crushing is that? "Before going into halftime. We felt like we should've capitalized on that," said Boone. Feels like 0-0 at halftime though. Did someone speak up in the locker room. "I spoke up myself," said Boone. "We made too...

How can you stop this from spiraling? "This game right here does not define us," said Boone. Says the team will look differently going forward. Points to allowing explosive plays. Billy said he's embarassed. What was the mood in the locker room? "I can agree with Coach Napier," says Boone. "I...

Early roughing the passer, your read on that? "I take full accountability." He was telling the team that he takes responsibility for that mistake, noted it brought negative momentum, says Boone.

Justus Boone now at the podium. Says "we didn't play the best Florida football today."

Napier is happy with how the special teams was today. Napier press conference around 12 minutes total.

Is this discouraging to unfold? "I still have confidence in our team. We've made progress," says Napier.

Do you like the SECs new rule on injury transparency? Napier says they've been good with that over the past few years. "It's all got to do with gambling."

What will you do to get this team back on track? "Be a man. Take responsibility of what you can do better," says Napier. "Get back to work. Not much for us to talk about right now. We've gotta play better."

Napier confirms that Mertz got the concussion during his interception. Napier on stopping the run: "(they) got to the perimeter, secondary forced to make a tackle, not strength and conditioning."