STRAIGHT TALK AT SEC FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS

“Our team  knows we can hang with anybody. We just have to execute. We have to put it together for four quarters.” Tyler Bray,  Tennessee QB

“It’s been a tough four years in Tennessee. I know, of course, the SEC has enjoyed taking advantage of our tough times. But there’s a nice mood on our team right now that you’re not going to have Tennessee to kick around anymore.”

—Tennessee coach Derek Dooley.

The Volunteers are 23-27

over the past four seasons

“We have to let the guys know that last year’s team was last year’s team. This year’s team has to create its own identity.”

—Alabama DE Damion Square

“Mingo and Jones. Mingo is like a 4.4, 4.5 guy, and Jones had four sacks in one game.”

—Alabama TE Michael

Williams, tabbing LSU’s Barkevious Mingo and Georgia’s Jarvis Jones as the SEC’s best pass rushers

“We know we have the talent. We always feel we have the best team. But if the best team doesn’t play the best, you’re going to get beat.”

—Williams

“We call them State. We don’t give them a different name. It’s kind of a little bit of disrespect, but we’ll just take it out on the field.”

—Ole Miss WR Donte Moncrief on Mississippi State referring to the Rebels as “the school up north.” The Bulldogs have won three straight Egg Bowls

“The team is looking at this as a new start. We’re coming out of the wilderness. We’re practicing hard and doing the extra work to make sure we turn the corner.”

—Moncrief

By Scott Rabalais and Mike McCall