They sit together, side by side, arms resting on their legs and slightly leaning forward.
They let out small chuckles and their dimples resonate on their schoolboy faces.
Then the questions from reporters continue: Do you finish each other?s sentences?
"We always do it," they say in unison.
Next…
Have you ever switched places in classes?
"We always wanted to but never did," one says.
Two seconds later…
"We always wanted to but never did," the other says, copying the prior?s words without realizing it, creating laughter from each other and those surrounding.
Think you've just developed double vision?
Nope. It's just a whole lot of Pouncey.
"Not many," they say together on how many people can tell them apart. "They just call us Pouncey twins."
Mike and Maurkice - better known as The Pouncey Twins. Better known as two pillars for the future of UF?s offensive line. Better known as the blockers and protectors for Tim Tebow, Percy Harvin and Kestahn Moore.
And better known as two of the goofiest 300-plus-pound men you will ever meet.
"They're jokesters right there," said senior offensive lineman Carlton Medder, who is Maurkice?s roommate. "They?re always getting you laughing. Always keeping a smile on your face. There's never a down time with them."
Hungry Men
The Pounceys have developed a reputation as jokesters, but there?s no joke if you keep them from the buffet line.
"All they do is eat - every second," freshman running back and former Lakeland High teammate Chris Rainey said. "They don?t care what it is."
Wherever the Pounceys wander in search of their next refueling station, it's not a pretty sight for waiters and waitresses.
"Some cooks start sweating (when we walk in)," Mike said. "'Man, we got to cook another batch of something.'
"Me, my brother, Carl Johnson and Marcus Gilbert went to Hooters one day and shut it down. Had everything in there. (The waitresses are like) 'Dang, we got a lot to feed.'"
Maurkice gets the same feeling.
"We walk in and they're like 'There's going to be a lot more tipping for a lot more cooking,'" he said.
Then there?s the day when their mother, Lisa Webster, works the hardest - Thanksgiving.
"It's trouble there," Mike said "We eat everything. We have like a fiesta over there."
But they're not just hungry off the field, they're hungry on it, too.
"For a true freshman, Maurkice is hungry, he's real hungry," Medder said. "He's always asking me questions about this play, about that play, about this one, about that one. That's always a good sign from a freshman."
The entire offensive line has recognized the Pounceys' abilities. UF coach Urban Meyer even said Maurkice was one of the finest freshman offensive linemen he has ever seen.
And Maurkice's play has backed up that statement so far.
In his first game Saturday against Western Kentucky, Maurkice started in place of the injured Phil Trautwein - who is out indefinitely with a stress fracture in his right foot. He learned he would take the job just a few days prior.
But after several late-night study sessions with Medder, including one that went past midnight, Pouncey was ready and the offensive line didn?t miss a beat.
Maurkice almost graded out a champion by Meyer, an honor that only goes to a few players in a given game.
"They like to have fun," senior center and team captain Drew Miller said. "It's always nice to have guys that like to joke around, but when it's time to get serious, they know to buckle down and get serious. That shows a great deal of maturity.
"Sometimes you feel separated - some of the younger guys from the older guys - but they fit in right away, and they?re just good guys."
Ladies' Men
Ask the Pounceys what they think about something, and it's like a broken record.
Mike has played either guard or tackle his entire football career, but he?s recently been switched to center. Still, if you?re a Pouncey, there are no worries.
On learning the intricacies of the new position:
"It's fun," Mike said. "I get to tell everybody what to do."
So, what's not fun for the jolly giants?
"Just being at home by ourselves," Mike said. "We want to be around everybody. When we're at home in the dorm, we?re like, 'Let's go outside or something.' We can?t stand being by ourselves."
They say the longest time they have ever spent apart from each other is probably a "class period," but there are some times when they do want to be alone. Like around girls. Especially when they switch on them.
"Switching up on girls, we did that a couple times," Maurkice said. "They might find out one day - like after [this quote goes in the paper]."
So, do they like the same girls?
"If they're pretty," Maurkice said
"We?re not picky," Mike said at the same time.
A few seconds later…
"Maybe we're kind of picky," Mike added after glancing over at his brother.
As the term "kissing your sister" applies to a tie in sports, you don?t want to be kissing the same girl as your brother, either.
"We just wanted to stop playing around," Maurkice said. "You can hurt a girl's feelings like that. We didn?t want to mess around with the same girls."
Switching for a girl is one thing, but would the Pounceys dare pull the switch on Meyer?
"I don?t know," Mike said. "I don?t want to find out (what he?d do)."
However, Meyer said in the spring that he couldn?t tell them apart.
When asked more recently if he could tell Mike from Maurkice, Meyer nodded.
BOne?s 55, one?s 56. Maurkice is 56.C
The Guardians
The Pounceys protect more than their quarterback.
Rainey lived with the Pounceys for four years prior to arriving at UF.
"Without Rainey we still have that team bond, but we love Rainey," Maurkice said. "If anything happens to Rainey we just break down and cry. We just love having him around."
Maurkice has a tattoo that reads, "The Chosen One." If nothing else, he was chosen by Rainey.
Rainey, who said he has had a Bhard life,C made the decision to move in with the Pounceys and was supported by his brother, former NFL and XFL running back Rod Smart, aka "He Hate Me."
"Those kids have grown up together," Lakeland High offensive line coach John Flath said. "When one needs something, the others are there."
But it wasn?t the easiest transition.
"It was difficult at first," Mike said. "We had our own rooms, and Rainey moved in and moved into my room. Rainey doesn?t like nobody to be loud, and I got a snoring problem. So the first night he?s putting pillows over my face, and I?m waking up and I can?t breathe.
"So from then on my brother and I moved into a room. We gave Rainey his own room."
Then there was, well, an incident.
When they first came to Gainesville, the Pounceys had two scooters. But when Rainey arrived, that number was quickly cut in half.
"Rainey wrecked mine when he first got up here," Maurkice said. "He hit a pole."
Added Mike, jokingly:
"We aren?t letting Rainey drive nothing."
Sharing one scooter is a pretty big dilemma for the Pounceys.
When you combine for 624 pounds of man on one scooter, that?s an issue if you want to move more than five miles per hour, not to mention trying to keep it in one piece.
Mike said they have a 150cc scooter that supports them both, but even with that the Pounceys have become the poster kids of the Facebook group BI?ve Seen Two Huge Football Players on a Tiny Scooter!C
The Fresh-Men
Running out of the tunnel in The Swamp for the first time was a unique experience for Maurkice.
With 90,000 fans cheering and the next era of their life set to begin, Maurkice had a problem.
He had to go to the bathroom.
"Yeah, (I almost peed)," Maurkice said on running out of the tunnel for the first time. "I got chills running down my arms. (I thought), 'Oh shit, here it comes.'"
As for Mike?
"Me too. I'm the same way," Mike said. "I was nervous. I was even more nervous for him because he was starting."
For the first time ever, one Pouncey took the field without the other.
BThat (was) the first time (I didn?t play with my brother),C Maurkice said. BWith my teammates now, they feel like brothers. So it really felt like he was already out there.C
Mike did get into the game later, but from the sidelines he plays the role of cheerleader for his brother.
"I felt like he deserved it," Mike said. "I'm his biggest fan. Every play I watch him. He comes to the sideline and he messed up. I?m like, 'Come on, man, you got to get it.?C
Meyer said after the game that Maurkice wasn?t perfect, but there was one play that stood out. Maurkice was able to flatten a Western Kentucky lineman near the end zone.
"I was real excited when that happened,C Maurkice said. "I was like, 'Oh man, it was just like high school again.'"
But it?s not high school, and so far for the Pounceys that?s a good thing.
With all due respect to the state champion Dreadnaughts, their loveable, mammoth twins have encountered a whole new life in Gainesville.
"I've never been in an atmosphere like this where we prepare so much,C Maurkice said. BI thought at Lakeland we did a good job of preparing, but this makes Lakeland look like it?s nothing.
"I had never seen anything like (the atmosphere in The Swamp)."
