JACKSONVILLE - You and I may never know the actual words.
It will almost assuredly not be posted on the side of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
It wasn't uttered in a press conference.
We might not know exactly how or why Florida coach Urban Meyer decided to give some extra inspiration to his troops Friday night, but we will be able to measure his speech's impact.
If the Gators feel confetti falling on their shoulders in Pasadena in a few months, this closed-door moment could be one of the reasons why.
It hasn't been easy to be a Florida football player this season. The expectations are extreme. Wins seem to be felt with relief rather than euphoria, and when they came a little bit harder, players only seemed to push harder.
Players and coaches admitted it as UF struggled to get past Arkansas and Mississippi State. And it seems Meyer decided to do his best to put an end to it.
"This Friday night with our football team was the best job he's done talking to our football team since I've been here," said second-year defensive line coach Dan McCarney, who has been around college football since 1977. "I had hair standing up on the back of my neck. There were goose bumps up and down my arms. I've been around this for a long time. I've heard a lot of coaches talk and I've heard myself talk a lot, too much. I thought he did an unbelievable job. I was ready to go play Friday night."
It's hard to argue with the performance that ensued. Tim Tebow returned to form, the defense put on another clinic and UF's special teams continue to shine.
Georgia may not have been the biggest test, but it was the first time Florida dominated in a SEC game in a while, and it clinched a spot for the Gators in their second consecutive conference title game.
But you never would've known that Sunday night.
Right guard Mike Pouncey was asked about his reaction to Florida clinching the SEC East, and he acted like he didn't even know, saying he thought UF had to beat Vanderbilt to do it.
McCarney backed up what Pouncey was saying.
"The word 'Atlanta' didn't even come up in the team meeting tonight, didn't even come up," McCarney said. "Vanderbilt did. Our performance yesterday (did).
"We've had some hard lessons a year ago, some hard lessons this year. You learn from them. You see what happens around college football. You see what happens in the SEC."
And while some of it may sound politically correct, I'm hard-pressed to not believe these two. These Gators know the true goal for this season: an undefeated season.
It's been a rough road through eight games for Florida.
Each game has seemingly led to more questions than answers, but for once, there seems to be few criticisms.
"Everybody says you gotta chill out, have fun and relax,
