Richt discussed all of these topics below about his Miami Football team.
"“I’ve mentioned it before, and it’s so true – every time we practice, the guys that know what they’re doing, they do it better,” Richt said. “The guys that have been through it, they fight through it better. I told the players at the end [of practice], ‘the more mature you are, the more you’ll have your mind tell your body what to do. The less mature you are, the more your body wants to tell your mind what to do.’ You have to be physically tough. You have to be mentally tough to play the game. You have to know what to do to play the game. Usually young, talented guys, if they don’t play much, it’s because they don’t know what to do, or they don’t know how to push, or they don’t know how to recover from a bad play. That takes reps. That takes experience. That takes maturity. A lot of those guys are learning that."
Despite the emphasis on upperclassmen, Richt is not afraid to start true Freshman. Wide receiver Ahmmon Richards and Miami’s All-Freshmen linebacking core all made big impacts last season. Quarterback is often held to a different standard. The Freshmen were a huge part of the Miami Football success last season.