At the end of his postgame press conference Saturday afternoon, a highly-emotional QB Tim Tebow told reporters he wanted to send a personal message to Florida fans.

Here's the transcript of what he said.

"To the fans and everybody in Gator nation: You know what? I’m sorry, extremely sorry. We were hoping for an undefeated season, that was my goal. It’s something Florida has never done here. But I promise you one thing. A lot of good will come out of this. You have never seen any player in the entire country,play as hard as I will play the rest of the season. And you will never see someone push the rest of the team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of this season. And you will never see a team play harder than we will the rest of this season. God bless.''

Sophomore OL Maurkice Pouncey said this loss will either break them down or push the team harder to succeed. He expects the latter.

“If the team comes out how I know our team is going to practice, we’re going to come out even hungrier,’’ Pouncey said. “Now we’ll see who is going to wimp up and say, “Man we loss and it’s just like last year. And we’ll see who is going to come out be hungry and ready go to get it again.’’

As for the Florida staff, they have quickly reminded the players that the season is not over.

“The goal coming into the season is always how you win the SEC East and get to Atlanta,’’ offensive coordinator Dan Mullen said. “We control our own destiny still for that. That’s always the focus and that never changes. We can control whether or not we get to Atlanta. We still have our destiny in our hands.’’