Quarterback has been a major issue for Florida since Tim Tebow left, and bad quarterback play arguably sank Will Muschamp's coaching career at Florida. So naturally, new coach Jim McElwain was asked at Saturday's introductory press conference whether he thought he could win with the quarterbacks he has on the roster.

"You got to understand this, I believe I can win with my dog Claire-a-bell," he said. "That's the attitude. There's good players here. That's just our responsibility to get that going."

McElwain pointed out that although he's already done some evaluation of the current roster, meeting with the full coaching staff on Friday evening, he hasn't quite gotten to the point where he's ready to discuss the roster, particularly the quarterbacks.

"I don't think that's fair yet," he said. "I haven't been with them yet. I've seen some things. I think being able to kind of watch them interact with the team, see how they practice, we'll get an idea."

As Florida prepares for a bowl, McElwain will focus on recruiting and then putting together a staff. Defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin will be the interim coach for the bowl game.

What will McElwain's role be?

"Eating popcorn," he joked. "I'm going to see what the normal guy does. Maybe we'll go tailgate. Can we go do that, Bernie (Machen), go set up a grill?"