Jaquan Johnson agonized all afternoon about just how he would address his teammates the day before his last game at Hard Rock Stadium. Friday began with Mark Richt asking the defensive back if he could deliver a final motivational speech on the day before the regular-season finale and for hours Johnson wondered what he would say.
As he drove to the football facilities, Johnson thought he might use a rollercoaster as a metaphor because the Miami Hurricanes’ season had certainly been one. But that was too obvious, he decided. In the Hurricanes’ special teams meeting, it finally dawned on him.