‘Enough said’: Jason Marshall Jr., Gators get back to work after loss
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida junior cornerback Jason Marshall Jr. doesn’t use social media a lot. Most of his posts on X, formerly Twitter, are about his work with Florida Victorious.
This weekend, however, Marshall had something else to say. Two days removed from the Gators’ 24-11 loss at Utah in their season opener, he posted Saturday morning on X.
“Enough said,” Marshall wrote with a handshake emoji.
Gators Online asked him Monday what the meaning was behind his post.
“It’s a lot of media and things like that. Sometimes you get caught up in looking at it, hearing what they say, seeing what they say,” Marshall said. “Just taking that in, grasping it. Enough said, you know. Now it’s time to get back to work.”
Marshall didn’t elaborate on what he heard or saw, but his post was made during College GameDay. ESPN was one of several outlets with plenty of reaction to the Florida-Utah game, which was the network’s most-watched Thursday opener since 2017 (3.2 million viewers).
Marshall said he didn’t discuss his post or what he prompted him to make it with his teammates, adding that it was for self-motivation.
“We do see it, people doubting us, things like that. I wouldn’t necessarily say we’re using it as fuel,” Marshall said.
“We went into that game and made a lot of mistakes. Now it’s time to fix the mistakes, learn from that, and just keep moving forward.”
Jason Marshall, Gators respond to 70-yard TD
Marshall and the Florida defense gave up a 70-yard touchdown pass on Utah’s first play from scrimmage. Junior quarterback Bryson Barnes threw a deep ball to junior receiver Money Parks, who had a step on Marshall.
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He was tripped after the catch by UF redshirt junior safety RJ Moten, allowing Parks to run untouched into the end zone.
“It’s football. It happens,” Marshall said. “Once we gave up that big play, we just had to come back to our senses and calm down. … Coming to the sideline after that play, talking it out, calming down, that was pretty much it.”
Following the 70-yard TD, the Utes offense gained 200 yards for the rest of the game and averaged of 3.84 yards per play. The Gators had multiple stretches where they forced consecutive punts and held Utah scoreless for final 26 minutes of the game.
“It’s unfortunate that play happened. You wouldn’t want that play to happen on the first play of the defensive drive. We responded well, just put that behind us,” Marshall said.
“(Sunday) we got in the meeting room, fixed it up, talked about what everybody seen, basically how we could do better and not allowing that to happen again.”
