Dan Mullen shares his perspective on what sparked the halftime melee against Missouri
After a 41-17 win over Missouri, Florida coach Dan Mullen offered his perspective on what happened at the end of the first half when players and coaches met on the field, there were punches thrown and a melee ensued.
“From my understanding, I think our guys thought they took a late hit at our quarterback,” Mullen said on the SEC Network. “They’re going to protect him. That’s their guy. I think they were going to protect him. I think both sides were trying to get people off the field, but everyone was a little edgy and probably went a little too far with it. We were trying to get our guys off the field in the middle of it all. … It is what it is — an emotional game sometimes. I don’t condone it. I’m not real pleased about how it all played out, obviously.”
Mullen said he was glad that both sides showed composure in the second half, and returned to a normal football game.
Two Florida players and a Missouri player were ejected, and every player on both sides was given an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. It is unclear what additional penalties, suspensions or fines are coming out of this, but a decision is expected in the coming days from the SEC office in Birmingham.
biggest douchebag in the SEC, plain and simple. if flarduh fans were truthful, they’d probably agree lol
I certainly don’t agree.
Don’t know what manure you’re talking about. We do agree the late hit was dirty and the Mizzou coaches caught throwing punches are big time d bags
All I saw Mizzou coaches doing was trying to separate players and catching punches all over, mostly from Gators. Also, I wouldn’t call Mullen a dbag despite that he was out there early, yelling at the Mizzou side, and aggressively trying to evade the assistant coach “holding” him back from physically engaging. Not a good look for a HC, but I don’t see that and think “Mullen is the biggest dbag in the SEC.”
Yep, that’s why more gators were ejected. It’s comical how these clowns are trying to twist the story.
Literally one more gator
Not a UF fan but I still say no to that. Plain and simple.
By douche bag you mean a great coach then I’d agree. You’re obviously biased but sh#tting on Mullen won’t make Georgia’s offense any better
There was plenty of wrong on both sides of that thing, but what a piss ant answer. Mullen was as much to blame for that as anyone. If not the guy who actually started the whole thing. Late hits happen. Rarely are they reacted to in that manner.
When they are ignored by the refs they need such a reaction
That game was called horribly both ways. Starting a brawl to show you disagree with the officiating is BS. Especially when the head coach initiates the whole thing. Mullen will be lucky if he avoids a massive fine.
I’d agree if it was holding but a cheap shot lol it’s not comparable and he did his job which was to fire up his team. I’d be thrilled to have a passionate coach like that and not one who’d take in the @ss and be cool with it.
As for a fine, I don’t remember any rules stating you can’t scream at an official, or do they have stress cards now?
Live by that sword you’ll die by that sword. Never knew Florida wanted to look like Miami so much but I guess it looked good for Miami right?
Who ever said we wanted to be like Miami? Lol
That was a good one lol was reminiscent of an old canes game
There’s an enormous difference between a cheap shot and a late hit. Try watching the replay in full speed instead of super slow motion. Reality is a b!tch, but it’s not too late to admit you’re just an idiot.
The best you can argue is the Mizzou player was trying to make a play and was a millisecond late.
WaaaaaaaaaMizzo fans, all u guys talked about was u could beat FLA all week. Take you loss lopsided at that and move on.
We’re not talking about the loss. The Florida fans are blaming Mizzou for the fight they started.
The worthless officials failed to do their job. Cheap, late shot by Missouri player trying to take out Trask and the official in charge of watching/protecting the QB does nothing. Mullen rightfully goes to give the worthless zebras some well deserved sh*t.
It could have been called a late hit, that can be argued either way.
Missouri handed this game to Florida with missed tackles, dropped balls, stupid play calling, turn overs and missed field goals. Play like this and they will get beat by Vanderbilt.
Georgia won’t play this poorly. I see an easy win for Georgia
UGA has a hard time scoring, so it won’t be an easy win by any means.
Ya that vaunted UGA offense is super scary. All those 14 points on UK. Super impressive
@sign buyer, largely right here
Why didn’t he say he needed to fit the part of his childish Halloween costume. Thats why the melee was started by him. Revenge of the Sith…. He appeased the Senate. Correction the Home field crowd before going in the locker room for halftime. Waving infectiously to get them to join in the spirit of mayhem. Then lied after the game as to why he ran on the field for a violation that wasn’t called for a late hit. Dude late hits happen every game, every week and we don’t see head coaches run on the field to confront Refs or opposing teams. What a classless joke. Now I see why he’s called ‘Crazy Eddie’ by other SEC fans, this guy is missing a few screws. I’ve always respected his ability to coach, but I definatley question his ability to lead young men.