ESPN’s David Pollack on Dan Mullen: ‘If you don’t buy in to what he’s done, you’re an idiot’
By Andrew Olson
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Through his first 18 games at Florida, Dan Mullen is 15-3. What he has done with a roster made up of multiple recruiting classes he inherited from the Jim McElwain staff (2015-17) and two classes of his own (2018-19) has impressed many members of the national media.
The ESPN “College GameDay” crew is in Gainesville, Florida for Saturday’s Auburn-Florida top-10 showdown. Georgia great and ESPN analyst David Pollack met with local reporters on Friday. When asked for his thoughts on Mullen rebuilding the Gators roster, Pollack made one thing clear: he thinks highly of Mullen when it comes to Xs and Os.
“No game-changing running back like you had back in the day with Percy Harvin … Fred Taylor’s way back in the day,” Pollack said regarding offensive talent, per the Orlando Sentinel’s Edgar Thompson. “I think offensively, some freaks up front would be really nice. I think there’s a lot of teams, like Alabama and Georgia, that all of their guys literally would start on this offense – offensive lines would come over. So they need more depth and guys up front to protect. I think it’s getting better, but it’s not the scariest one in the country.
“… So I think that’s Dan’s biggest challenge. I don’t doubt Dan one million percent when it comes to Xs and Os and football. He’s proven himself. If you don’t buy in to what he’s done, you’re an idiot. I can’t help you. I can’t fix you. But from a recruiting standpoint, can he get those guys out wide and those playmakers? Because if you get that, this offense goes from really good to next-level great. And a quarterback, he’ll find one I’m sure that will do what he wants from a running standpoint – Nick Fitzgerald, Dak Prescott, those guys, Fitzgerald set all the rushing records.”
We can expect to hear more thoughts from Pollack on Mullen’s Gators during “College GameDay” on Saturday.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
