In his postgame press conference, Florida coach Dan Mullen said he wasn’t aware of what had happened in the most-talked-about penalty of the college football season: Marco Wilson’s shoe toss that kept LSU’s game-winning drive alive. On Sunday’s SEC Championship Game media teleconference, Mullen shared his assessment of the situation and what he told Wilson.

“I talked to him. We spent some time with him last night after the game,” Mullen told reporters. “Obviously, I know he’s disappointed but, you know, I mean it’s a shame. I went back to watch the play and he made the tackle and, I mean, part of the football move the kid’s shoe was in his hand and he kind of threw it and jumped and celebrated with his teammates. So it’s pretty unfortunate.

“In that situation, you know, I don’t think there was any intent to taunt and there wasn’t he didn’t throw you know it was like it was thrown at their sideline or doing any of that. It was a huge play, he thought possibly a game-winning play and kind of threw a shoe and went to celebrate with his teammates. I think that stuff, really, an unfortunate situation more than, you know, a mistake instead of somebody really trying to disrespect the game or talking to the opponent or anything of that nature.”

A redshirt junior due to his season-ending injury early in 2018, Wilson was included in the list of players who took part in Florida’s Senior Day on Saturday. This season, he has 28 total tackles, a fumble recovery and 4 pass breakups.