What Dan Mullen said after No. 3 Florida's 38-24 win over South Carolina
Dan Mullen’s No. 3 Florida Gators moved to 2-0 on the season with a 38-24 win over South Carolina, UF’s 31st-straight home-opening victory.
Florida’s offense provided plenty of fireworks, despite being on the field for only 53 plays. Part of the reason Mullen’s offense did not score more was his defense’s inability to get off the field. The South Carolina ran 83 plays, still coming up with fewer total yards than Florida (348-329).
Mullen discussed the difference in the number of plays, individual performances and more in his postgame his press conference.
Here are the highlights of that press conference, as shared by reporters in Gainesville:
'It's not one thing, it's multiple things,' #Gators coach Dan Mullen said of D, then adds, 'Every little detail of the game concerns me.'
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) October 3, 2020
Mullen says the offense gave up the ball at midfield: "That's really bad defense by the offense." #Gators
— Jacquie Franciulli (@JacquieFran_) October 3, 2020
Mullen: "We ran 53 plays through the course of the game, that's it."
— Zach Goodall (@zach_goodall) October 3, 2020
'I don't think we got into a very good rhythm at all in the second half, offensively,' Dan Mullen said. 'We just didn't execute very well.'
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) October 3, 2020
Mullen asked about spreading the ball around, "we call our plays and we're going to take what the defense gives us. I think Kyle (Trask) does a good job of that."
— Nick de la Torre (@NickdelaTorreGC) October 3, 2020
Mullen on #Gators RB Dameon Pierce: He runs the ball exceptionally hard.. he understands the blocking schemes.
— Jacquie Franciulli (@JacquieFran_) October 3, 2020
Mullen on Trent Whittemore: "We've seen it, we see a lot of great things at practice all the time. I'm sure he was more excited than me being a local boy."
— Nick de la Torre (@NickdelaTorreGC) October 3, 2020
"I thought we did some things much better than we did last week." #Gators HC Dan Mullen on Florida's defense. Says two turnovers were disappointing which set the defense up in poor position.
— Zach Goodall (@zach_goodall) October 3, 2020
Mullen says execution, attention to detail, and tackling all issues with the team not being able to get off the field on 3rd and 4th down.
— Nick de la Torre (@NickdelaTorreGC) October 3, 2020
