Dan Mullen talks Kyle Trask’s first start, Florida’s defensive effort after 34-3 win over Tennessee
By Andrew Olson
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Florida got off to a slow start against Tennessee, allowing turnovers and penalties to let the Volunteers hang around, but eventually pulled away to a comfortable 34-3 victory on Saturday in The Swamp.
The biggest storyline of the day was Gators QB Kyle Trask making his first start. It was not only the redshirt senior’s first career college start, but Trask had not started a game since he was 14-years-old. Trask’s first start went well as he finished 20-of-28 passing for 293 yards with 2 TDs and 2 INTs.
After the game, UF head coach Dan Mullen spoke to the media to talk about Trask’s performance, Florida’s defensive effort and more.
Here’s a sample of what Mullen told reporters in Gainesville after the game:
Mullen speaking now after #Gators win: “I thought we did a really good job at stopping the run, playing good defense.”
— Graham Hall (@GrahamHall) September 21, 2019
#Gators coach Dan Mullen on swarming defense: '11 guys running to the ball really hard.'
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) September 21, 2019
Mullen on #Gators QB Kyle Trask’s performance: “I thought he played both solid. Both interceptions, kind of threw in cover, but wasn’t like he threw to a (defensive) guy.” Added he thought Trask “was relaxed”, especially for someone who hadn’t “been in that situation before”.
— Graham Hall (@GrahamHall) September 21, 2019
Mullen says #Gators QB Kyle Trask was solid.
“He made good decisions all day.”
Mullen says on the two picks Trask gave the receivers an opportunity to make plays.
— Jacquie Franciulli (@JacquieFran_) September 21, 2019
"That's like kind of crazy. He's had an interesting career."- Dan Mullen when asked about Trask starting his first game since age 14
— Mark McLeod (@McLeodLive) September 21, 2019
Mullen asked why he went ballistic on the sideline in the 2nd half on the first offensive drive: "We were going to get a delay of game…. we called the play before we left the locker room."
— Nick de la Torre (@delatorre) September 21, 2019
Mullen says he was angry at his offense because they were going to get a delay of game.
— Jacquie Franciulli (@JacquieFran_) September 21, 2019
Mullen says the interceptions today were ok. Thinks Trask was aggressive. He's not happy with the fumbles. "We can fix (interceptions)… fumbles though, not good. We gotta fix those."
— Nick de la Torre (@delatorre) September 21, 2019
Mullen says if Trask had hit DB in the chest that would really bother him. The INTs by Trask today are things they can coach up and improve upon
— Mark McLeod (@McLeodLive) September 21, 2019
Dan Mullen said #Gators' defensive effort allowed them to stick with run game, began to show some signs of life late but DM is not walking out of here thinking team ran ball well.
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) September 21, 2019
Hopefully, we're a little bit healthier coming out of today and we'll get some guys back- Dan Mullen
— Mark McLeod (@McLeodLive) September 21, 2019
Mullen said #Gators “would have liked to get Emory Jones in the game once or twice more early”, but was happy both played and both “guys played fairly well”.
— Graham Hall (@GrahamHall) September 21, 2019
They were showing us a bunch of different coverage today. His decision making and timing was overall good. And having veteran wide receivers really helps -Dan Mullen
— Mark McLeod (@McLeodLive) September 21, 2019
Dan Mullen on why Kyle Trask so effective throwing ball into middle of the field: 'Making the reads and not forcing the ball.'
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) September 21, 2019
I think they're a young team trying to build. One thing we do is try to put their young guys in hard to manage situations….They're building for the future -Dan Mullen on Tennessee
— Mark McLeod (@McLeodLive) September 21, 2019
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