ATLANTA — Florida Gators head coach Jim McElwain is playing with house money, and he knows it.
In his first season as the head coach of the Gators, McElwain led his team to a 10-2 record, a 7-1 mark in conference and the first division title for the program since 2009.
As a reward, he'll square off against second-ranked Alabama as 18-point underdogs in the 2015 SEC Championship Game, according to Odds Shark.
Translation: McElwain has nothing to lose.
He certainly came off that way at the event's media day on Friday afternoon at the Georgia Dome.