Jim McElwain took to the microphone following the football team’s loss to Florida State on Saturday looking like he’d just been told about a dead relative.
“Guys,” he announced to the assembled reporters, “that was a disappointing ballgame for us.”
It was in crisp contrast to his mood a week earlier after his team beat LSU in the game’s final minutes. At that press conference, he spoke roughly 1,500 glowing words about how proud he was of his team, even taking a subtle shot at his critics.
“I just can’t tell you how proud I am of our players, our staff and happy for the Gator fans that, you know, don’t think we’re very good, but all we do is end up back in Atlanta, right?