Jim McElwain admits it: Hurricane Irma changed the 2017 season for UF’s football team.
“I don't think you can ever say that we're going to get back to normal,” he said Wednesday, “because through this storm that hit us... there is no normal.”
The unusually subdued McElwain seemed almost disinterested in football, though he was happy to talk about this Saturday’s clash with No. 23 Tennessee in Gainesville. It was clear, however, that some of his mind was elsewhere.
He said his odd mood was due to concern for players’ families affected by Irma, some of which he said were “displaced.