Florida won against Samford on Saturday to push itself one game closer to bowl eligibility. How the Gators won, however, has cast a shadow over the near-term future of both the program and Dan Mullen’s tenure as head coach.
Mullen started off hot in his return to Florida, but the early momentum he generated has screeched to a halt. It feels almost like it’s moving in the opposite direction now — and Mullen may have painted himself into a corner so fully that he now needs an almost unprecedented emergence from that corner to win championships.
Will Mullen be able to pull the nose up on his Florida tenure?