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Dan Mullen contracts COVID-19 shortly after declaring Florida should fill its stadium

It’s always interesting how these situations play out, isn’t it?

Not even a week after declaring that Florida should fill its football stadium to full capacity for an upcoming game despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it was announced on Saturday that Gators head coach Dan Mullen has contracted COVID-19.

Gators HC Dan Mullen has tested positive for COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/6iXdlhGwWc

— Bleacher Report CFB (@BR_CFB) October 17, 2020

Florida and LSU were initially scheduled to face each other on Saturday, although that game was postponed following a multitude of positive coronavirus tests throughout the UF program that left the team severely undermanned.