COLUMBIA, Mo. — When a reporter asked Florida’s Dan Mullen this week about his two coaching peers who were recently fired in their second year on the job — one in his own state, Florida State’s Willie Taggart, and one in his own conference, Arkansas’ Chad Morris — the head Gator couldn’t help himself.

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Punchlines aside, Mullen has brought a sense of stability back to Gainesville, where the aforementioned Scott — Florida athletics director Scott Stricklin — reunited with his former coach at Mississippi State when he hired Mullen after the 2017 season.