Florida coach Dan Mullen names the Gators' rivals and one group of fans are not happy about it ·

05 Jan 2025, 00:00

New Florida coach Dan Mullen is making his rounds in the state for all of the Gator groups and he was in Orlando on Wednesday.

Mullen says Gators have three rivalries (Tennessee, Georgia, FSU)

— Nick de la Torre (@NickdelaTorreGC) March 1, 2018

That got SB Nation site "State Of The U" into a bit of a frenzy as he decided to go off on the comments.

Easy to say that when you refuse to play us, you cowards. https://t.co/cleXCqgk5f

— StateOfTheU.com (@TheStateOfTheU) March 1, 2018

And whopped y'alls ass every time but once. https://t.co/JjUzVwYTP9

— StateOfTheU.com (@TheStateOfTheU) March 1, 2018

Fam. You must be new here. I've *ALWAYS* had this same energy. And that won't change.

Funny how YOUR energy changed when you lost to AL GOLDEN tho https://t.co/XNURA5cAOQ

— StateOfTheU.com (@TheStateOfTheU) March 1, 2018

Won the fight AND the game

wonderful times. https://t.co/1Vp1uRLuhq

— StateOfTheU.com (@TheStateOfTheU) March 1, 2018

Of course, fault falls on both schools for not getting a regular game scheduled each year and both programs would probably like to keep a date for "tune up" and "cupcake" games during the season. While the potential for a great Power 5 win would look nice on the resume for the Playoff Committee, the schools probably don't think it's worth the risk over getting a guaranteed win.

However, both teams will meet in 2019 in Orlando at a neutral site and both programs will have had at least a couple years under their current coaches so there shouldn't be any excuses for a potentially bad loss on either side.

Florida coach Dan Mullen names the Gators' rivals and one group of fans are not happy about it

New Florida coach Dan Mullen is making his rounds in the state for all of the Gator groups and he was in Orlando on Wednesday. Mullen says Gators have three rivalries (Tennessee, Georgia, FSU) Nick de la Torre (@NickdelaTorreGC) March 1, 2018

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