Joe Burrow could succeed at Florida where other transfer QBs have failed before

Former Ohio State quarterback Joe Burrow is not your normal graduate transfer. He has two years of eligibility remaining. Go get him, Dan Mullen. When I first heard reporters speculating that Florida could be a contender for Burrow, I was less than thrilled. At some point, the Gators have to develop quarterbacks. Florida brought in […]

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Jimbo Fisher’s departure an early Christmas present for Dan Mullen

Florida State hiring Willie Taggart was excellent news for new Florida coach Dan Mullen. Why? Because it means Jimbo Fisher is gone. Taggart, 41, might become a star. I believe he will, despite a 47-50 career coaching record. Still, Mullen’s first week on the job in Gainesville was marked by tremendous fortune with the news […]

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A projection of a possible Florida coaching staff for Dan Mullen

Dan Mullen is Florida’s new coach, and the work has just begun. Fans rightfully will focus on the recruiting trail. They want to see how well Mullen can hold UF’s current commitments and enhance the class further. But there’s another area of program-building even more pressing: Mullen must assemble a first-rate staff. A coach can […]

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Relax, Florida fans: There remains a deep pool of coaching candidates for AD Scott Stricklin

Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin appears to be screwing up his first big hire at UF – until you look at the big picture. Stricklin can’t screw this hire up. It would take stunning incompetence. The pool of available talent is too deep. Yes, having Chip Kelly pick UCLA stings. Kelly is a brilliant offensive […]

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Could Dabo Swinney be this generation’s Bobby Bowden?

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is strange, Ohio State’s Urban Meyer certainly isn’t lovable and Alabama’s Nick Saban can be described as ruthless. Clemson’s Dabo Swinney is on the opposite end of the spectrum. Just don’t ask him about “Clemsoning,” not that anyone would anymore. Swinney hits the trifecta when it comes to personality: funny, folksy […]

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