![]() We did see what is becoming a trend in college football which is small pep bands on the road to allow some of the better seats to be sold to boosters.ġ3. Fans don’t want to pay $100 to sit on the top row of a stadium and fork over the travel money when they can watch at home and see multiple games in HD. Didn’t anybody read my story this summer? Don’t answer that. Florida caught some heat on Twitter for only selling 2,600 tickets, but that’s just the way it is in college football these days. Those fans have been through a lot, but I give them credit for the support they showed and can’t really blame the ones who left after Florida got up big in the fourth quarter. It was an incredible environment with only a few empty seats. One thing that I know came across on TV was how lit the crowd was at Neyland Stadium on Saturday night. By the way, Florida’s standing right now in total offense is better than USC, Stanford, LSU and Louisville, not to mention the teams coached by Chip Kelly and Scott Frost.ġ2. “I have no problem if we continue on this path,” Mullen said. This can happen when you get a lot of short fields and big special teams plays. Florida is dead last in the country among teams who have played four games in offensive plays this season. Exploda-Gators, huh? UF is averaging 6.67 yards a play this season. Florida is actually 29th in the country in yards per play. And while it is an offense that is still a work in progress and has only played against one really good defense, there are some stats that need to be pointed out. There will be so-called experts out there who will point to Florida’s latest national ranking in total offense (93rd) and see more of the same and make some clever remarks about the Gator offense. Also, Stricklin told me that the loudest place at the stadium is the open-air press box. Like not when the other team is at the line of scrimmage. ![]() We got a few warnings from the league office.” The theme for the cowbells is to ring responsibly. “They were not very cooperative at first. “It was up to Dan and I to convince the fans to only do it at certain times,” said Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin, who was then at MSU. Mississippi State President Mark Keenum and the late SEC commissioner Mike Slive worked on a compromise that would allow the clanging only at certain times. Then, there was a movement to put some teeth into the rule with financial penalties. ![]() ![]() The league already had a ban on artificial noisemakers that was not enforced until 2010. One reason is the Great Cowbell Compromise of 2010. Mullen pushed hard to get the fans behind the program and everyone tells me it’s a lot tougher place to play than it was the last time Florida was there in 2009. That has to do with the players on the team, but also the environment. The interesting part of it is that Mullen is taking his team to play a hugely important game against a monster he created. ![]() (One symptom of sleep deprivation is stating the obvious). The obvious storyline this week is going to be about Dan Mullen’s return to Starkville. The Back Nine comes at you refreshed from a 12-hour sleep after one hour the night before. Florida quarterback Feleipe Franks again teamed up with receiver Freddie Swain for a big score Saturday against Tennessee, in Knoxville, Tenn. ![]()
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