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A 2-9 record against Power 5 opponents in his final stretch at Florida undercut the defense Dan Mullen offered this week on ESPN's Paul Finebaum Show.
Mullen, now the head coach at UNLV, told Finebaum the Gators have declined since his 2021 firing, a claim that carries weight in some areas but breaks apart on the results that ended his tenure.
What Mullen told Finebaum Mullen told Finebaum that Florida's standard is championships, not wins, a bar he said he accepted from his first day in Gainesville.
He reached the SEC title game with the Gators, losing to Alabama by a couple of points, and argued that three of his four seasons would have put Florida in a 12-team College Football Playoff under the current format.
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