Florida defensive coordinator takes a shot at the Tennessee Vols
Florida Gators head coach Dan Mullen had plenty of kind words for the Tennessee Vols on Saturday night. After Florida beat Tennessee 38-14, Mullen praised the Vols' toughness, intensity, and physicality. Florida defensive coordinator Todd Grantham did not echo Mullen's sentiments while speaking to reporters on Monday. While previewing the Gators' upcoming matchup against Kentucky, […]
Florida Gators head coach Dan Mullen had plenty of kind words for the Tennessee Vols on Saturday night.
After Florida beat Tennessee 38-14, Mullen praised the Vols' toughness, intensity, and physicality.
Florida defensive coordinator Todd Grantham did not echo Mullen's sentiments while speaking to reporters on Monday.
While previewing the Gators' upcoming matchup against Kentucky, Grantham commented that preparing for Kentucky's No. 60 ranked scoring offense would be a greater challenge than preparing for Tennessee's No. 37 ranked offense.
The wild thing here is that Tennessee's offense actually picked up more yards against Florida than Alabama's offense did against the Gators (Tennessee ran just five more plays than Alabama against Florida while picking up nearly 100 yards more than Bama).
Kentucky, meanwhile, has scored a total of just 44 points in their last two games. Against an FCS team in Chattanooga, the Wildcats managed just 28 points in a 28-23 win.
It sounds like Grantham just wanted to take a shot at the Vols. And look, he can do that. His defense held Tennessee to 14 points.
But that final score doesn't tell the whole story. If the Vols had executed better, the final score would've been much different.
Florida's defense didn't beat the Vols.
Tennessee beat itself.
Grantham should probably watch the film before calling out other teams.
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