What Dan Mullen said after Florida’s 41-38 loss to Texas A&M

Dan Mullen knows his defense has to get better. That was the theme of a brief postgame press conference at Kyle Field where No. 4 Florida fell 41-38 to No. 21 Texas A&M on Saturday.

A rough day for Mullen got worse as he fell out of his chair at the start of his presser.

Other than saying he’s got to evaluate everything going on on defense, not many answers from Dan Mullen. Only spent six minutes on post-game presser.

His chair fell over when sat down on it as presser began. Not much going right for #Gators today.

— Thomas Goldkamp (@ThomasGoldkamp) October 10, 2020

Here’s what Mullen had to say after getting back in his chair, per Florida beat reporters:

'We were expecting it to come right down there to the end,' #Gators coach Dan Mullen said. 'Unfortunately we turned it over.'

— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) October 10, 2020

Mullen thought they were about 10 yards away from FG range before the fumble.

— Nick de la Torre (@delatorre) October 10, 2020

#Gators coach Dan Mullen speaking now after UF's 41-38 loss, says Florida felt comfortable heading into final drive: "Unfortunately we turn it over…we weren't able to make the stop…It's going to be a unique year for us, really interesting."

— Graham Hall (@GrahamHall) October 10, 2020

Mullen on secondary confusion issues, “we got to get better.” Wouldn’t dive too much more into the defense. Obviously, not happy.

— David Waters – Gators Breakdown (@GatorDave_SEC) October 10, 2020

Mullen on #Gators run defense: "We'll look at it. Hopefully we get some depth back. Hopefully Khris Bogle and Kyree (Campbell) are available next week."

— Graham Hall (@GrahamHall) October 10, 2020

Florida's Dan Mullen after A&M put up 543 yards: “We’re going to have re-evaluate a lot of things defensively.”

— G. Allan Taylor (@GAllanTaylor) October 10, 2020

Mullen: "You've got to get over this one quick, get onto the next one, get things corrected on the flight and get onto LSU."

— Graham Hall (@GrahamHall) October 10, 2020

"They made one more play than we did," Mullen said.

— Robbie Andreu (@RobbieAndreu) October 10, 2020

'Hopefully the administration allows us to pack the Swamp,' Dan Mullen said, pointing toward the governor's mandate. A&M a big factor he said.

— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) October 10, 2020

Mullen said he wants to see 90,000 in The Swamp against LSU. "We passed a law in our state that we can do that," he said.

— Robbie Andreu (@RobbieAndreu) October 10, 2020

Mullen: "We've got to make plays and get off the field. Last week they were 6-of-15 on 3rd down, so the games weren't really similar."

— Graham Hall (@GrahamHall) October 10, 2020

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