Mississippi State fans sound off after Dan Mullen, Florida win in Starkville

When Dan Mullen was hired at Florida last November and returned to the school he helped win two national titles, Mississippi State fans immediately circled the game Saturday night.

Mullen helped the Bulldogs win 69 games as their head coach from 2009-17, but he handed his former program a surprising 13-6 loss in Starkville Saturday night.

The sight may have been familiar to Mullen, but the fan reception was not. He was met with a chorus of boos as the Gators ran onto the field as Mississippi State fans hoped they could prove to Mullen that the Bulldogs could win without him.

Instead, Mullen showed he wasn’t phased by the conversation surrounding his return. It took a double pass trick play touchdown to give Florida the lead early in the third quarter.

The Gators had previously known their success to come on the offensive side of the ball, but it was their defense that stepped up against MSU, including making six sacks.

Mississippi State fans took to social media following the game to sound off on the loss:

Joe Moorhead is not an upgrade from Dan Mullen.

Dan Mullen left this program, and our program will be worse for it.

Those are just the facts. Unfortunately, we’ll have to deal with them.

— Daniel Black (@danielcblack) September 30, 2018

Mississippi State looks garbage without Dan Mullen

— Michael (@CrawfordM_5) September 30, 2018

https://twitter.com/MSUmaroon/status/1046195324375715845

Dan mullen built this program? You mean after he left us last year before the Egg Bowl? That game when Fitzgerald almost had his career ended? Sure.

— A. Wells (@abj_wells) September 30, 2018

This feels like karma for so many saying we upgraded at coach without ever seeing Moorhead coach a down.

— Justin M. Strawn (@JustinMStrawn) September 30, 2018

Mississippi St on longest scoring drought sin Dan Mullen’s 1st year in 2009? That didn’t take long…

— Thom Abraham (@thomabrahamshow) September 30, 2018

https://twitter.com/Ceecee_Wx/status/1046203731413487617

I hate State, but I hate Dan Mullen more than I hate Joe Buck. For people that know me, that’s a lot. #RollCowbell

— Payton Elkins (@Pelkdaddy) September 30, 2018

Nick Krueger

Nick covers SEC football for Saturday Down South.