Dan Mullen drinking game

[Drebin]

Every time he says, "uhhh," take a drink. Every time he answers a question with "Yaaaah," take a chug. Good luck getting through the session.

 

[FightingMaroons]

"Easy decision" to take Florida job.

Oh man, I'm ready to whoop that ***.

 

[tenureplan]

Every halftime where he looks up and to the right with a weird *** smirk while he's answering the question drink a sixpack

 

[dawgstudent]

Drink when he says it was an "easy decision" to leave Mississippi State for Florida.

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[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Easy decision == less demanding boss

 

[Drebin]

That was a great final question and he really stepped in it with his answer. Thank you Columbus Dispatch.

September 29 is going to be ugly.

 

[Drebin]

For those who didn't see it, he was asked how he felt about the animosity the MSU fanbase had for him with the way he left.

His answer was he gave everything he had while he was here (we know this not to be true), he had many opportunities to leave and chose to stay in Starkville (we have reason to doubt this), and he said the decision to go to Florida was more about Florida than MSU, it was his dream job, and it was different than the other calls he got (we all know he was going to Tennessee before he got the Florida call).

For the players who believed him when he told them the week of the Arkansas game that he wasn't going anywhere, and then were hurt by his abrupt departure and lack of real explanation over it, any State player who watched that probably just had the bandaid ripped off. I expect our kids will be breathing fire that week.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

What was the question?

 

[RocketDawg]

That was a great final question and he really stepped in it with his answer. Thank you Columbus Dispatch.

September 29 is going to be ugly.

Hopefully in our favor. Mullen's going to have a point to prove too, so it's not necessarily a slam-dunk thing. Just being realistic.

 

[RocketDawg]

Is Tyler Horka supposed to be a household name? Never heard of him.

 

[Drebin]

Hopefully in our favor. Mullen's going to have a point to prove too, so it's not necessarily a slam-dunk thing. Just being realistic.

What do Florida players have to prove? Mullen will coach 'em up, but there are 60 players on the MSU roster (approximately) that have a bad taste in their mouth and are looking to get revenge. Maybe i'm putting too much into this, but I just remember some of the tweets players like Simmons and Fitz tweeted in the days after Mullen left. Moorhead will have no problem getting the team up for that game.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Moorhead's pregame speech that week should be "Well, there's nothing I can say to get you more fired up than you already are"

 

[RocketDawg]

I said Mullen, not the players. He'll get them pumped up. And even if the players have no axe to grind, they're not going to stand to be beat by lowly Mississippi State.

 

[Drebin]

I said Mullen, not the players. He'll get them pumped up. And even if the players have no axe to grind, they're not going to stand to be beat by lowly Mississippi State.

I know you said Mullen, not the players, and that's precisely what I'm addressing. Mullen can be fired up and he can coach his *** off that week, but most players aren't going to have that edge that he will have. Most of them view MSU as just another conference foe and they will prepare with that mindset. MSU is going to have 80 players take the field with their hair on fire. That is a huge difference. Huge difference.

State will win this game and it won't be close. Florida's biggest weakness? O-line and D-line. State's strengths? O-line and D-line. It's gonna get ugly.

 

[Dawg1976]

One interesting thing he said was concerning rivalries. He said theirs with UGA is a healthy one but there are many that are unhealthy. He didn't mention the Egg but you know that was what he was thinking.

 

[MSUDC11]

One interesting thing he said was concerning rivalries. He said theirs with UGA is a healthy one but there are many that are unhealthy. He didn't mention the Egg but you know that was what he was thinking.

And he seemed totally oblivious to the fact that HE is what kickstarted much of the recent nastiness in the Egg Bowl rivalry by driving the folks in Oxford totally insane. Obviously OM is to blame as well, but Mullen once relished in the fact that they despised him and fanned the flames of this rivalry big time... until he stopped caring and decided he was ready to leave.

 

[Coledawg]

Every time he’s getting his *** kicked, the camera pans in and he has this panicked, oh **** look on his face, a la several Egg Bowl games......

 

[The Usual Suspect]

One interesting thing he said was concerning rivalries. He said theirs with UGA is a healthy one but there are many that are unhealthy. He didn't mention the Egg but you know that was what he was thinking.

He loses a few to GA and it will become a pretty unhealthy rivalry...

 

[the dog is on the loose]

I know you said Mullen, not the players, and that's precisely what I'm addressing. Mullen can be fired up and he can coach his *** off that week, but most players aren't going to have that edge that he will have. Most of them view MSU as just another conference foe and they will prepare with that mindset. MSU is going to have 80 players take the field with their hair on fire. That is a huge difference. Huge difference.

State will win this game and it won't be close. Florida's biggest weakness? O-line and D-line. State's strengths? O-line and D-line. It's gonna get ugly.

As crappy as Florida has been for a while I don’t think that they will be looking at us as just another conference foe. Heck they can’t even look at vandy like that.

 

[tatedog]

Was it just me or in his Finebaum interview did Dan seem really relaxed and "real" and not like his usual cliche' ridden talking points regurgitation machine? I really do think he felt like he had to micro manage everything here, which led to his sideline explosions and his inability to keep defensive coordinators in particular. We picked up on it, and he blamed it on being a first time head coach, but I never sensed it getting better until way late in his regime.

 

[RocketDawg]

I hope you're right, and I'm looking forward to the game. But cautiously, as always.