- Oct 13, 2018
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Mullen's first season has been great. I was thrilled with the hire and expect Mullen to win national championships here, but his first season even surprised me. Though if you translate his results at MSU and project UF results based off of that it should be no surprise.
In his final 8 seasons at MSU Mullen averaged 8.25 wins per season. Had he coached the bowl game last year 3 of his final 4 seasons at MSU would have resulted in 9 or more wins.
Compare the MSU football program vs the UF football program:
*Average in state talent pool vs the best talent pool. Also the state of Mississippi gets raided by Bama, LSU, and Ole Miss was paying off recruits during Mullen's time there (and their budget is much larger). Ole Miss is also the top dog U of the state. He had to settle for reject recruits. UF gets to pick the best recruits, is the best funded Florida program, and has equal prestige to FSU and UM, if not more.
*MSU has no prestige and little ability to attract quality OOS recruits. UF is the opposite.
*MSU has one of the smallest football budgets in the SEC. UF is near the top. This especially affects the quality of his staff
*Mullen walked into MSU with no HC experience. He walked into UF as a seasoned veteran.
*He has a QB dependent system. At UF he will be able to consistently reel in 4 star and 5 star QB recruits. At MSU he had to settle for under the radar 3 stars.
I would say MSU is almost as hard of a job as Vandy. MSU has a little more in state talent to work with (even as back up options) but the SEC West has been much better than the East since 2009.
8.25 wins per season at MSU= ??? wins per season at UF. It's night and day.
In his final 8 seasons at MSU Mullen averaged 8.25 wins per season. Had he coached the bowl game last year 3 of his final 4 seasons at MSU would have resulted in 9 or more wins.
Compare the MSU football program vs the UF football program:
*Average in state talent pool vs the best talent pool. Also the state of Mississippi gets raided by Bama, LSU, and Ole Miss was paying off recruits during Mullen's time there (and their budget is much larger). Ole Miss is also the top dog U of the state. He had to settle for reject recruits. UF gets to pick the best recruits, is the best funded Florida program, and has equal prestige to FSU and UM, if not more.
*MSU has no prestige and little ability to attract quality OOS recruits. UF is the opposite.
*MSU has one of the smallest football budgets in the SEC. UF is near the top. This especially affects the quality of his staff
*Mullen walked into MSU with no HC experience. He walked into UF as a seasoned veteran.
*He has a QB dependent system. At UF he will be able to consistently reel in 4 star and 5 star QB recruits. At MSU he had to settle for under the radar 3 stars.
I would say MSU is almost as hard of a job as Vandy. MSU has a little more in state talent to work with (even as back up options) but the SEC West has been much better than the East since 2009.
8.25 wins per season at MSU= ??? wins per season at UF. It's night and day.