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1) Jimbo's Texas A&M
2) Texas because, well, you saw what happened to UGA
3) Oregon has weird unis
4) Nebraska because coming back from 0-6 is meaningful
5) Florida has arrived, but too soon?
Florida finished the season ranked No. 7 in the AP Top 25 poll after dismantling Michigan 41-15 in the Peach Bowl. That gave them a 10-3 record in Dan Mullen's first season, which was quite the jump from the 4-7 team Mullen inherited. Of course, Florida was always better than that record suggested, and the coaching change showed it. Heading into Year Two under Mullen will be different.
There's a part of me that wonders if Mullen won too quickly in Gainesville, as fans likely would have been happy with an 8-4 regular season and a good bowl game. When you win 10 games, it tends to raise expectations, and that may not be a good thing for a team that will lose a few key players to the NFL. Initially, I thought the 2019 season would be the one where we talked about Florida as a team with a chance to get to a New Year's Six bowl and maybe a chance at winning the SEC East ahead of Georgia. Instead, we're likely to see some people picking the Gators to dethrone the Dawgs.
Friday Five: College football teams that will receive plenty of hype this offseason
2) Texas because, well, you saw what happened to UGA
3) Oregon has weird unis
4) Nebraska because coming back from 0-6 is meaningful
5) Florida has arrived, but too soon?
Florida finished the season ranked No. 7 in the AP Top 25 poll after dismantling Michigan 41-15 in the Peach Bowl. That gave them a 10-3 record in Dan Mullen's first season, which was quite the jump from the 4-7 team Mullen inherited. Of course, Florida was always better than that record suggested, and the coaching change showed it. Heading into Year Two under Mullen will be different.
There's a part of me that wonders if Mullen won too quickly in Gainesville, as fans likely would have been happy with an 8-4 regular season and a good bowl game. When you win 10 games, it tends to raise expectations, and that may not be a good thing for a team that will lose a few key players to the NFL. Initially, I thought the 2019 season would be the one where we talked about Florida as a team with a chance to get to a New Year's Six bowl and maybe a chance at winning the SEC East ahead of Georgia. Instead, we're likely to see some people picking the Gators to dethrone the Dawgs.
Friday Five: College football teams that will receive plenty of hype this offseason