Gator Country

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Six days of preparation are put to the test once the Florida offense takes the field on Saturday. High above the playing field, armed with charts that track opponents’ tendencies and play lists drawn up to attack anything the defense throws at him, Dan Mullen puts his game plan to the ultimate test. For the next three hours he will be matching wits with some well-prepared defensive coordinator that operates out of a booth just a few yards down the hallway. It is college football’s equivalent of high stakes poker. Mullen has to have a good idea what his counterpart is holding and he better know how to call each bluff.

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