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2021/07/20 05:46 HOOVER, Ala. (AP) Florida coach Dan Mullen puts a positive spin on losing his three best offensive playmakers. The Gators are replacing Heisman Trophy finalist Kyle Trask at quarterback and two first-round NFL draft picks, wide receiver Kadarius Toney and tight end Kyle Pitts. It could mean a big difference in style for an offense that led the nation in passing en route to the SEC East title. “We’ll be a little bit different offensively, but that’s part of the fun of coaching is being able to adapt and change and build around the players that we have,” Mullen said Monday at Southeastern Conference media days.
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) â Florida coach Dan Mullen puts a positive spin on losing his three best offensive playmakers.
The Gators are replacing Heisman Trophy finalist Kyle Trask at quarterback and two first-round NFL draft picks, wide receiver Kadarius Toney and tight end Kyle Pitts. It could mean a big difference in style for an offense that led the nation in passing en route to the SEC East title.
âWeâll be a little bit different offensively, but thatâs part of the fun of coaching is being able to adapt and change and build around the players that we have,â Mullen said Monday at Southeastern Conference media days.
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The first-year head Gamecock won day one of the annual event with his charisma and energy.
“I said this in my press conference back in December: I didn’t think there was anything at South Carolina that we lacked to be a championship program,” said Beamer Monday. “I’m even more convinced of that now after being there for seven months.”
Beamer takes over a South Carolina program that finished 2-8 last season under Will Muschamp and 4-8 the season before. But Beamer is demanding more from his players, focusing on what he and the Gamecock staff accomplished when he was an assistant under Steve Spurrier from 2007-10.
Live Updates From Day 1 of 2021 SEC Media Days
The latest from Monday portion of SEC Media Days, which includes Florida, LSU, South Carolina and commissioner Greg Sankey.
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At least in terms of football in the South.
Monday morning, the 2021 SEC Media Days will kick off in the familiar setting of the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham, where the nearly-annual event has been held for most of the last 20 years.
However, it ll be the first appearance for the eight head coaches who were hired either in 2020 or 2021, as last year s event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic: Arkansas’ Sam Pittman, Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin, Mississippi State’s Mike Leach, Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz last year, along with newcomers Bryan Harsin with Auburn, South Carolina’s Shane Beamer, Tennessee’s Josh Heupel, Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea.