For the second straight season the Florida Gators are in a New Year’s Six bowl game. It’s been a quick turnaround for a program that had missed bowl games entirely in two of the previous five seasons before Dan Mullen’s arrival.
Playing in a bowl game is great for the players. The season is long and taxing and bowl games provide a vacation, bowl gifts, and the opportunity to be a team for a couple more weeks. It’s also an opportunity for younger players to get ready for their future.
Florida practiced four times in Gainesville before breaking for the holidays.