Even UF coach Dan Mullen is frustrated with Gators’ defense

All-too-easy runs up the middle and an all-too-familiar communication miscue led to a Kentucky touchdown that tied the game at 7 and prompted Mullen’s meltdown directed at Grantham amid another slow start for his defense.

Mullen downplayed the back-and-forth between the two coaches that was caught on national TV and created a social media firestorm, along with the predictable calls for Grantham’s job.

“Well, I’ll be honest with you,” Mullen said. “I got home [for] Thanksgiving dinner and we’re neighbors. He had his Christmas lights up before dark and I said, ‘We don’t put Christmas lights up until after Thanksgiving,’ and he said adamantly, ‘Yes, we do.’ And I said, ‘No, you don’t.’

Mullen and…