Last year, after a loss to Missouri, Dan Mullen shed some light about what kind of competitor he is.
“I don’t care what we’re doing. You want to thumb wrestle me right now? I’m going to kick your ass,” Mullen said to the assembled media. “Know what I mean? If you want to come on up, I gotcha. Want to go run stadiums? I’ll kick your ass. If you’re going to keep score and someone is going to win and someone is going to lose, I want to beat your ass.”
That competitive nature was needed for a team that had fallen on hard times prior to his arrival.