Remember Dan Mullen? Dan is a dumbass. The dude thought he could roll into a blue blood SEC program and be an offensive genius instead of also being good at recruiting and defense. With as much hubris as he could possibly muster, he claimed that his 2020 team - depleted via injury, transfer portal, and NFL hold outs - was the first game of his 2021 team and they would kickstart a Florida Gator renaissance.
The Gators got detonated by Oklahoma 55-20.
Eli Drinkwitz is a little different. He still saw a bowl game as an opportunity to jump-start the youngsters taking over for next year’s team, but didn’t brag about it and certainly didn’t let everybody know about it.