ORLANDO, Fla. — In a dark corridor amid the bowels of Camping World Stadium, Dan Mullen cracked a wide smile and chuckled at his own joke. Sure, his Florida Gators had just beaten rival Miami, 24–20, to open the 2019 season, but these specific postgame shenanigans were rooted in something other than the on-field result. For the first time in, he estimates, three decades, Mullen will get to enjoy Sept. 1. “It’ll be really crazy. I don’t know if I’ve ever not been doing football on Labor Day since I was 12-years old,” he told a small group of reporters.
Success of Florida-Miami Makes a Compelling Case for Future Week 0 Marquee Matchups
