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Whitley: Mullen Needs A Miracle To Keep His Job 

After his group beat Florida Saturday night, Missouri mentor Eli Drinkwitz evoked "Star Wars" in his news meeting. With all due regard to the plastic lightsaber Drinkwitz pulled out, the night helped more to remember "Forrest Gump." 

To reword Forrest, "Existence with the Gators resembles a container of chocolates. No one can really tell what you will get." 안전놀이터

Takeways: Gators fall in OT at Mizzou, finish winless in SEC street games for first time starting around 1986 

The main thing you can rely on with the Gators is you can't rely on a lot of anything, other than they will not make a triumphant play when they totally, decidedly need one. 

That is the reason, no doubt, Mullen will mentor his last game when Florida State comes to town. If Scott Stricklin was unsure before Saturday in Columbia, Missouri, the 24-23 extra time misfortune to the Tigers ought to have persuaded him to begin gathering gifts for Mullens' $12 million buyout. 

Florida mentor Dan Mullen watches play against the Missouri Tigers during the main half Saturday at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. 

Florida mentor Dan Mullen watches play against the Missouri Tigers during the primary half Saturday at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. 

The November plan was an ideal rescue situation for a season turned sour. Be that as it may, rather than pounding South Carolina, Samford and Missouri, the Gators went 1-2. 

In the event that Mullen couldn't turn this season around, it's difficult to perceive how he can turn a whole program around. 

I wish he had. Watching him Saturday, I couldn't resist the urge to feel some compassion toward Mullen as he attempted to clarify the most recent pie in the face. 

"It's simply… it's quite disastrous," he said. "It's a play anywhere." 

It's a blown task. It's an awful quarterback read. It's a blockhead punishment. Against the Tigers, it should be the guards. 

"A many individuals were addressing us, doubting our craving, our ability to play," tackle Antonio Valentino said. 

That is the thing that happens when you surrender 52 focuses to Samford. In any case, Florida's protection tracked down certain replies against Missouri. 

This time, an offense that set up 70 focuses seven days prior returned to its sporadic ways. For what reason is Gator life such a crate of chocolates? 

"That is to say, we're out there attempting," Mullen said. "We're giving it all that we have, each and every week. We go in there, attempt to mentor our folks up, attempt to set them in place. Attempt to rouse them." 

Whatever they're attempting, it's essentially not working. That acknowledgment appeared to at last hit Mullen on Saturday night. He's had a go at everything. There aren't additional buttons to push. 

He discussed losing seven sequential one-ownership games, and how unique life would be if the Gators had made a couple of more plays in those games. That is for quite some time been the regret of washouts. 

You are what your record says you are. Furthermore, the record shows Florida's been a powerful top choice in its beyond three close misfortunes. The Gators shouldn't have been in positions to lose late, as they did Saturday night. 

Florida got a respite when Missouri's Harrison Mevis, who'd made 24 of his past 25 field objectives, missed a 46-yarder with 1:04 left. That introduced extra time, where the Tigers addressed Florida's TD with a TD and a two-point transformation. 

After a supernatural 29-6 beginning in Gainesville, Mullen has now lost nine of the last 11 games against Power 5 rivals. The Gators completed 0-4 in their SEC street games. Their main street win this year was in Tampa against USF, which shouldn't count. 

Florida's 2-6 generally SEC record is the most exceedingly awful in 42 years. The main thing keeping the Gators out of the gathering basement is Vanderbilt. 

If that didn't trigger laughing around the association, Drinkwitz's post-game savage surely did. Last year's down in Gainesville was on Halloween, and Mullen displayed at his post-game news gathering dressed as Darth Vader. 

At the point when Drinkwitz completed his comments Saturday, he pulled his hoodie over his head, took out a lightsaber from behind the platform and said, "May the power be with you." 

A Gator mentor might take care of Drinkwitz sometime in the not so distant future, however it most likely will not be Mullen. He will not be terminated for the current week, since he allows UF the best opportunity to beat FSU and come to a bowl. 

My conjecture is the main thing that could save Mullen presently would be a victory prevail upon the Seminoles and about six 5-star initiates focusing on Florida after the game. And still, after all that, Stricklin would need to take a gander at Mullen and see a container of chocolates. 

If he keeps him around, what will he get? 

Like the current year's group, you simply don't have the foggiest idea. However, one thing has ended up being undeniable.