Florida Gators coach Dan Mullen was ripped by the media, ridiculed by the fans and even rebuked by the school’s own athletic director and infectious disease expert last season when he encouraged UF’s administration to ignore CDC guidelines and “pack the Swamp” in the middle of a raging pandemic.
Who would have ever thought that several months later, Mullen would be the encouraging voice of reason and the shining example of how college football head coaches should handle the bafflingly politicized issue of COVID-19 vaccinations.
As we head into yet another coronavirus-cursed college football season with the Delta variant wreaking havoc on our country, sports leagues again are being forced to react. And Mullen’s reaction, in contrast to some of his college football coaching colleagues, has been a breath of fresh (and hopefully uninfected) air. Mullen has gone from COVID culprit last year to pandemic paragon this season.
