Players show Muschamp love
Will Muschamp lost plenty of games at Florida, but it appears he never lost the support of his players.
Defensive end Jonathan Bullard wrote “Mus” and “Champ” on his eye-black patches in Saturday’s win 52-3 victory over Eastern Kentucky, Muschamp’s final home game as the Gators’ coach.
Earlier this week, Dante Fowler Jr. tweeted he was turning pro, writing: “I came in with champ. I’m leaving with Him.”
“We don’t have any control over what happened, but as players we really appreciate what coach Muschamp has done for us, and we love him as a coach and a person,” quarterback Jeff Driskel told Gatorzone.com. “It’s tough, but at the end of the day we are happy that he came out of The Swamp with us.”
Muschamp will coach the Gators at Florida State on Saturday, but defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin will coach the Gators (6-4) in their bowl.
Plenty of pigskin
There will be plenty of SEC games to go with your turkey leftovers this week.
The football feast begins Thursday night, when LSU plays at Texas A&M at 7:30 p.m. and continues Friday, when Arkansas plays at Missouri at 2:30 p.m.
There are seven rivalry games Saturday, starting at noon, when Georgia plays Georgia Tech, and capped by the Iron Bowl, which begins at 7:45 p.m. on ESPN.
By the numbers
11 Arkansas, Florida and South Carolina earned their sixth victories Saturday, giving the SEC 11 bowl-eligible teams.
244 Combined yards receiving by Florida receivers Demarcus Robinson (137 yards, two touchdowns), who played at Peach County High, and Quinton Dunbar (107 yards, two touchdowns) in the Gators' 52-3 victory over Eastern Kentucky.
He said it
"We had a lot of screw-ups offensively, but our defense bailed us out. It was a very good win for us to be bowl-eligible and get win No. 6. We won't have a losing record in the regular season. We can be sure of that." — South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier after the Gamecocks' 37-12 victory over South Alabama
"I know we're playing as well as anybody. If you put us in a room with anybody, we could hang with them." — Bret Bielema after Arkansas' 30-0 victory over Ole Miss, the Razorbacks' second consecutive SEC win.
Standings
East; SEC; All
Missouri;5-1;8-2
Georgia;6-2;9-2
Florida;4-4;6-4
S. Carolina;3-5;6-5
Tennessee;2-4;5-5
Kentucky;2-6;5-6
Vanderbilt;0-6;3-7
West; SEC; All
Alabama;6-1;10-1
Miss. State;5-1;9-1
Ole Miss;4-3;8-3
Auburn;4-3;7-3
LSU;3-4;7-4
Texas A&M;3-4;7-4
Arkansas;2-5;6-5
(Through afternoon games)
Thursday’s schedule
LSU at Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Friday’s schedule
Arkansas at Missouri, 2:30 p.m., CBS
Saturday’s schedule
Georgia Tech at Georgia, noon, SEC Network
Mississippi State at Ole Miss, 3:30 p.m., CBS
Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 4 p.m., SEC Network
Auburn at Alabama, 7:45 p.m., ESPN
Kentucky at Louisville, TBD
South Carolina at Clemson, TBD
Florida at Florida State, TBD
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