Mullen coaches game less than 24 hours after emergency surgery
GAINESVILLE - Florida offensive coordinator Dan Mullen was in the coaches booth calling plays less than 24 hours after he had emergency surgery to remove his appendix, coach Urban Meyer confirmed Sunday morning.
Mullen complained of pains in his side during the team dinner Friday night, and was sent for blood work
"The next thing I get is a phone call about 11:30 p.m. that he's going to have an appendectomy, but he should be fine for the game,'' Meyer said. "So he wasn't at the first walk-through (before the game), but the second one he was. He's a tough guy. He did everything he possibly could and that didn't impact the game. He still called a fine game, but we still could have done some things better. But he should be fine.''
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow said of Mullen's decision to coach the game: "He's a solider.''
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That might help explain why the offense played so poorly.
Posted by: Marshall | September 30, 2007 at 04:13 PM