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  Florida coach Dan Mullen celebrated his team's 70-52 victory against lower-division Samford like nothing was wrong. He sang with his team, posed for pictures, shook hands with fans and then made excuses for one of the worst defensive performances in school history. It was more surreal than the Gators' first-half numbers Saturday. "Calling a win disappointing is disrespectful to the game and our players," Mullen said. Emory Jones accounted for 550 yards and seven touchdowns, delivering a career performance that may have - at least temporarily - saved Mullen's job. Although the Gators (5-5) ended a three-game skid, the offensive shootout in the Swamp felt more like a loss than any outcome in Mullen's four years in Gainesville.

Florida gave up a season-high 530 yards and its most points (42) ever in any half, and those defensive lapses came against a middle-of-the pack team from the Southern Conference and less than a week after Mullen fired two of his top assistants. Maybe defensive coordinator Todd Grantham and run game coordinator John Hevesy weren't the only problems. Mullen vowed to get Florida fixed following their departures that came after last week's 40-17 drubbing at South Carolina. No one expected it to happen overnight. But the Gators lacked energy Saturday, looked lost at times and trailed by as many as 14 points in a game they were favored to win by more than five touchdowns. "I don't know if people were nervous or what, but slow start," Gators linebacker Mohamoud Diabate said. "We were able to get going at halftime, get fired up and come out and finish the game." - Florida/AP College Football


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