Florida State’s Jon Sumrall commits to Florida State on future schedule, bypasses Miami
Like new Florida head football coach Jon Sumrall wants to make it happen a new kind of shakeup in the program after the Billy Napier era, there’s no denying that they also want to challenge the Miami Hurricanes as the best team in the nation. With Sumrall, who leads Florida’s football program, he would also talk about certain rivalry games, or lack thereof, against the Hurricanes and even the Florida State Seminoles.
On Monday’s episode of the “Triple Option” podcast, former head coach Urban Meyer would ask Sumrall about the rivalry games against the Seminoles and Hurricanes.
“You’re playing Florida State,” Meyer said. “On top of that you throw in nine conference games and top to bottom, the SEC, I still believe is the best conference in college football. But you saw Indiana play Old Dominion, Kennesaw State and Indiana State. Is Florida State here to stay? And then with the other two, I mean, I know Miami comes up every five years, I think.”
When asked about the scheduling of those rivalry gamesSumrall would talk about Florida State, but he wouldn’t talk about Miami.
“I think Florida State is here forever … I don’t know if that changes with how many games we go to. I think if your ultimate goal is to play in the CFP, it’s smart of you to evaluate what’s worked in the past,” Sumrall said in response.
Florida football player Jon Sumrall on the importance of “battle testing”
Doc Sumrall has been hired to be Florida’s next football coachpreviously served with the Tulane Green Wave, while he talked about the challenges he faced there, wanting to bring that experience to the Gators.
“You want to challenge yourself and be battle-tested, but it’s also nice when you can go through a year and find a game or two where your team doesn’t have to play every moment of the game as a starter, which was the biggest challenge I had last year at Tulane,” Sumrall said.
In his first season, Sumrall looks to make a noticeable impact after Florida went 4-8 last season.
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