Jon Sumrall’s fiery sideline demand reveals how Florida wanted to finish Texas

One of the key moments from Saturday’s win was the run from Tramell Jones on 3rd down that sealed the game. Florida had taken over after recovering a fumble, but still needed a 1st down to ice the game away. The Gators took over on the 39-yard line, and had they not gotten the 1st down, Florida would have been faced with an interesting decision of whether or not to attempt a field goal.

While the Gators never had to make that decision, Florida’s cinematic video made it seem like Sumrall would have made a bold decision had that come to pass.

Jon Sumrall might have gone for it on 4th down against Texas

It’s been a couple of weeks since we got a cinematic recap from Florida, since, you know, the last couple of weeks were a blowout loss. The theme Sumrall took into the Texas game was “Do simple better,” and his whole mantra was having a willingness to get up and fight.

After Florida got a strip sack on Arch Manning with 1:58 left in the 4th quarter, Texas still had all three timeouts, so if Florida failed to get a first down, the Longhorns would have gotten the ball back. The camera in the recap panned to Sumrall, who made it known what he wanted from his offense:…

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