Jon Sumrall isn’t exactly tiptoeing around Jordan-Hare Stadium.
With Florida preparing to host No. 4 Ole Miss on Saturday, the Gators coach pointed to the atmosphere around Auburn’s home field and suggested The Swamp should bring more noise. During a recent appearance on the Brandon Walker College Football Show, Sumrall said Florida’s crowd during the FAU game topped what he experienced Saturday night in Auburn.
“Our FAU game, the crowd I felt was livelier than what we played in on Saturday night,” Sumrall said. “So, I can only imagine what that’s gonna feel like when you bring a top-5 team into this place.
And Ole Miss is a really good football team. I have a lot of confidence our fanbase is going to have an impact on the game.”
Florida is counting on that kind of setting for its first SEC home game, especially with Ole Miss coming in ranked No. 4. The expectation is that the crowd can help create problems for the Rebels.
Sumrall’s comments also land in the middle of a fresh chapter involving Auburn. The win there appeared to carry extra weight for him, and when a reporter suggested he had interviewed for the Auburn job during last year’s coaching carousel, Sumrall pushed back with a blunt response: “ They didn’t want me and I didn’t want them.”
Ole Miss arrives in Gainesville riding momentum after moving from No. 8 to No. 4 following a dramatic upset of then-No. 7 LSU. Rebels quarterback Trinidad Chambliss was central to that result, earning multiple national honors along with SEC Offensive Player of the Week recognition.
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