You could tell Saturday's rescheduled game against LSU was personal for Jim McElwain.

Rarely one to prod the opposition, McElwain was unfiltered in the post-game presser following Florida's SEC East-clinching win in Baton Rouge, sticking up for the Gators who are now headed back to Atlanta.

McElwain alluded to all of the pre-game noise started by LSU after the Gators insisted on postponing the original game due to Hurricane Matthew. That led to LSU AD Joe Alleva going bonkers over Florida's unwillingness to budge over when and where the game would be played, until finally Jeremy Foley conceded to get the game in.

"It just shocks me that someone would question the Gators. They way I look at it, they got what they deserved," McElwain said. "It should've been worse."