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During Saturday’s slobberknocker between Auburn and Florida, Gators quarterback Kyle Trask took a scary hit to his knee and briefly left the game. At halftime, head coach Dan Mullen expressed his anger over what he perceived was a “dirty” hit by the Auburn defender who crashed into Trask’s lower body.

On Monday, likely after seeing the video that clearly showed the defender actually being dragged into Trask’s lower body, Mullen admitted he was wrong.

Gators coach Dan Mullen says using the word "dirty" in regards to hit on QB Kyle Trask was wrong on his part — Mark Long (@APMarkLong) October 7, 2019

Dan Mullen calling Marlon Davidson hit on Trask 'dirty': 'Maybe that was not the right word at the time.' Said he knows that is not coached at Auburn, SEC has to do as much as possible to address player safety. — Edgar Thompson (@osgators) October 7, 2019

In the heat of the moment, we’ve all said things that we regret. That seems to be the case here with Mullen, who was likely a bit in a panic over a second quarterback suffering what appeared at the time of the hit to be a potential season-ending injury.