GAINESVILLE, Fla. _ After making a six-win jump in Dan Mullen's first year at Florida, the Gators will have an even tougher challenge facing them in Year 2.
Trying to win one or two more to go from very good to great.
For all of Mullen's success, he has never won more than 10 games in a season. UF has only topped that mark once in the last nine seasons.
As the Gators open preseason camp Friday, here are three reasons to be optimistic about UF leaping back into the sport's upper echelon and three reasons to pump the brakes.