Jim McElwain spoke to the media for the first time since the decision was made to postpone the Florida-LSU game from this past weekend. There were going to be a ton of questions surrounding Florida potentially "dodging" the LSU game since no decision has been made on when to make up the game.
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McElwain put any rumors to rest and put it all in perspective with his first comment on the matter of Hurricane Matthew.
Here's how #Gators HC Jim McElwain responded to criticism of UF dodging LSU. pic.twitter.com/UBkyID467A
— Patrick Pinak (@pinakk12) October 10, 2016
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So when you talk about the potential for a new date on this game and why it was postponed in the first place, don't tell your friends that it was because Florida was scared. That definitely is not the reason so keep it out of your conversations and your heads.