When Alex Brown heard, he was quick to respond.
Just as he has several times before.
“I sent him a message,” Brown said. “I told him, ‘I’m rooting for you.’”
That message was sent to Florida edge rusher Brenton Cox, who said this during spring camp, “I’m going for a sack every half. A sack a game or a sack a half. Either way, I’ve got to get it.”
Brown hopes he does get it because the former Gator great is still a Florida fan. He knows that if his school record for sacks in a season (13) is broken it will be good news for the 2022 Florida football team.
On the one hand, it will mean that Cox plays hard every play, something he admits he didn’t do all the time last season. On the other hand, if Cox is rushing the passer that much, Florida is probably playing from ahead because the other team has to throw the ball a lot.
“That’s what happened to me because I was playing for Steve Spurrier and the other team was always behind,” he said.
But he also knows it…