It was a cold autumn Saturday night in Columbia, Missouri, where Florida football — for the second time in three weeks — faltered down the stretch en route to another walk-off field goal loss.
This time, the No. 11 Missouri Tigers proved to be too much for Billy Napier and Co. on their home turf, prevailing 33-31 after an exciting back-and-forth affair for the two Southeastern Conference programs in what looks to be their last meeting for the foreseeable future.
Unfortunately, the Gators did not just lose the game but also their starting quarterback, Graham Mertz, who sustained a broken clavicle, giving way to redshirt freshman [autotag]Max Brown[/autotag]. The backup had one major hiccup but otherwise kept Florida in the game until the very end.
After the dust settled at Faurot Field, Brown spoke with the media about the first major collegiate action of his young career. Below is a look at an abridged version of his responses to the press’ questions.