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Former defensive coordinator Todd Grantham trolls Florida baseball during blowout loss

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Todd Grantham
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From 2018 to 2021, Todd Grantham was the Florida Gators defensive coordinator under head coach Dan Mullen. Those were inconsistent years for the Gators and he left when Mullen fired him in November of 2021, seemingly in an attempt to keep his own job.

Clearly, there are some hard feelings between Grantham and Florida fans, as he took a shot at the baseball team during its blowout loss to LSU in the final game of the College World Series.

“Is there a Run Rule?” Todd Grantham tweeted with the sobbing emoji.

One thing is certain, this type of shot won’t endear Todd Grantham to any more Florida fans now that he’s gone. At the same time, he’s probably still bitter about the ‘Third and Grantham’ nickname that he received for his perceived ability to let opposing offenses convert on third down. Still, what did the baseball team do to him?

Had Grantham tuned into Florida’s record-setting beatdown of LSU on Sunday, he would have known that there was no run rule.

Since leaving Florida, Todd Grantham became an analyst for the Alabama Crimson Tide before jumping back to the NFL, where he previously coached, to be a defensive line coach for the New Orleans Saints. He took the job with Alabama in no small part due to his relationship with head coach Nick Saban. From 1996 to 1998, he was the defensive line coach on Saban’s staff at Michigan State.

Florida set multiple College World Series records

Despite losing to LSU in the College World Series Final, the Florida Gators set multiple records during their time in Omaha. The first came on Sunday when Florida beat LSU 24-4. That was a record for the College World Series in terms of runs scored, beating the 23 runs that Notre Dame scored in 1957.

Then, Ty Evans set his own individual College World Series record for home runs hit by a single player in one College World Series. He hit five bombs during Florida’s time in Omaha, another record that is going to be hard to beat and should stand for some time.

The Gators would probably trade both of these records for a win in the final game of the season. However, it’s still a silver lining for the team when they look back at this run in Omaha.