Florida Gators coach Jon Sumrall says he wouldn't have left Tulane if he wasn't allowed to coach Playoff team

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New Florida Gators head coach Jon Sumrall has really hit the ground running since his arrival in Gainesville late last year.

Between his widely lauded staff hires, consensus top-10 recruiting class and myriad media appearances, the 43-year-old looks as though he can do no wrong.

Granted, the games need to be played before anyone can make a full judgment, but the vast majority of Gator Nation appears smitten with their newest head ball coach.

Tulane Green Wave head coach Jon Sumrall watches the game against Northwestern Wildcats during the first half at Yulman Stadium. (Stephen Lew/Imagn Images)

Part of what makes him so appealing to the Florida faithful is his ability to seemingly always say the right thing in the eyes of Gator fans.

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His vows to jump off the top of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium echoed the sentiments of every Florida fanatic from Key West to Pensacola, and Tuesday in the Panhandle, Sumrall once again dropped a one-liner that is sure to be music to the ears of Gator fans who were paying attention.

When asked what he would have done if Florida had not allowed him to finish at Tulane and coach in the College Football Playoff after he accepted the job, Sumrall revealed he might have stayed in New Orleans for good.

To the uninitiated, that feels like an honest answer from a coach who loves his players and wants to finish the job he started, and while that may have been all Sumrall meant by his answer,