GAINESVILLE, Fla.-- Battered, bruised and beaten down, a different James Franklin spoke to the media following Missouri's 14-7 loss to Florida on Saturday.

That porcelain-white smile? Gone. The bright-as-a-Florida-Saturday disposition? Clouded. The earnest answers, the admitted introspection of his performance? Muted.

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