Florida coach Jon Sumrall’s photoshoot with a 7-foot alligator includes some tense moments

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Jon Sumrall has a new appreciation for the gator chomp.

Sumrall got hissed at and snapped at while posing for promotional pictures with a live alligator last week. It was enough to prompt Sumrall to backpedal like his college playing days at Kentucky.

“I’m pretty certain I’d look like Chubbs from Happy Gilmore if the alligator had gotten close to my hand,” Sumrall joked Tuesday following his first spring practice at Florida. “Yeah, that was cool...