re: Florida's National Offensive Ranking Since Tm Tebow

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McElwain came over as an offense guy right? What do you think happened? Lack of good QB play or poor recruiting of offensive specialists?

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Bunch of factors. It was a complex offense that required a dominant oline to be effective. Which we did not have. Required a qb that absolutely had to go through progressions to be successful. Grier could do it and scramble when oline protection broke down, then got busted. Del Rio could do it but got injured because we had no line because he was a statue in the pocket. Appleby could halfway do it and actually had a little mobility but got rattled when blitzed and defenses learned zone coverages confused him. Franks was a true freshman that should of been a 2 reads and run kinda guy but Nuss and Mac refused to simplify the offense for him. If you watch Franks high school film, he had really no qb coaching at all. The offense he ran in high school was pretty much deep corners, post, and verticals with a 20 yard out route underneath. His coaches made a living out of throwing deep and exploiting his arm strength.


Strength and conditioning staff sucked royal arse as well. Players were going to local gyms off campus because they thought they would get better training. Coach Savage is one of the biggest reasons our offense can move the ball this year.