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Mullen: Jones is STILL my starter….

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Are you on dope Dan? Maybe it’s due to AR15’s Hamstring pull as Dan called it? 4 int.’s against F.A.U. and U.S.F. against A.R.15 whose ran for 275 yards and hasn’t had a pick yet and there is no controversy?
We will lose by 20+ w/o Richardson next week. That defense couldn’t stop those two teams with MUCH, MUCH better talent coming in!
 
I know it may sound dumb, it I think Dan was using the first 2 games to get Emory as many looks as possible passing and we will try and pound the ball a bit more against Bama.
 
There is a big difference between being able to look good against weak teams with just a few plays, as opposed to running the entire offense play after play. I'm glad that Dan has both to work with. Both will play all season if healthy, and I don't really care which one starts....

Passing
Richardson 3/3 100% for 152 Yds, 2 TD, 0 Int, L-75
Jones 14/22 63.6% for 151 Yds, 1 TD, 2 Int, L-35
Combined - 17/25 68% for 303 Yds, 3 TD's, 2 Ins

AR to JC 75 Yd TD
AR to JC 41 Yd TD
AR to JC 36 Yd 1st Dn
AR 80 Yd run for a TD - Possible pulled hammy?
PS - Get his helmet a double strength chin strap.....


Rushing
Richardson - 4 for 115 Yds, 28.8 YPC, 1 TD, L-80 (3 for 35, 11.7 YPC)
Jones ------- 13 for 89 Yds, 6.2 YPC, 1 TD, L-33
Pierce -------- 5 for 55 Yds, 11.0 YPC, 1 TD, L-20
Wright -------- 7 for 36 Yds, 5.1 YPC, 0 TD, L-9
Davis --------- 7 for 23 Yds, 3.1 YPC, 0 TD, L-8
Lingard ------- 5 for 21 Yds, 4.2 YPC, 0 TD, L-12
Bowman ----- 3 for 33 Yds, 11.0 YPC, 0 TD, L-26
Total - 44 for 363 Yds, 3 TD's.

Receiving
Copeland --- 5 for 175 Yds, 35 Yds/Rec, 2 TD's, L-75
Henderson - 4 for 68 Yds, 17 Yds/Rec, 1 TD, L-35
Wells -------- 1 for 20 Yds
Pierce ------- 1 for 13 Yds,
Davis -------- 2 for 9 Yds, L-5
Wright ------- 1 for no-gain
Reynolds --- 1 for -5 Yds
Total - 17 for 303 Yds, 3 TD's

Which RB and which WR shines, changes from week to week, just as it should.
Both committees are doing well so far.
 
I doubt we try to pass the ball much no matter what QB is playing. We are going to try and run the ball, lots of misdirections, motions and short/intermediate safe passes. Long passes will likely be down the sideline or off play action QB runs
 
When Richardson was in the game for the Gators on Saturday, he was simply unstoppable. Richardson completed all 3 of his passes for 152 yards and 2 TD's, averaging 50.7 passing yards per attempt. He added 115 rushing yards and a score across 4 attempts as well, posting 28.8 yards per rush, making his pulled hamstring injury recovery one of if not the most important story-lines in Gainesville this week.

Dan said that regardless of Richardson's status, he plans to continue starting Emory Jones at quarterback against Alabama and beyond.
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Passing Game Stats:

Jones - 31 of 49 for 264 Yds , 2 TD's, 4 Ints, L-35, QBR 105.67
(63.3%) - (8.5 Yds/Rec) - (132 Yds/Gm)
* Trask was only completing 6 more passes per 100 attempts in 2020.
Except for the Ints, (big exception I know) Jones is doing well passing the ball.


Richardson 6 of 11 for 192 Yds, 2 TD's, 0 Int, L-75, QBR 261.16
(54.5%) - (32.0 Yds/Rec) - (96 Yds/Gm)

Combined: 37 of 60 for 456 Yds, 4 TD's, 4 Ints.
(61.7%) - (12.3 Yds/Rec) - (228 Yds/Gm)
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The Run to Pass Balance:
90 Rushing Attempts - 30 1st Downs, 779 Yds, 7 TD's
60 Passing Attempts - 20 1st Downs, 456 Yds, 4 TD's
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Att's = 60% to 40%
1st Dn's = 60% to 40%
Yd's = 63.1% to 36.9% -
TD's = 63.5% to 36.5%

But that's just the 1st 2 weak opponent warm-up games.
How the season evolves remains to be seen....
I'm not putting to much into those first 2 games, nor will I put too much into the 3rd game.
2 games with a 90%+ chance to win, then one game with a 26% chance to win = too much disparity in opponents.
By the time they get past the homecoming game, then the team numbers will begin to be relevant.
 
Just have a bad feeling this game is going to go south pretty quick if Richardson isn't available to play.

If he is good to go what would it take for Mullen to replace Jones if he is ineffective? A 2 TD deficit?
 
Just have a bad feeling this game is going to go south pretty quick if Richardson isn't available to play.

If he is good to go what would it take for Mullen to replace Jones if he is ineffective? A 2 TD deficit?
Maybe - but I think AR will continue to get about 15% of the workload even if available. I do trust Mullen to call a good game so we'll see.
 
It's pretty obvious that the offense moves better when AR15 is in the game. Heck, his helmet came off on first and goal, had to come out a play, and poof we left in Jones and came away with zero points Jones struggles to see the field in the medium passing game and really struggles with the ball inside the 10. Same thing happened against FAU inside the 10. Two dropped balls by USF defenders is what kept it from being a 4 interception day for Jones.
 
Some people want to compare Richardson to Scam Newtron, but why not to Driskel instead?

247 Recruit Rankings:

#9 QB-dt
Richardson 6-4 224 ****

#1 QB-dt Driskel 6-4 234 ***** (coaching change stymied his performance)

#2 QB-dt Scam Newtron 6-5 235 ***** (did not meet the Gator Standards)

#1 QB-dt Tebow 6-3 215 *****

Looks to me like who the HC is, matters more than the HS recruit rankings do. @ dog-poker

Richardson is the first Gators QB with a 70+ Yd TD run and 75+ Yd TD pass in the same season since Jeff Driskel in 2012.
😲


Keep in mind that running the entire game plan produces different results than coming in for a few plays that have been set up by previous plays to succeed. Like everyone else, I'm hoping that Anthony can learn and run the entire game plan at some point, but we've not seen him do that yet.
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Tim in 2006, playing behind Leak, had the same kind of effects with fan calls for Tim to start.
Early in 2007, showed that there is a difference in outcomes between set plays and having to run the entire game plan by yourself.

@ Home vs AU -- UF 17 - 20 AU
@ LSU --- UF 24 - 28 LSU
vs UGly -- UF 30 - 42 UGly
Tim kept on getting better, but it did take some time to adjust....

People point out that without Tim in 06, they might not have won a NC.
But they gloss over what the loss of Leak in 07 with Tim as starter resulted in.
Jones is not Leak, and Richardson is not Tebow, but I still trust Dan to decide who to play and when to play them.
 
Some people want to compare Richardson to Scam Newtron, but why not to Driskel instead?

247 Recruit Rankings:

#9 QB-dt
Richardson 6-4 224 ****

#1 QB-dt Driskel 6-4 234 ***** (coaching change stymied his performance)

#2 QB-dt Scam Newtron 6-5 235 ***** (did not meet the Gator Standards)

#1 QB-dt Tebow 6-3 215 *****

Looks to me like who the HC is, matters more than the HS recruit rankings do. @ dog-poker

Richardson is the first Gators QB with a 70+ Yd TD run and 75+ Yd TD pass in the same season since Jeff Driskel in 2012.
😲


Keep in mind that running the entire game plan produces different results than coming in for a few plays that have been set up by previous plays to succeed. Like everyone else, I'm hoping that Anthony can learn and run the entire game plan at some point, but we've not seen him do that yet.
=====

Tim in 2006, playing behind Leak, had the same kind of effects with fan calls for Tim to start.
Early in 2007, showed that there is a difference in outcomes between set plays and having to run the entire game plan by yourself.

@ Home vs AU -- UF 17 - 20 AU
@ LSU --- UF 24 - 28 LSU
vs UGly -- UF 30 - 42 UGly
Tim kept on getting better, but it did take some time to adjust....

People point out that without Tim in 06, they might not have won a NC.
But they gloss over what the loss of Leak in 07 with Tim as starter resulted in.
Jones is not Leak, and Richardson is not Tebow, but I still trust Dan to decide who to play and when to play them.

Most people were content with Tebow playing that role that 2006 season and he was a true freshman unlike Richardson.

Richardson appears to be a crazy level talent and won't be here after next season. He will be heading off to the NFL. He needs to be starting now and that doesn't even take into account how pedestrian Jones has looked passing against inferior competition.
 
Some people want to compare Richardson to Scam Newtron, but why not to Driskel instead?

247 Recruit Rankings:

#9 QB-dt
Richardson 6-4 224 ****

#1 QB-dt Driskel 6-4 234 ***** (coaching change stymied his performance)

#2 QB-dt Scam Newtron 6-5 235 ***** (did not meet the Gator Standards)

#1 QB-dt Tebow 6-3 215 *****

Looks to me like who the HC is, matters more than the HS recruit rankings do. @ dog-poker

Richardson is the first Gators QB with a 70+ Yd TD run and 75+ Yd TD pass in the same season since Jeff Driskel in 2012.
😲


Keep in mind that running the entire game plan produces different results than coming in for a few plays that have been set up by previous plays to succeed. Like everyone else, I'm hoping that Anthony can learn and run the entire game plan at some point, but we've not seen him do that yet.
=====

Tim in 2006, playing behind Leak, had the same kind of effects with fan calls for Tim to start.
Early in 2007, showed that there is a difference in outcomes between set plays and having to run the entire game plan by yourself.

@ Home vs AU -- UF 17 - 20 AU
@ LSU --- UF 24 - 28 LSU
vs UGly -- UF 30 - 42 UGly
Tim kept on getting better, but it did take some time to adjust....

People point out that without Tim in 06, they might not have won a NC.
But they gloss over what the loss of Leak in 07 with Tim as starter resulted in.
Jones is not Leak, and Richardson is not Tebow, but I still trust Dan to decide who to play and when to play them.
Comparing Richardson to Driskel is an absolute insult to Richardson himself. Cam Newton won championships at the JUCO level as well as at Auburn. Had he kept clean and stayed at UF, he helps Meyer win his 3rd at UF in 2010. Without Cam Newton, Chizik is 19-19 while being 33-19 with. Newton more than likely would have won a championship with MusDump as his coach.
 
Comparing Richardson to Driskel is an absolute insult to Richardson himself. Cam Newton won championships at the JUCO level as well as at Auburn. Had he kept clean and stayed at UF, he helps Meyer win his 3rd at UF in 2010. Without Cam Newton, Chizik is 19-19 while being 33-19 with. Newton more than likely would have won a championship with MusDump as his coach.

Opinions always vary, and your's is just as good as any other,,, as far as opinions go anyway.
Had shit not stunk, it might have smelled good....
🙄


Claiming that you KNOW how things would have turned out amuses me to no end....
😁
 
Opinions always vary, and your's is just as good as any other,,, as far as opinions go anyway.
Had shit not stunk, it might have smelled good....
🙄


Claiming that you KNOW how things would have turned out amuses me to no end....
😁
There's no denying that Chizik never wins a BCS Championship without Newton. So I guess you're saying that Driskel wins a BCS Championship with Gene Chizik?
 
There's no denying that Chizik never wins a BCS Championship without Newton. So I guess you're saying that Driskel wins a BCS Championship with Gene Chizik?

Tebow with the musclecramp as HC, and with Driskel's receivers, might not have won 9 games like he did in 2007....

You haven't been paying attention again. And with your usual Strawman at QB, nobody wins squat.

The Coach / System / Players combination has to work.
Driskel with the Leak/Tebow's 2006 roster could have also won a NC.
Could have is the only claim I'm making, not saying would have for sure, just a much better chance...
 
There's no denying that Chizik never wins a BCS Championship without Newton. So I guess you're saying that Driskel wins a BCS Championship with Gene Chizik?
I can't think of anyone other than Newton that you can compare it to based on the few plays he has been out there. He drug that Auburn team to that SEC championship which led to the national championship. I think they had dominant DTs but not many other SEC first teamers.
 
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Tebow with the musclecramp as HC, and with Driskel's receivers, might not have won 9 games like he did in 2007....

You haven't been paying attention again. And with your usual Strawman at QB, nobody wins squat.

The Coach / System / Players combination has to work.
Driskel with the Leak/Tebow's 2006 roster could have also won a NC.
Could have is the only claim I'm making, not saying would have for sure, just a much better chance...
Lol You need to go watch the games with Driskel again. Trask that could be true but Driskel just wasn't good under pressure.
 
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Insta being insta.

I probably dislike Cam Newton more than anyone here, having actually been around him in Auburn and watching him ruin my night life my senior year because every time he came into the bar they basically shut it down for him and his posse (now to be fair my senior year was fun because we DID win the national title thanks to him).

Driskel? Please. I've never been more frustrated with a QB ever. Mainly because, from a physical standpoint, he should have been much, much better. But he never seemed to progress from his freshman year forward. Absolutely infuriating.

But my god if insta has to be that guy.
 
Lol You need to go watch the games with Driskel again. Trask that could be true but Driskel just wasn't good under pressure.
When Jeff got benched in favor of Treon Harris, in the 1st 6 games of 2014 he'd had 22 passes dropped by the receivers. Club hands, or a team out of the Musclecramps control that wanted a different QB because BLM more?
Personally, I'd have benched the receivers instead.
Eventually the Musclecramp got fired for his offensive incompetence.

Driskel was the Conf-USA Newcomer of the Year in 2015.
In his lone season at LaTech, he passed for 4,026 Yds with 27 TD's.
LaTech went 9-4 and won the New Orleans Bowl.

Harris ended the 9-4 2015 season with 3 consecutive losses.
Got booted out of UF and finished his final 2 years at TnSt.
There he also sucked at QB and got moved to WR.
He never even got a look from the NFL at QB or WR.


Jeff's has had a 6 year NFL career and is currently on the Texan's roster.
While the fevered brains idea of success is spewing his own loser BS here....

The fevered brain isn't much good, and pressure never even comes into it... (LLL, dunnygoater, and fevered brains are the clueless Twit Triplets)
~~ Occasionally, when I'm bored and need a laugh, I will take them off ignore, but it never last long before their boring chit gets them back on ignore)
 
When Jeff got benched in favor of Treon Harris, in the 1st 6 games of 2014 he'd had 22 passes dropped by the receivers. Club hands, or a team out of the Musclecramps control that wanted a different QB because BLM more?
Personally, I'd have benched the receivers instead.
Eventually the Musclecramp got fired for his offensive incompetence.

Driskel was the Conf-USA Newcomer of the Year in 2015.
In his lone season at LaTech, he passed for 4,026 Yds with 27 TD's.
LaTech went 9-4 and won the New Orleans Bowl.

Harris ended the 9-4 2015 season with 3 consecutive losses.
Got booted out of UF and finished his final 2 years at TnSt.
There he also sucked at QB and got moved to WR.
He never even got a look from the NFL at QB or WR.


Jeff's has had a 6 year NFL career and is currently on the Texan's roster.
While the fevered brains idea of success is spewing his own loser BS here....

The fevered brain isn't much good, and pressure never even comes into it... (LLL, dunnygoater, and fevered brains are the clueless Twit Triplets)
~~ Occasionally, when I'm bored and need a laugh, I will take them off ignore, but it never last long before their boring chit gets them back on ignore)
You and your NFL nonsense which has nothing to do with results here. Driskel only got picked up after that terrible camp due to his size. Same with Franks. Neither played good under pressure here like Trask.and Tebow etc did.

Next you will claim Driskel exceeded Tebow here since he was on an NFL roster longer. lol
 
We need to trust coach Mullens. He is the QB guru. Remember what he did with Timmy?

Also, shouldn't we be concerned with referring to Richardson as AR15? Many persons, myself included, Are NOT pro gun!
I am also not pro gun, but, just, stop.

Let's just all agree that one day we want to refer to him as He15man II.
 
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We need to trust coach Mullens. He is the QB guru. Remember what he did with Timmy?

Also, shouldn't we be concerned with referring to Richardson as AR15? Many persons, myself included, Are NOT pro gun!
Are you pro BLM? (racist Marxists)
Are you pro ANTIFA? (actually brown shirt Nazi inspired)
Are you pro Socialist-U?
Are you pro Socialist-Marxists?
Are you against the 2nd Amendment / Constitution?
Are you a limp-wristed unarmed victim that's blindly seeking a place to be brutalized?

As an unarmed victim, your own opinions don't mean squat to those that will take your freedoms away from you, while you lament about how unfair life is treating you.... (life doesn't owe you chit)

What you have obviously never learned is that FREEDOM is not free, and it never has been.
You are currently enjoying your freedoms at the considerable costs of the brave armed patriots that are guarding them for you, while you look down your Not-Pro-Gun nose at them.
 
We need to trust coach Mullens. He is the QB guru. Remember what he did with Timmy?

Also, shouldn't we be concerned with referring to Richardson as AR15? Many persons, myself included, Are NOT pro gun!
Finally. The other thread got locked. Only a knucklehead would pick your screen name.
The scourge of the SEC, lives in infamy. You know you are personally responsible for letting the Great Pumpkin have the sun shine on that dog's ass for a year. Shameful!
 
Finally. The other thread got locked. Only a knucklehead would pick your screen name.
The scourge of the SEC, lives in infamy. You know you are personally responsible for letting the Great Pumpkin have the sun shine on that dog's ass for a year. Shameful!
Travis Henry was a beast in high school...younger than me but he was unstoppable at Frostproof.
 
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