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Florida Football: 3 overreactions to dominant win over Tennessee

By Connor Muldowney

GAINESVILLE, FL- SEPTEMBER 21: Kyle Trask #11 of the Florida Gators looks on following the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on September 21, 2019 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
GAINESVILLE, FL- SEPTEMBER 21: Kyle Trask #11 of the Florida Gators looks on following the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on September 21, 2019 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) /
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GAINESVILLE, FL- SEPTEMBER 21: Kyle Trask #11 of the Florida Gators throws with a teammate during the first half of the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on September 21, 2019 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
GAINESVILLE, FL- SEPTEMBER 21: Kyle Trask #11 of the Florida Gators throws with a teammate during the first half of the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on September 21, 2019 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) /

2. Kyle Trask may actually be who this team needed all along

When Feleipe Franks went down with a season-ending injury against Kentucky, all seemed lost. Fans were ready to throw in the towel and call the 2019 season an inevitable failure.

While Franks wasn’t exactly a Heisman contender or even a top-three quarterback in the SEC, he was reliable for the most part and had plenty of game experience. But then Kyle Trask got the call and led the Gators to a come-from-behind victory over Kentucky and then he helped dominate Tennessee in Week 4.

As a starter Trask is 1-0, but for all intents and purposes, we can just view him as a 2-0 quarterback because he led the comeback victory over Kentucky last week.

Everyone was interested to see if he could carry that impressive first performance over into a home rivalry game against the Volunteers, and he did just that, passing for 293 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-point victory.

Maybe Trask is who this team needed at quarterback all along.

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