Florida Football: 3 overreactions from tough loss at LSU in Week 7

Florida football hit the road to take on LSU, but came up just short on Saturday. Did the Gators look overmatched? Let’s completely overreact.

Dan Mullen’s second year in Gainesville has already been met with a major challenge. How do you bounce back after having your perfect season squashed in Week 7?

The Gators went to Death Valley looking to improve to 7-0 and make some noise in the College Football Playoff race, but came away with a 42-28 loss.

While the final score might seem like it was a blowout, the game was actually back-and-forth for the better part of three quarters. The Tigers hung on in the end and added a late touchdown to make the margin of victory a little more inflated.

So let’s overreact to Saturday’s tough loss at LSU.

3. Two-quarterback system should be used more

There was a wrinkle that Dan Mullen threw into his offense on Saturday which may get a little more run as the season progresses, and that might not be a bad thing.

Florida used Kyle Trask for most of the game, but tossed Emory Jones into the game usually when the Gators were nearing the red zone. The multi-quarterback system actually proved to be effective, for the most part, and surprisingly didn’t take any momentum away from Trask who came out after leading Florida down the field.

And any concerns about Jones not being an adequate quarterback were flushed away as he showed dual-threat abilities with 36 yards and multiple first downs on nine carries and he should have also had a touchdown pass, but Kyle Pitts couldn’t hang on.

Florida needs to use this look more because it keeps defenses honest. Right when you think Jones is only in there to run the ball, he steps back and uses his rocket arm to hit open receivers.