With silence overcoming Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday afternoon, the Gators did more of what they’d been doing: Quarterback Feleipe Franks dropped back and fired off a quick screen pass toward the right sideline.
Coach Jim McElwain said after his team’s season-opening loss to Michigan that this was part of the plan.
He wanted to get the ball to playmakers in space and let them do what playmakers do.
Earlier in the game, that strategy yielded mixed results. But on this play early in the second quarter, there was a new playmaker.