With a defense that is showing tremendous improvement over last year and an offense that has too many weapons to be held down too long, there aren’t many areas of concern for Florida’s coaching staff. If there is one place that has some concern, however, it is the backup quarterback. Who’s the backup to Tim Tebow? Right now that’s anyone’s guess.
Because Hawaii and Miami are higher quality teams than the Gators have faced in the first two games the past few years, backups John Brantley and Cameron Newton have only gotten a handful of reps. Both of them played in the Hawaii game. Newton, who is a sophomore, completed 1-2 of his passes for 14 yards and he ran five times for 10 yards and a touchdown. Brantley was 0-1 and ran one time for one yard.
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