As I see it, Florida's basic offensive package features about four (five if you include running out of occasional wildcat formation) standard running plays and about four to six basic pass routes that are run ad-nauseam. The running plays are off-tackle runs right and left out of single back (or throw in a jumbo package fullback on short yardage and goal line), and a toss sweep to either side (90% usually to the right). The passing routes are thus: inside bubble screens to Brandon Powell, flat route screens to wide-outs, infrequent go route down the sideline (usually only left side to Tyrie Cleveland), TE drag route to the sideline on 3rd and long (99.9% of the time QB rolling to the right), a short to hashmarks curl pattern usually to TE on 3rd and 8 and we throw it 6 yard up the field, and just because we finally ran a few against Missouri I'll give credit for a once in a blue moon deeper post pattern.

The offense is almost completely devoid of reverses, jet-sweeps, inside hand-offs, misdirection running plays, shovel passes, slants, crossing routes, out and ups, draw plays, pick routes, second level passing routes, QB bootlegs, read-option running plays, I-formation lead blocker run plays, throw back screens, etc. Are we still in agreement, it's all pretty vanilla, and it all really should be easy to call in plays, know them well and run them at some reasonable pace?

So here's my big beef... Why in the hell do our QBs still, in game EIGHT, OCHO, 8, need to consult their wrist bands before slowly calling every single damn play in the huddle? Here me out. Malik Zaire had to take 5-10 seconds watching the hand-signaled play call from the sidelines, search thru his litany (eyes rolling, maybe 8 at most?) of plays charted on his wrist-band and then recite the whole play back in a slow, plodding huddle. And Felipe Franks has had to go through the same boring routine every play all the way up to game seven. It gets worse, what does the back-up QB do when they aren't playing? They are on the sidelines helping call in the hand-signaled plays (or giving the decoy signals) to the QB on the field. So in theory, Malik Zaire for the previous seven games was standing right there helping give the eight plays most of signals to Franks (and LDRio) prior to his start against Mizzou. Why would he need to still need a wrist band to interpret the play call hand-signals, for every single play? He's been giving them for seven games already!! There are maybe ten plays max he would have to know! And the same goes for Franks all year. Here he comes in for 4th QB mop up relief against Mizzou with his big floppy wristband he has to consult just to recognize we are going to run Adarious Lemons into the line on 3rd down and 6. I mean this really isn't rocket surgery fellas. We aren't Bill Walsh's 80's era West Coast offense 49ers. We aren't asking you to check out of plays like Peyton Manning in the AFC playoffs vs. the Patriots' D.

Do you see Baker Mayfield looking at his wristband before every play when he's slinging the ball all over the yard for 598 yards against their state rival? Does Jalen Hurts need a wristband to call Alabama's myriad of demolition running plays against SEC defenses? Ohio State runs all kinds of spread, read-option run and pass plays to all parts of the field, I don't see JT Barrett skimming thru the wristband every down. I could be mistaken, but is true freshman Jake Fromm looking at his wristband before every plays likes he's reading a chapter out of War and Peace? In the eighth game of the season, Gator QBs still treat the understanding of this most basic offense like it's pouring through blue prints of the International Space Station. Whether Nussmeier was on the sidelines earlier or moved up in the booth this year, it's been the same deal, too. What am I missing? Is it really this complicated for our QBs to get a hand signal from an already thin playbook, bark it back to the other 10 players, get up to the line and go?

Now I'm more pissed.