It gets worse. Based on preseason predictions, some have UF facing WVU in a bowl game, maybe Liberty Bowl in Memphis or Texas Bowl in Houston. Imagine UF having faced the following top quarterbacks in the regular season, then having to face a former Gator and Heisman frontrunner in the postseason.
- 9/29 - Nick Fitzgerald, Mississippi State. #10 rated SEC QB in 2017, our head coach's former student. Rating: 117.6.
- 10/27 - Jake Fromm, Georgia. #7 rated SEC QB in 2017. Defeated UF last year. Rating: 168.2
- 11/3 - Drew Lock, Missouri. #1 rated SEC QB in 2017. Rating: 169.4.
- 11/10 - Jake Bentley, South Carolina. #4 rated SEC QB in 2017. Defeated UF last year. Rating: 130.2.
- 11/24 - James Blackman, FSU (assuming he beats out Deiondre Francois). #10 rated ACC QB. Defeated UF last year. Rating: 129.2. OR Deiondre Francois. #6 rated ACC QB in 2016. Defeated UF that year. Rating: 142.1.
- (hypothetical bowl game in December) - Will Grier, WVU. #4 B12 QB. Former Gator starter. Rating: 162.7.
Florida does not have a QB ranked close to any of its opposing QBs, so watching a former Gator QB in the Heisman race would only be more painful if we had to face him in the postseason.