re: The difference between JL and JJ.

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Hell, there was a corner and a safety on the receiver. It is really that simple.

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RR had hi/low coverage.

I guess since he lined up against single coverage most people didn't see the other DB sprint to jump the underneath route. If JJ throws the ball to the receiver where he could catch it...it's a Pick 6 the other way.

It's a chess game and Florida made the right move...so Jefferson did the right thing.

If you watch the game once, drunk, and listen to the announcers I guess it looks like a horrible throw. But if you are sober, tape the game, and watch it in slow motion you see exactly what Jefferson saw and you can see the throw was thrown out of bounds on purpose.

Crazy that some of these fans still wonder why he didn't look at another receiver on that play?

Good analysis. Only disagreement I have is that JJ I think makes way more mistakes than Lee

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what big mistakes are you referring to? the one interception this year

or talking about 3 years ago when he was a FRESHMAN starting in the sec

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I'm talking about any mistakes he may have made, but might still make.

Which brings me to my next point. Some of the passes that were intercepted 3 years ago, might not have been all J. Lee's fault. If he is throwing to where the receiver should be and the receiver isn't there...?

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JJ 's throwing motion still looks like a slow motion windmill. I keep waiting for Don Quixote to ride by with a lance.

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39 career TDs with double digits in both passing and rushing TDs.

Seems "dual-threat" like to me, but each to our own.

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designed runs and designed passes.. the true dual threats are cam and vick and tebow.. the play breaks down and they make a rushing TD happen.

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but it is the reason J. Lee makes more mistakes,

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Very few, FWIW, this year. JL'08 =/= JL'11. Not nearly. Not close.

Please don't tell that to our opponents though.

Amazing post. Try out for QB coach next season

The OP analysis is deeply flawed.

The 2010 play was a fade. Toliver makes his cut just before he crosses the goalline. Toliver's cut is slow diagonal route, about 45 degrees from straight downfield, and directly away from the QB. The QB's pass takes more time to arrive because a fade route pass is lofted; thus, the fade route pass must be thrown early.

The 2011 was an in/out option. The drive route was covered, so Randle ran an out route. Randle does not run a fade route. Randle does not make a diagonal cut just before the goalline. To the contrary, Randle runs five yards into the endzone before he makes a hard 90 degree cut to the sideline. An out route requires a lot of zip on the pass. Thus, it is thrown a split second before the receiver makes his cut. In this case, Randle was the only receiver and was double covered. Jefferson made the right choice to throw the ball away.

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J. Lee threw a TD in the 2010 game against Florida to win the game on the very same play call.

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It was not the same play call.

(1) The formation was completely different.

(2) The number of receivers in the route was completely different.

(3) The coverage was significantly different because of the difference in the number of receivers.

(3) The length of the route was completely different.

(4) The type of route was completely different.

(5) The type of throw required to complete the pass was completely different.

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JJ takes the snap, but doesn't throw the ball. He watches RR, then throws the ball away.

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Close. Jefferson has to wait longer for Randle in 2011 than Lee had to wait for Toliver in 2010 because Randle's route is longer, and the type of throw required is different.

Toliver runs 1 yard and cuts soft in a fade route. Lee has to throw early because a fade route pass is lofted and takes more time to arrive. Thus, Toliver has a shorter route before cut (1 yard), and Lee has a shorter time to throw ball because pass is lofted. Result: QB must make pass very quickly.

Randle runs 11 yards and cuts hard in an out route. Jefferson must wait until just before Randle cuts to throw the ball because an out route is thrown on a rope and takes less time to arrive. Result: QB must hold on to ball until just before reciever makes cut. Jefferson cannot throw the ball before Randle runs 1 yard, or 5 yards. Jefferson must wait until Randle runs nearly 11 yards. The route was covered by that time.

Conclusion: JJ takes the snap, but can't throw the ball immediately like Lee did in 2010. Jefferson watches RR, then throws the ball away because Randle Florida had the play covered.

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Who would you rather the ball in their hands? Rueben Randle or Jefferson with the game on the line?

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Rueben Randle definately.......after catching a pass thrown by either JJ or JL - I do not care as long as he scores and we win!