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One is injured and the other stepped up. This thread is redundant and meant to demean one to bolster the other...........im gonna go wash my hands............
I hear what you're saying to a degree--I'm sure there's a tinge of ungratefulness to the thread and the topic itself: Franks appears to be a good teammate and hasn't been involved with any off the field issues. And I'm not saying that to be sanctimonious or anything: I've taken similar potshots at him on here and in conversations outside the forum too.
That said: Franks has an element of responsibility here. He's repeatedly poked at the fanbase with his antics on the field and on social media and it's led to--justified--calls for him to be more mature and focus on the field. You don't see QBs at Bama, Clemson, or Ohio State doing similar stuff and Gator fans are right to observe that as a criticism. Mullen has mostly had a lassiez faire attitude about it all in public: shrugging his shoulders, accepting that's part of the package in exchange for him being the best QB to run his offense presently; but I have to believe he's told him to tone it down in private.
Trask makes it easier to cheer for: he has a good story, a humble attitude, and doesn't have 3 years of engaging in somewhat obnoxious behavior on social media and on the field. Franks doesn't have all the blame in the situation, but he'd be a far more liked QB if there wasn't the history there.