Dan Mullen explains how Florida is preparing for both Georgia quarterbacks

Dan Mullen knows a thing or two about a two-quarterback system and has kept opposing coaches guessing when it comes to his own signal caller all year.

Naturally, the Florida Gators head coach isn’t overly concerned about the mystery of whether Georgia will have JT Daniels or Stetson Bennett will be under center on Saturday.

In Wednesday’s SEC teleconference, Mullen was asked if its a problem trying to prepare for two quarterbacks.

“I don’t know if it’s a problem because they are going to run their offense with either guy in the game,” Mullen said. “I think it’s understanding which guy is in the game, it’s really understanding what this guy brings to the table. And what are his strengths, what are his weaknesses.”

Dan Mullen simplified the situation by saying it’s just a matter of the Florida defense making a concious effort to identify which signal caller is in the game at a given moment.

“Even if you run the same play with two different quarterbacks, each one is going to have a strength to them and things they bring to the table differently,”Mullen added. “So you just have to have the awareness of which quarterback is in the game.

Dan Mullen plays coy on naming a starting QB

Mullen has yet to reveal who will start for quarterback for the Florida Gators in Saturday’s highly-anticipated showdown vs. Georgia.

On Wednesday, when he was asked about the quarterback situation vs. the Bulldogs, the Florida head coach gave a vague, yet clearly coy response.

“We will play a quarterback on Saturday,” Mullen said sarcastically. “We’ll have a quarterback on the field.”

On Tuesday, Dan Mullen addressed his conundrum surrounding Emory Jones and Anthony Richardson this week ahead of the Florida-Georgia game.

“Both guys have to get ready to play, so we get both guys a lot of reps,” Mullen said. “It’s probably a little bit more even than a lot of places where the one gets a lot of reps and the twos get minimal reps. The quarterbacks, we try to keep them pretty even now so that they’re both ready to play. You’re a snap away from those guys getting on the field so, you kind of do that with a lot of positions across the board. You roll them through to get the reps.

“We’re going to keep planning the same way, we plan on playing both of the guys like we have.”

Dan Mullen opted to play both quarterbacks against LSU in Week 7. They lost 49-42. Emory Jones and Anthony Richardson looked almost identical on paper. Both threw two picks, both had 19 attempts, and both averaged about eight yards per pass.

On the year, Jones is 67.4% for 1,304 yards, 10 touchdowns and nine interceptions. Richardson, in two fewer games, is 56.8% with 392 passing yards, five touchdowns and three interceptions.

Both quarterbacks will need to have a near-perfect day versus Georgia on Saturday in Jacksonville. The Bulldogs defense is No. 2 in the country in passing defense, limiting teams to 144.9 yards through the air (and 63.4 on the ground).