Originally Published: October 8, 2003

Leak-y offense heads to LSU

The Gators handed the ball to freshman QB Chris Leak last week, but didn't truly trust his arm.

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By Pat Forde
Special to ESPN.com
As if Ron Zook needed to give his critics any more ammunition, he did it last week with a bizarre offensive gameplan against Ole Miss. Facing the worst pass defense in America, the Gators naturally got busy establishing the run.

Florida threw it 27 times against a secondary that gave up 661 yards the week before. They ran it 35. The result was just 17 points (including a big fat zero in the second half). That's the fewest points scored on Ole Miss this year by anyone not named Louisiana-Monroe.

"You want to be as balanced as you possibly can," Zook said. "Obviously, hindsight being 20-20, maybe we could've thrown it a couple more times."

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