Austin Appleby had guarantees and promises to consider while pondering where to play his final year of college football last December.
Saturday
Who: No. 13 Florida (8-2) vs. No. 15 Florida State (8-3)
When: 8 p.m.
Where: Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee
TV: ABC
Radio: 103.7-FM, AM-850
Some schools guaranteed the Purdue quarterback would see immediate playing time. Others promised he would step right in and be the starter.
Florida offered neither.
The only guarantee Appleby got from Florida was that he would have a fair chance to compete for the starting role.