Along with Missouri, the Florida Gators are one the nation’s most mysterious teams.

Once a dark horse to win the Southeastern Conference East Division, the Gators have had possibly the most up-and-down season of any team in the nation. Florida struggled at home against Kentucky, remained competitive against Alabama before being blown out in the second half, came from behind against Tennessee in an ugly win and then lost to unranked LSU at home. A confusing season, to say the least.

Diving into Florida’s quarterback play makes the Gators even more mysterious. Gators coach Will Muschamp said Monday that typical starter Jeff Driskel and true freshman Treon Harris will both see time behind center this week against Mizzou.

Criticism has been directed at Driskel in recent weeks after a string of sub-par performances. He has thrown for under 200 yards in three consecutive games and was held to under 100 yards passing against Alabama and Tennessee. In the last three weeks, he has been picked off seven times with just one touchdown.

Against Tennessee, Driskel was benched in favor of Harris, a fan favorite and agile quarterback. After the Florida offense had been stagnant the entire game, Harris led the Gators on two scoring drives in a comeback 10-9 road victory.

“That’s a tough thing to do, to come in and lead your team to victory like that,” Mizzou junior safety Ian Simon said of Harris. “That’s very tough environment to win at.”

Considering his stretch of poor outings, it appeared as if Muschamp was ready to move on from Driskel, who was at one point on the Davey O’Brien watch list as the nation’s top college quarterback, and start Driskel’s backup, Harris. However, allegations developed over ensuing days, accusing Harris of sexual assault.

With an ongoing investigation taking place in the following week, Muschamp was forced to put Driskel back behind center. Then, the story took another turn when Harris’ accuser dropped the complaint. Despite reinstating him for last Saturday’s game against LSU, Muschamp opted to sit Harris.

Coming into this week, Muschamp faces yet another decision of who will take the snaps for the Gators.

“Both will play this week,” Muschamp said. “And we’ll work through the week. Right now, Jeff (Driskel) would probably start, but both will play.”

Mizzou coach Gary Pinkel said his defense is up for the challenge of facing both quarterbacks.

“For the most part, they run the same offense,” he said. “I would expect to see both of them in there. If they design more plays for (Harris), we’ll just have to adjust.”

Defensive end Markus Golden took a similar stance.

“We know they’ve got two good quarterbacks throwing, but we’re ready to play both of them,” Golden said.

Sophomore linebacker Michael Scherer said the team isn’t all too familiar with Harris yet, but they’ve taken notes on Driskel, including his dual-threat ability.

“They run (Driskel) kind of similar to a ‘Tim Tebow style’ of offense,” Scherer said. “By the end of the (LSU game), he had to have had 12, 15 rushes. That’s something we’re definitely going to have to keep in check.”

Scherer actually underestimated Driskel’s performance last week. The quarterback ran the ball 21 times for 71 yards. In his career at Florida, Driskel has seven rushing touchdowns to his credit, including a 70-yard run in 2012.

Harris has been more than impressive throwing the football this season. In limited action against Eastern Michigan, he completed two passes for 148 yards — both went for touchdowns — and compiled an astonishing passer rating of 1,051.6. He also led the team in their fourth-quarter comeback against Tennessee two weeks ago.

“They’re an explosive offense,” Simon said. “I think it’s going to come down to limiting their big plays and forcing them to go on 12- or 13-play drives.”

Regardless of who is taking the snaps for Florida, Mizzou players said they know this game could make or break their season, either keeping the team in the SEC East race or putting it in a deep hole.

“I’m going in expecting it to be a fight,” Simon said. “Just like any other game in the SEC.”