Last week, it appeared Florida had found its juice offensively.

Three days later, we’re talking about a different kind of juice.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Will Grier, who had led the No. 8 Gators to an improbable 6-0 start and the school’s first appearance in the AP top 10 since the 2013 preseason poll, tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

The positive test carries an automatic one-year suspension from the NCAA.

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The North Carolina native has thrown for 10 touchdowns, 3 interceptions and 1,204 yards for the Gators, who will play at No. 6 LSU this Saturday.

In Monday’s weekly press conference, coach Jim McElwain tried his best to divert the media’s attention away from the elephant in the room by talking about those Tigers, and understandably so. The only other AP top 10 matchup this season was back in Week 2 when No. 7 Oregon visited No. 5 Michigan State.

Still, he’ll have to excuse Florida fans if they don’t share the sentiment that this weekend’s game “should be celebrated.”

Memories of recent quarterbacks John Brantley, Tyler Murphy, Skyler Mornhinweg and Jeff Driskel were being crumpled up and thrown away in the wake of  an era that ended with Tim Tebow being immortalized in bronze.

Then, finally Grier comes along to take Florida from the outhouse to the high rise only to leave them, well, suspended.

Florida’s dramatic finish in a 28-27 win over Tennessee and the 38-10 demolition of then-No. 3 Ole Miss served as a pair of defibrillators that The Swamp sorely needed. The win over the Rebels resulted in the Gators moving up 14 spots in the AP Poll, a season-high for any school so far this season, before moving up three more spots behind a 21-3 road win at Missouri.

The feeling was that Florida is in the driver’s seat for the SEC East title and a trip to Atlanta. But maybe it’s fitting that the Gators will visit “the place where dreams go to die” in Death Valley this Saturday night.

Or maybe McElwain, who’s already accomplished more in his first season than anyone foresaw, is just getting started.

The same system McElwain set up to have Grier lead the SEC in completion percentage (65.8) to this point can also work for backup Treon Harris. The sophomore has played very well in limited time, going 19 of 27 passing for 269 yards, 2 touchdowns and no interceptions. He’s also shown his mobility with 10 carries for 63 yards rushing.

And while Harris has a playmaker in Kelvin Taylor behind him in the backfield, he’ll have a slew of safety valves in front of him with tight ends DeAndre Goolsby (184 yards, TD), Jake McGee (157 yards, TD) and C’yontai Lewis (50 yards, 2 TDs) that have combined for more yards from tight ends than Florida had over the last two seasons combined (319).

Crossing routes to Florida’s wideouts have also been a staple in the team’s offense under Grier. However, Harris is viewed as the better deep-ball thrower out of the two quarterbacks. Whether he allows Harris to test LSU’s secondary on Saturday is another story.

It’s been a magical season for the Gators. Now, they can only hope that Harris keeps the show going.