I had a story earlier this week on Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett’s close relationship with Florida quarterbacks coach Scot Loeffler. They spent one year together at Michigan in 2007.

Loeffler spoke to the Florida media on Wednesday, and of course, he had plenty of good things to say about his former pupil. Here is what he said about Mallett:

on his relationship with Mallett:

“We had a great relationship. He came all the way from Arkansas. That was quite an adjustment for him — any 18-year-old kid leaving his mom and dad and leaving his family all the way from Texarkana to come up there. We gained a great relationship, and it’s really nice to watch him go on and do some good things at Arkansas.”

on if Mallett would have followed Loeffler to Tennessee if he got a job there?

“I don’t know. Who knows? That was quite a long time ago. I went over to Detroit and he decided to make a decision to Arkansas, which I thought was a really good decision for him. Bobby does a great job in the throw game. It’s an NFL system for him. So that was a good choice and I’m really happy that he’s having some success over there. He’ll mature as these next couple years go by and he’ll be a good player.”

on how Mallett compares now to when he was with Loeffler at Michigan:

“Haven’t seen him on tape, how about that. I haven’t seen him on tape yet one bit. I got to watch a little bit of his, I believe it was his Georgia game. Obviously, I’ve heard he’s doing some really wonderful things.”

on what was it in Mallett that made his special as a freshman:

“He fit the system that we had back then at Michgian. He was a 6-foot-7 drop-back passer. That’s what he wanted to do over there at Arkansas. The system fits him quite well.”