Even with spread offenses changing the way the SEC looks on Saturdays in the fall one tenant remains the same. The SEC is a line of scrimmage league. What has and still separated the SEC from other conferences is the size and speed of defensive front sevens, and two of the best in the entire country will be on display this Saturday in Atlanta.
In the last month Florida has struggled to get anything going, passing or rushing, against much lesser defenses.
“We just can’t sit there and be target practice for these creatures,” Jim McElwain said on Monday.