Last week, I discussed how the Gators’ offense needs to get better at generating explosive plays in their second year under Dan Mullen. The other side of the coin is true: the defense needs to get better in the explosiveness category in the second year under Todd Grantham.
I can hear Georgia and Louisville fans saying “Third and Grantham” as I write this, but let’s look at the big picture first. According to Bill Connelly’s two main measures of explosiveness, UF was 68th and 73rd in the country in explosive play defense. With 130 teams and half of that number being 65, the Gators were slightly below average in the category.