So far this year, Florida’s offense has been running fewer plays than opposing offenses. In the case of the Ole Miss game it was a modest deficit of four: 74 plays run by the Gators versus 78 by the Rebels.
After the opener, the gap has widened considerably. South Carolina ran 30 more plays than Florida did (53 vs. 83), and Texas A&M ran 18 more (56 vs. 74).
Those latter numbers sound big. How big are they? And what should we make of them? Here are my best attempts to answer those questions.
It’s early
UF has played three games so far.