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Smart move: Florida and Georgia just need to run, run, run

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If you're going to win the Florida-Georgia (or Georgia-Florida) game, you'll need to run the football.

OK, so it might be a little more complicated than that, but the key to Saturday's game between the 14th-ranked Gators and Georgia will be running the dang ball. History tells us as much, with the past 10 winners in this series claiming the rushing title in each game.

And think about the past two seasons. In runaway victories by the Gators, they registered 676 rushing yards with six touchdowns while averaging 6.3 yards per carry. In Georgia 23-20 win in 2013, the Bulldogs just needed a few more yards to put the Gators away, winning the rushing battle 156-145.