The big question here for what seems to be a one dimensional Florida team is can they run on Miami? Well I believe they can do more than that on Saturday, but running is a definite yes as Miami's defense was just awful last year and they really have not recruited well on this side of the ball for quite some time. This is a group that allowed 4.97 ypc and 29 rushing TD's a year ago and are likely to get bullied up front against a Florida offensive line that returns 87 career starts. Miami's secondary is also young and in transition without any form of pass rush they lack on third down defense and play soft coverage which should open things up a bit for QB Jake Driskell.
While Miami is blessed wit a good QB and RB duo in Stephen Morris and Duke Johnson we saw them struggle at time against solid defenses. Scoring 13, 3, and 20 vs. Kansas State, Notre Dame, and Florida State come to mind. All three of those offenses had strong running games and were able to dominate Miami and I don't see what has changed. Florida had to replace things on defense, but they have a terrific back 7 that will likely play man defense which is something Stephen Morris is not used to seeing. That allows them to stop Duke Johnson which I believe they will. Florida has plenty of talent that is unknown and some good coaching. The defense was arguably the best last year and they were lacking a speed rusher when Ronald Powell went down, but he's back this year and already has a sack in his first game. Miami wants to win this game, but they are not capable of doing what Clemson did to Georgia. This is a Florida team that played pretty well on the road against good QB's as they won at Florida State, Texas A&M a year ago.
