The #4 Gators return to Kyle Field, the namesake of QB Kyle Trask, to take on the #21 Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field at noon on October 10th. The Gators are favored by 6.5 and the over/under is 57.5 points.
Under Jimbo Fisher, the Aggies are 14-4 when scoring first and 13-0 when leading at the end of the first quarter. Look for the Aggies to strike first and strike hard against the relatively soft Gator defense.
The Gators have been playing conservative and have been rotating all of the players in anticipation of injuries and COVID outbreak that have both spared the Gators to this point. Even when playing conservative, they are playing efficiently. In their game against Ole Miss the Gators led the conference in points per play at 0.72, with Mississippi State and Alabama coming in behind at 0.58 and 0.56. In their game against South Carolina the Gators shut down their offense in the second half yet they were #2 in points per play at 0.72 to Alabama's 0.95.
Kyle Trask likes to start off games strong as well, going 12/14 for 172 yards (12.3 YPA) 3 TD in the 1st quarter. The Aggie defense struggled to slow down the similarly equipped Alabama offense and surrendered 3 and 7 yard scoring drives of 80 and 66 yards in a grand total of 5:32 of clock. Against South Carolina, the Gator offense scored on drives of 75 and 69 yards in a total of 7:50 of clock after the Gamecocks made the initial score. The Gator offense turned it up a notch in the 3rd quarter by scoring on drives of 37 and 58 yards in a total of 2:58 of clock, showing that this Gator offense can operate at multiple speeds.
Kellen Mond has not been able to string together back-to-back scoring drives. In their victory against Vanderbilt it was the defense that kept them in the game by forcing a safety in the 2nd quarter. It took a last-minute field goal by the Aggies to officially seal the victory against the mighty Commodores. Mond has shown that he can throw the ball all over the yard, so he will need to be on point against the Gators and take advantage of DBU's weakness in the middle of the field.
With only two data points to compare it is hard to tell where these teams are in their development cycle. Texas A&M will be playing against a Florida team that on paper looks a lot like its last opponent, the Alabama Crimson Tide. Statistically the Gators and the Tide are performing at a similar level on offense, with the better defense going to Alabama. If the Gator offense keeps applying pressure on the Aggie defense, expect this game to be a 42-35 victory for the Orange and Blue.
Under Jimbo Fisher, the Aggies are 14-4 when scoring first and 13-0 when leading at the end of the first quarter. Look for the Aggies to strike first and strike hard against the relatively soft Gator defense.
The Gators have been playing conservative and have been rotating all of the players in anticipation of injuries and COVID outbreak that have both spared the Gators to this point. Even when playing conservative, they are playing efficiently. In their game against Ole Miss the Gators led the conference in points per play at 0.72, with Mississippi State and Alabama coming in behind at 0.58 and 0.56. In their game against South Carolina the Gators shut down their offense in the second half yet they were #2 in points per play at 0.72 to Alabama's 0.95.
Kyle Trask likes to start off games strong as well, going 12/14 for 172 yards (12.3 YPA) 3 TD in the 1st quarter. The Aggie defense struggled to slow down the similarly equipped Alabama offense and surrendered 3 and 7 yard scoring drives of 80 and 66 yards in a grand total of 5:32 of clock. Against South Carolina, the Gator offense scored on drives of 75 and 69 yards in a total of 7:50 of clock after the Gamecocks made the initial score. The Gator offense turned it up a notch in the 3rd quarter by scoring on drives of 37 and 58 yards in a total of 2:58 of clock, showing that this Gator offense can operate at multiple speeds.
Kellen Mond has not been able to string together back-to-back scoring drives. In their victory against Vanderbilt it was the defense that kept them in the game by forcing a safety in the 2nd quarter. It took a last-minute field goal by the Aggies to officially seal the victory against the mighty Commodores. Mond has shown that he can throw the ball all over the yard, so he will need to be on point against the Gators and take advantage of DBU's weakness in the middle of the field.
With only two data points to compare it is hard to tell where these teams are in their development cycle. Texas A&M will be playing against a Florida team that on paper looks a lot like its last opponent, the Alabama Crimson Tide. Statistically the Gators and the Tide are performing at a similar level on offense, with the better defense going to Alabama. If the Gator offense keeps applying pressure on the Aggie defense, expect this game to be a 42-35 victory for the Orange and Blue.
