Going off the script from when they played Florida, they were able to build a good lead from possessing the ball for very long periods of time and really working the short to intermediate passing game.
Their three first half scoring drives were as follows:
TD - 13 plays / 84 yards / 6:52
FG - 10 plays / 64 yards / 4:12
TD - 10 plays / 77 yards / 4:57
In the 2nd half, Texas made a lot of defensive adjustments and pretty much shut everything down except for 2 plays….a 55 yard TD to Dallas Wilson on what was essentially a swing pass where he broke 4 tackles and abused the first guy at LOS, and a checkdown to RB that led to a 60 yard gain (led to FG). Outside of those 2 plays, they only gained 60 yards in the 2nd half, and threw a pick. Say all that to say….they pretty much hit zero big plays down the field in the passing game like we try to do. So maybe that doesn’t bode well for us.
UF also shut down their running game, crowded the box and made Arch try to beat them. Held them to 2.0 YPC. That’s going to be a must for us as well. If they get the running game going, we are done. UF ran the ball decently but not great themselves.
Overall, think we’ll have to jump on them early, and then hang on for dear life if we have any chance at all. Don’t be surprised if we don’t even sniff the goal line in the 2nd half. We’ll have to take care of the football if we’re fortunate enough to get a 10-14 point lead. That’s priority #1.
