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Defense finding the right spots midseason

Expectations for Florida’s offense act more like hurdles in front of Grant Holloway than mountains.

Time and time again, the unit finds ways to dart over them with minimal effort. The same can’t be said for the defense.

Saturday’s game against Missouri marked the first time this season Florida held an opponent to ten or fewer points scored offensively. That night, until the last two Missouri series’, the unit that was ranked toward the bottom nationally for pass and run defense held the Tigers to 172 total yards and only three third-down conversions. But it’s just a start, Gators’ coach Dan Mullen said.