The SEC is changing. Gone are the days where you absolutely, positively needed to pound the football on the ground to win the game — Alabama was proof of that in 2018.
You do, however, need to have a running game in order to avoid becoming one-dimensional — in Dan Mullen’s offense, especially, where the passing game is predicating off establishing the run. Right now the Gators aren’t one-dimensional, but they’re heading in that direction.
Florida has the SEC’s 12th ranked rushing offense (139.67 yards per game). Of the Gators’ 419 rushing yards barely more than half (218) have come from running backs.