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What it means when Florida players say the offense will push tempo in 2019

In press availability yesterday, some of Florida’s offensive players talked about wanting to push the pace with the offense this fall.

One thing the writeup I linked to mentions is that Florida was 91st in plays per game last year. That implies a fairly leisurely offense.

Plays per game is not a great measure of pace, however. About a decade ago it wasn’t a bad proxy since few teams really wanted to crank up the tempo. When only a handful of teams do that, they really stick out. Now that many teams play with pace, it’s less useful.