There’s a reason why I take a deep dive into the box score for our Sunday feature, and it’s not because I’m a nerd. (Well, not just that.) It gives me a better idea of how the game played out. Sometimes, it confirms what I saw watching the game and what I picked up from an initial glance at the box score.
And sometimes, well, it doesn’t. This is one of those times. In my initial reaction to the game, I saw that Florida averaged 4.74 yards per carry — not a great performance by the defense, but hardly disastrous -- and saw Florida’s 8.