FSU football: 3 bold predictions for Miami Hurricanes game
By Kelvin Hunt
FSU Defense Will Hold Miami to 20 points and 5.0 ypp or less
Man, listen. Miami’s offense hasn’t been good all year, and whether Tyler Van Dyke plays or not, I don’t see that changing just because an FSU jersey lines up across from Miami Saturday night.
This defense is the healthiest the Noles have been since early in the season, and this defense is better than last year’s defense which held a better Miami offense to 28 points and 5.12 ypp.
Not to mention FSU provided Miami with a short field off of a fumble to score a touchdown, and Miami scored a touchdown off of a tipped pass on fourth down. FSU has been excellent at limiting explosive plays this season, and Miami has been everything except explosive, which means Miami will have to execute long drives(as long as the FSU offense doesn’t give them the ball off turnovers).
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I don’t think Miami will have a lot of success running the ball, which means I think we’ll see offensive drives that stall between 3-6 plays. I expect Miami to throw the ball a lot, and they’ve struggled in the red zone.
Miami averages about 75 plays per game, and I can see them not reaching that mark in several scenarios. It’ll either be FSU establishing the running game and winning the time of possession or Miami throwing the ball and lot and not finding enough success to sustain drives.
Both will lead to Miami having to run an efficient offense, which they haven’t been able to do all season. I can see them running around 70 plays for 330 total yards (250 passing and 80 rushing).
That equals 4.71 ypp. If that happens, that shouldn’t score more than 20 points.