FSU football: Grading Miami keys to victory and bold predictions

FSU Defense Will Hold Miami to 20 points and 5.0 ypp or less (Bold Predictions)

Here’s an excerpt from what I said:

"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)."

Adam Fuller’s defense played even better than I thought they would, but that’s likely aided by Tyler Van Dyke not finishing the game.

I still don’t believe they would have scored near 20 points or over 5.0 yards per play with how he looked, but they likely would have had more passing yards.

GRADE: A++